Alongside Karbon, we currently use Microsoft 365, Sharefile, QBT, Hubspot, etc etc etc.
I was wondering how others base thier tech cost stack. For instance, are you trying to keep it to a percentage of income, or try to tie it to hourly rates, etc?
Alongside Karbon, we currently use Microsoft 365, Sharefile, QBT, Hubspot, etc etc etc.
I was wondering how others base thier tech cost stack. For instance, are you trying to keep it to a percentage of income, or try to tie it to hourly rates, etc?
Great question,
I feel like ours has grown as we have grown and we may have the odd case of shiny object syndrome. I think we would categorize our approach as cost vs. benefit and if we have invested in a tool, an app, a system we continuously work toward optimal use.
If we cannot see a benefit or a way for tech to grow with us we will look for alternatives. More often we find that we need to get more involved with the functionality. Having someone champion an APP at the team use level is a key part.
With subscription costs rising I can see this as a metric to measure.
We don’t have a tight system, but we have two main qualitative goals when evaluating software:
For me, software ROI isn’t always in dollars. Sometimes it’s easier on our staff, which is a non-dollar benefit.
To add to what
You need to try and maximize your investment through high utilization of said investment and not duplicating unused functionality.
Most business are paying for an office suite (for example) are are probably only utilizing 10-20% of it’s functionality.
Hi
Can you explain how you are using sharefile and Karbon - this is where we are at the moment and are going to move to Microsoft 365 to get to Sharepoint and use the DMS integration.
Thanks
David Campbell
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