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Switching between software apps divides the mind and hurts your business!

Have you ever been in that moment where you have multiple tasks and you need to use multiple tools and platforms at the same time and none of it gets done but rather take more time and effort to complete them?

Context switching lowers your productivity

The idea of multitasking, switching tasks, or most known as context switching are just some formal  names for the same purpose, lowering productivity. Research from Standford University remark that it can lower your productivity by as much as 80%! And it not only hurts one’s productivity, it can also help increase mistakes chances, overload your brain and as a fact stresses you out. Now imagine this happening in businesses where you have lots of money, effort or time being invested. 

Yes, this actually happens with all type of businesses, no matter what type or size they are. Employees are constantly switching in between platforms, just adding the same data to all of them to get multiple reports will reduce its productivity by 20%. 

Choose the right software

So, what can be done to avoid context switching in businesses? Definitely start by choosing the right software so everything is centralized and managed in one platform. The one platform has to be the best software working together, that can join all business needs. Salesforce is used by companies of all sizes, small, medium or large and across the world. ClearCloudOne can connect Accounting Seed as well as Sage Intacct, both leading accounting apps to Salesforce and give businesses one platform that speaks one language! No more hours lost in switching apps, un focused or wasting time in tasks that do not add! 

To conclude, multitasking or most known as context switching has a huge impact on businesses. One of them that personally is the one that has more impact is the loss of productivity and waste of hours one has when one switches from one platform to another. Good news, this can be handled by implementing one platform that does it all such as Salesforce. Salesforce’s integrates applications you can purchase through AppExchange, where you can find all kinds of apps that will be capable of supporting your processes (as for example Accounting) with Accounting Seed or Sage Intacct. 

Find the platform you need

Clear Cloud One provides businesses and nonprofits with customized, single-platform solutions to grow fast, simplify operations, and minimize staffing requirements. By connecting best-of-breed Salesforce and Sage Intacct solutions, our CPAs and Salesforce certified professionals can help you scale your business efficiently and increase profits without all the headaches of managing multiple business systems.