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7 Steps to Quickly Move From Paper-Based to Digital

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7 Steps to Quickly Move From Paper-Based to Digital

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Can you really do more with less? Amid these unprecedented times, those who flourish will be the teams finding new ways to grow, despite the construction industry’s ongoing shortages and delays.

Modernizing operations is the first step to maximize growth and unlock productivity. Embracing software will streamline your core business processes, save you hours of time, centralize projects, and mitigate risks.

Use the following checklist to get started and see the fastest ROI:

  • Create a pilot program. It might sound counterintuitive, but to create a competitive advantage in the market, start small. Focus on one single area for improvement with a pilot program.
  • Look for easy-to-use software. Ideally, you want something “no code” or “low code” so that even non-technical users can create and distribute things you might use, like work orders, inspections, time sheets, daily field reports, and safety reports.
  • Look for flexibility. Check that the software features a high level of customization to fit your unique business requirements so you can truly unlock critical operational & customer insights.
  • Focus on adoption. Include different stakeholders during the pilot program to gain their feedback early on.
  • Get buy-in. Some employees will be hesitant! Communicate with them frequently about how this operational change will positively impact their jobs.
  • Show the tangible benefits. Once you get buy-in, show your team specifically how moving important information online helps with so many things, including a reduction of manual work, elimination of human error, improved team communication, and greater business insights.
  • Look to scale. Once a business case is clearly established and the value proposition is clear to staff, you can begin to roll out these programs on a larger scale.

Looking Ahead: Embracing Digital Solutions

Your competition is already moving away from old-fashioned paper processes to digital solutions to improve efficiency.

We hope this checklist has helped you understand the steps it will take to modernize, ultimately helping you to work smarter, not harder.

Remember, a clear picture of your projects will help you to identify problems before they arise, adapt quicker – and most importantly – keep your projects running on schedule. (We don’t need to tell you that completing projects on time boosts your reputation and is a leg up over the less-organized competition!)

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Since 2008, GoCanvas has been the go-to for job site management and compliance in construction and manufacturing. We are on a mission to eliminate paperwork, streamline workflows, and become an indispensable tool for any business owner. Together with Device Magic, our customizable mobile forms solution delivers seamless simplicity and optimal productivity. See why our 4 million monthly users chose GoCanvas and unlock your potential with our user-friendly platform.

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Simplify fire protection management and enjoy streamlined workflows. With Device Magic’s real-time data collection and reporting, ensure compliance and make quicker decisions for faster response to identified issues. Our form builder and GoCanvas partnership enable easy operation management from your mobile device. Enhance fire inspections, safety and compliance, and payments to achieve efficiency and protect your bottom line with Device Magic and GoCanvas.

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The Cost of Doing Nothing

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The Cost of Doing Nothing

Managing a job site is hard work, and for everything to function smoothly and safely, there has to be oversight.

When a job is delayed or over budget, there’s a temptation to look at critical-yet time-consuming tasks like OSHA safety and compliance checklists as a drain on profits: time is money, after all. But rather than focus on the immediate cost of compliance, owners, managers, and stakeholders should instead consider the “cost of doing nothing.”

Noncompliance creates an unsafe work environment

When safety is impacted by noncompliance, employees bare the brunt of the problem through increased job-site injuries. The average cost of all workers’ compensation claims in 2016 and 2017 was $40,051, with injury rates measured at:

APPROXIMATELY 210 INCIDENTS PER 10,000 Maintenance and repair workers

APPROXIMATELY 250 INCIDENTS PER 10,000 Construction laborers

APPROXIMATELY 360 INCIDENTS PER 10,000 Heavy truck and tractor-trailer drivers

These kinds of compliance failures add up. In 2017, nearly 155 million workers were affected by workplace injuries, which resulted in total costs of $161.5 billion. The cost per professionally treated injury was $39,000, and the cost per fatality was $1,150,000.

In addition, when workers know a job site is unsafe, firms will have to contend with lost productivity, delays from medical leave, and worker turnover.

According to the Work Institute’s 2019 Employee Retention Report, it costs employers about $15,000 to lose a U.S. worker, which translated to $617 billion total in losses due to employee turnover in 2018.

Low safety standards mean higher operating costs

Poor job site safety doesn’t just harm your team, it’s a drain on equipment and resources too. Workplace accidents can extend project deadlines indefinitely with issues like:

1 Sourcing and transporting damaged or destroyed materials
2 Repairing or replacing damaged equipment
3 Compromised viability of job-site

The reality of today’s fragmented supply chain means that materials acquired at the beginning of a job which are then lost, damaged, or destroyed might only be available at huge markups—or potentially not at all.

