3 Tips for Upgrading Your Business

June 13, 2019
Jess

If you own a physical business, then it’s only a matter of time before you’re going to have to upgrade some aspects of your business. While it can be hard to fork out money for an upgrade, the good thing is you know you’re investing in your company and ensuring that you keep moving forward. If you’re thinking about making an update in the near future, keep reading for my top 3 tips for upgrading your physical business.

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1. Do Things in Stages
Unless you have the budget for it, I don’t suggest that you try to do too many upgrades at once. Instead, if you do your upgrades in stages, it makes it much easier to handle the financial strain. Make a list of all the upgrades you want to do, and rank them in terms of importance. There will be certain upgrades that seem more urgent than the others, so those are the ones I’d focus on first. Breaking your upgrades into stages makes it a lot more manageable, which is important as upgrades often go way above budget. Whether you’re wanting to invest in more https://northernmat.ca/products/crane-digging-mats/ or http://www.achengineering.com/cleanroom-doors/ buying the new tools and machinery in stages will ensure that you don’t find yourself financially overwhelmed.

2. Analyse the Benefits
Have you heard of the 80/20 rule? The premise behind it is that 20% of your effort results in 80% of the results, and the rest of your effort maybe isn’t as effective, so it’s better to focus on the small amount of work that you do, that nets the big results. This rule applies when you’re thinking of investing in your business, too. That means that you want to sit down and analyse how your money could be best spent, and what you should focus on in order to see the biggest returns from your investment. This will vary depending on your company and industry, but don’t just invest for the sake of it – make sure that the investments you’re going to make are going to give you real results and results that will make the investments worth the while!

3. Be Realistic
Upgrades always go above budget – it’s just something that happens. I would expect to spend at least 10-20% more than you think you will, so that you have a bit of financial cushion for things that will come up along the way. There’s nothing worse than being half way through a project and realising quite simply you don’t have enough money to finish the project. That’s why it’s important to be realistic about the costs and to expect there will be additional costs you maybe didn’t see. When I’m working with contractors, I prefer to get quotes from a few contractors so I can see the range of costs and get a better idea of the total cost of the project.

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