July 18, 2024

Automation at work: Real value where it matters

We believe that robotics and automation will create a better future for businesses and their employees.

We’ve seen firsthand how automating the floor cleaning process opens new opportunities and smarter ways to work. Because together robotics and automation equal more than the sum of their parts; it’s not technology for technology’s sake, but real and lasting change you can see and experience. Essentially, it’s technology as a catalyst for a seamless shift into a more prosperous and sustainable era.

The advantages are wide-ranging: automation turns a tiring and mundane task into an afterthought; automation gives staff hours of their workday back to pursue more fulfilling and skill-building responsibilities; automation reduces the time it takes to get things done; and automation transforms tasks that bleed money into ones that save it instead.

At a high level, those are just a few ways automation helps people become more efficient and productive. And while these benefits in seclusion sell themselves, there’s so much more that automation can help you achieve.

So, what is “automation at work”? In a nutshell, it’s when technology doesn’t just perform what it says on the label; it’s when technology works for you — at multiple levels. Let’s take a dive and explore how.

 

No more tough choices

For many commercial facilities, meeting and exceeding the needs of the public is their number one priority. Staff go to great lengths to satisfy their patrons. To achieve this they often juggle multiple responsibilities.

Although customer-facing activities always come first, at times this can be a delicate balancing act. There’s plenty that goes into creating pleasant experiences at a variety of commercial spaces, and time often works against you. Inevitably, staff make sacrifices in one area to better address another.

 

Automation at work means not having to choose between staff scrubbing floors or serving customers.

 

One critical task all commercial facilities share is making sure the environment is clean. Whether it’s a store, airport, transit station, college, and many others, a building’s cleanliness needs can never take a back seat.

Unfortunately, today’s labor crisis throws a spanner in the works, sabotaging many organizations’ ability to clean as often and thoroughly as they would like. For understaffed teams switching between multiple tasks a day, managers face a tough decision: where to deploy limited resources.

But not with autonomous technology. Automation at work means not having to choose between staff scrubbing floors or serving customers.

Instead, you let the robot do the onerous cleaning chores while your team devotes their energies to consistently showcasing one of your organization’s best qualities: fast, always available, and enhanced customer service.

 

Investing in your future

Investing in your business’ future success is always a smart choice. But with so many potential areas to choose from, where do you allocate your budget?

Wise leaders target spots that deliver the best long-term value. The types of improvements — operational and financial — that perpetuate over time and scale linearly quarter after quarter.

In other words, a return on investment (ROI) that leaves you better off than when you started, and that positions you to reach new levels. And when this ROI extends beyond your balance sheet to advantages everyone can see and enjoy daily, then you’ve truly hit the bullseye.

Automation certainly fits the bill, and there’s one specific task where the technology’s impact stretches far beyond its core function: cleaning

Cleaning the floors isn’t a task most people would associate with generating more revenue, increasing workplace productivity, or boosting morale. That is, until you realize firsthand how much a manual cleaning process has been holding you back.

 

Automation at work means you allocate your budget to activities that move the needle.

 

This includes the countless costs and labor hours spent on a chore that takes employees away from more productive and gratifying work. It also includes the high employee turnover in certain industries that makes hiring and keeping staff an expensive and never-ending game of whack-a-mole.

But with advanced cleaning equipment from Avidbots, automation at work means you allocate your budget to activities that move the needle.

Indeed, a floor cleaning process that takes care of itself is a future where you save money every day. A future where your workers are happier and less stressed.

Even better, it’s the freedom to choose when and where to deploy labor, doubling down on the areas you value most; no more pulling workers away from revenue-generating tasks to clean the floors.

But perhaps best of all, automation at work is here for the long haul, and won’t disappear when the next crisis hits. Because automation at work makes your operations and its workers more efficient today — and your business more resilient for years to come.

 

More than a job, it’s a career

What started during the pandemic years continues today. Workers from all walks of life, blue and white collar alike, collectively reevaluated what they want from their professional lives.

A healthier work-life balance, hybrid work options, better health coverage — just a few of the asks to emerge. Jump to today and what was revolutionary a few years ago is now table stakes for any employer trying to compete in the labor market at present.

But while higher pay and better benefits will help get workers through the door, it’s only half the battle. For a lasting solution to high quit rates in industries such as retail and others, improving the employee experience is the other half of the equation.

A crucial part of improving the employee experience involves protecting their physical and mental well-being. In a survey of 3,150 employees, managers, and executives across four countries (U.S, Canada, U.K, Australia), Deloitte and Workplace Intelligence highlighted the importance of physical and mental well-being.

In fact, 74% of respondents reported that improving their physical and mental well-being is more important than career advancement. However, most organizations don’t recognize the scale of the problem, nor do they appreciate how their workers truly feel.

A crucial part of improving the employee experience involves creating better working conditions for your staff. The problem is 80% of workers also said that work-related obstacles prevent them from enhancing their well-being. And the three main reasons? A heavy workload, a stressful job, and long working hours.

So, when it comes to something as unliked, time-consuming, dirty, and physically demanding as floor scrubbing, that means fundamentally changing your approach.

 

Automation at work means employees want to work their shifts — and are therefore less likely to jump ship.

 

Automating your cleaning process removes many of the physical and mental demands inherent to manual machines. Staff no longer toil for hours every day completing an exhausting and mundane chore.

And when these working conditions become the norm day after day, automation at work means employees want to work their shifts — and are therefore less likely to jump ship.

Your employees' well-being correlates strongly with workplace performance and engagement. And automation puts your staff in a better position to become the best version of themselves at work.

Put automation to work with floor cleaning robots

The economic and human benefits to your operations are there for the taking if you make one simple change: automate your floor cleaning process.

Enhance your customer service, strengthen your organization’s financials, and create a workplace your employees will be proud to call home. 

Avidbots’ fully autonomous floor scrubbing robots are a simple and cost-effective way to transform a dull and resource-intensive chore into an opportunity. A chance to not only save money but build resilience and prosperity into your operations for years to come. Because that’s automation at work. 





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