Materials prices are expected to remain volatile throughout 2023.

The price of these materials have all increased YOY by the
following percent:

27.0% Plastic construction products

22.4% Steel mill products

13.5% Concrete products

18.9% Gypsum products

111.1% #2 diesel fuel

Business losses aren’t always strictly financial

Unsafe practices in the workplace harm a business’s reputation, and can also make customers less likely to purchase goods and services from that company.

According to a 2018 global survey of nearly 30,000 consumers by Accenture Strategy,

65% said that they are more likely to buy from a company that treats its employees well

47% said they would walk away from a company if they were disappointed in its words and actions

17% of those customers never coming back

GoCanvas can help

Assessing and preventing risk presents a serious challenge, but protecting your workers and your profit margins is worth it. And with the right tools, it’s easy to streamline compliance documentation.

GoCanvas offers forms and templates designed specifically with OSHA regulations in mind. Try some of our existing forms, digitize your workflows, and avoid paying the cost of doing nothing with GoCanvas.

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5 Ways GoCanvas Analytics Enables Data-Driven Decision Making

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Today, market leaders know it’s not enough to access accurate and reliable data. No matter how in-depth, data is meaningless if you cannot effectively interpret it and generate valuable insights

In this article, we’ll explore five ways GoCanvas Analytics helps you turn data you’re already collecting into actionable insights that enable your business to save time and money, increase safety and compliance, and improve your business processes.

1. Automated Data Collection and Analysis

Sifting through and decluttering large amounts of data to uncover trends and anomalies is overwhelming. GoCanvas Analytics removes the hassles of analysis by using the data you’re already collecting to visualize what’s happening throughout your business in real-time, along with reports and alerts that are easy to share with your organization.

Better yet, dashboard views and reporting metrics can be tailored to your needs, so you can drill down into one facet of your business or keep track of everything in a high-level view, all with the click of a button.

2. A Comprehensive Toolkit to Help You Dive Deeper

For many industries, new information can arrive without warning. A sudden spike in safety-related incidents or an influx of new sales can change a trend at the drop of a hat. Having the right analytics tools in place enables you to take control of this information and make informed decisions without relying on manual back-end workflows that take days to process.

GoCanvas Analytics gives you the keys to successfully discover, interpret, and share new insights and knowledge gained from your data. Whether you’re viewing real-time data on a live dashboard or exporting reports, this tool reduces inter-departmental reliance, resulting in more time saved and less administrative work.

3. Automated Email Alerts and Reports

Active alerts are just as important as regular reporting. This is especially true when viewed through the lens of safety and compliance, where it’s vital to monitor safety incidents, equipment maintenance, and workplace inspections.

Along with sending scheduled reports, GoCanvas Analytics can automatically send email alerts based on changes in your data. If a metric reaches a specific threshold, like the number of safety incidents or failed inspections, a notification can be sent to anyone who needs it so that you can keep a pulse on your business.

4. Analytics Tailored to Your Business Needs

As you identify new problems you wish to solve and questions you want to answer for your business, you may discover new metrics you want to explore. 

GoCanvas Analytics has the flexibility and functionality to help evolve your data as your needs grow. Your dashboard views can be toggled to see historic quality control (QC) data, alerts can be set for active failures/issues, and you can even report on that data to predict QC issues before they happen.

5. Scales With Your Business

As your business grows, you’ll need additional insight and reporting capabilities to keep up with oversight of operations. 

GoCanvas Analytics is designed to scale with your business. Adaptive dashboards and reports change as your business does, generating more value as they update according to your data collection. With the help of our Analytics experts, you can leverage information that’s critical to your business success. The possibilities are endless.

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The numerous risks that come with rigging projects make it necessary to regularly inspect this equipment. Rig inspection will ensure your rigging equipment is consistently safe and compliant with industry rules and regulations. There are many pieces of rigging equipment to inspect, from slings and harnesses to hooks and hoists. 

Here we’ll explore what rig inspection is, how frequently you need these inspections, and how you can benefit from using rigging inspection forms to simplify inspections.

What Is Rig Inspection?

