It’s time for an investor perspective on IT.
As noted in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s report, “Scaling SMEs: Building a flexible platform for growth,” investors care about what you’re doing – and are planning to do – to ensure that your business actually has the capacity to grow. Because failing to invest in the right areas can structurally limit growth in the future.
The investor perspective on IT starts with a growth strategy should define how and when you are putting in place new IT systems, processes, and organisational structures to support sustainable operations. It should cover everything from management structures, reporting lines, policies and disciplines, and communications channels to the establishment of repeatable processes and procedures – which is where IT can help the most.
The investor perspective on IT analyses:
- IT strategy alignment with corporate strategy and growth plans
- ROI and business impact of IT investments
- Modern, scalable, and flexible IT infrastructure
- Integration of core IT systems across the business
- Adoption of cloud computing and emerging technologies
- Focus on cybersecurity and risk management
- Quality of IT leadership and technical talent
Investing in the right IT solution can simplify much of the complexity that naturally develops as companies expand nationally and globally, go digital, hire new people, acquire new businesses, develop complex supply chains, and more. Along the way, they need to comply with more regulations, perform financial consolidations faster, and understand what’s happening across the business to make better, faster decisions.
You can standardise and automate everyday processes in areas like these. Think purchasing, invoicing, new employee enrolment, financial reporting, bank reconciliation, and expense approvals. By automating key steps in processes in these types of areas, you can multiply the productivity of your employees. Many tasks simply take care of themselves, as process and decision automation built into ERP and other systems can trigger next steps, such as reviews and approvals – automatically.
This means you can run your business more efficiently and transparently, as well as scale your business without having to hire more people. In other words, you can run simple.
From an investor perspective on IT, all this is music to an investor’s ears – and your bottom line. Of course, this assumes that you make wise choices when it comes to technology.
The Economist Intelligence Unit’s research shows that, “The more you rely on general purpose technologies to invent, build, and deliver stuff you’re doing, the easier it is to scale.”
Special-purpose technologies, which may offer lots of impressive features, tend to add to complexity and can actually lead to more delays and capacity constraints. So think about how you can use standard functionality built into ERP, CRM, analytics applications, and other general-purpose software to execute on your scalability strategy.
Want to optimize your IT approach to appeal to investors? Let’s discuss the investor perspective on IT.
With the right technology strategy and systems, you can demonstrate to investors your capacity to grow efficiently. We can help you:
- Build an IT environment aligned to your corporate strategy
- Select scalable solutions to support expansion
- Integrate systems to operate as one enterprise
- Adopt cloud business software for agility
- Automate processes to enable growth without complexity
By making smart IT decisions, you can run your business simply at scale. This sends positive signals to investors about your readiness for growth and investment.
Don’t let disjointed systems constrain your potential. Contact us today to explore the investor perspective on IT and how we can optimize your technology for the future.
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