Working Smarter – not Harder

I was asked earlier today whether Ruth, Inc is a Virtual Assistant business and while we do offer Virtual Assistant services, there’s so much more to Ruth, Inc.  The purpose to Ruth, Inc is not just to offer Virtual Assistant services but to offer the whole package – a consulting firm that understands your needs to cut costs while maximizing efficiency. 

One might ask why, when cutting costs, would a company hire a consulting firm to show them how to shave their costs?  Here’s why:

An experienced efficiency expert can spend just a little bit of time watching how you do business and see simple steps that can be made that save hundreds of dollars each week.  For example-an engineering firm I once worked with had their engineers making all their own needed copies.  They had a self service copy room with all that was needed to do this.  Problem was, they were paying their engineer’s $25 & $30/hr to stand at the copy machine making copies!  Another aspect to this issue is most of these engineers don’t know the nuances of that copier.  Trying to figure out how to copy a document 1 to 2 sided, stapled probably took them 5 minutes to program.  By bringing in a copy center employee, they 1-quadrupled the amount of work that could be done in the copy center while 2-saving tons of money.  This copy center employee spent his or her time focusing on efficiency and doing the job right the first time while the engineers were back at their desks making this engineering firm more money!  In this solution, everyone won.  The employees got to focus on what they loved and the company got to put more money in their bank account. 

This is just one of many ways companies can save money while working smarter – not harder.  You can only pile so much work upon each of your employees before they explode.  Call Ruth, Inc today to schedule a time for us to come out and evaluate your current situation.  We will help you work smarter-not harder!

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