Rig inspection entails looking closely at and testing rigging equipment. The object is to make sure it’s properly maintained and presents minimal risk of mechanical failure and breakdowns. Rigging inspections are often required for equipment in the oil and gas industry. Professionals with experience conducting rig inspections are ideal for inspecting each component of a rig and gauging its condition and risks. 

How Often Do You Need To Inspect Rigging Equipment?

To keep rigging equipment in working order and prevent potential issues and non-compliance, it’s important to conduct rig inspections at key points throughout the equipment’s service life.

Specifically, you should conduct inspections during these times:

When Expecting Equipment Deliveries

The first inspection should occur ahead of the delivery of rigging equipment. As soon as the supplier ships it, and you prepare it for installation at the rig site, you should first inspect it to gauge the condition of each piece of equipment before use. 

Regularly for Extreme Applications

Some applications that put stress on rigging equipment and use it heavily will require more frequent inspections than other less demanding applications. Inspectors should look at the equipment before you use it. This is normally done through a routine visual inspection that takes place whenever you use it for a different shift or application. Depending on the intended use, this could require you to inspect equipment multiple times daily.

Periodically for All Equipment

If you don’t require more frequent inspections for hoisting and rigging systems, you will need to inspect equipment periodically according to standards under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Some equipment will need quarterly or even monthly inspections if it undergoes heavier use. Conversely, other less frequently used equipment may only require annual inspections. 

You will need to determine how frequently equipment requires inspections. This is based on the service conditions, frequency of use, the applications and frequency of application or shift changes, and other factors. Also, keep in mind that OSHA and ASME have different requirements for various components.

What Are the Four Main Components To Inspect on Your Rigging?

There are several pieces of rigging equipment that inspectors will need to look at when conducting a rig inspection. Four of these components to inspect include the following:

  • Rigging hooks and shackles: These components connect all rigging equipment such as ropes and chains to avoid slippage.
  • Slings: These parts help with lifting heavier loads using wire ropes.
  • Blocks and pulleys: These systems can help lift heavy objects by reducing the force required to move and lift these items.
  • Steel nuts and eye bolts: Rigging systems also use a combination of steel nuts and eye bolts to loop ropes and cables. They’re available in many sizes and a few different types. 

In addition to these components, rigging systems may use parts such as wire ropes, turnbuckles, lifting beams, and spreader bars. You can look up the inspection criteria for each by checking with OSHA and ASME. 

Who Should Inspect Rigging?

Different people can inspect rigging equipment, depending on the operation and application. For example, owners can inspect equipment periodically as needed based on OSHA and ASME regulations. Operators can also inspect equipment before each use. They can use inspection forms and tools that streamline the process, such as a sling inspection form template or a transload safety app.

Often, it’s best to designate a qualified rigger to conduct rig inspections as needed, which will keep inspections consistent and ensure the inspector gets accustomed to the inspection process. He or she can go through a complete checklist to properly inspect each piece of equipment.

OSHA and other organizations don’t require riggers to gain certification. However, this type of certification is often ideal to have. According to OSHA, a qualified rigger is someone who has gained sufficient experience or credentials demonstrating competence in this field. For instance, a qualified rigger may have worked as a rigger for many years and gained extensive knowledge, experience, and training. Another may have obtained a certificate, degree, or professional standing. Others may simply show that they can solve various rigging problems.

How Long Is a Rigging Cert Good for?

If a rigger decides to gain certification, the certification will last for five years in most cases. Exceptions to this include times when the certification serves as an extension to prior certification, in which case the certification will share the expiration date of the other certification. For instance, if a rigger first obtains rigger certification and then receives signal person certification before the rigger certification has expired, both will expire when the first five years end. 

How Mobile Forms and Apps Can Help With Rig Inspection

With the right approach, you can properly inspect and maintain rigging equipment to create a consistently safe and operational environment. However, it’s important to have the right tools to help you complete inspections. These include hook and sling inspection forms and various mobile apps that give inspectors everything they need. 

For some of the best solutions to help streamline the inspection process and maintain compliance and safety, turn to GoCanvas. We provide our customers with a range of rig inspection form templates and apps for all equipment types. You’ll find forms for transload safety checks, hoisting and rigging mobile forms, and more. 

Regardless of what you need to inspect in your rigging configurations, GoCanvas makes it easy to complete each inspection with consistent thoroughness and efficiency. Give your qualified riggers what they need to simplify inspections and minimize safety risks and the potential for equipment failure. Through the automation of inspections, you’ll benefit from cost savings and improved processes that keep operations running smoothly.

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To keep your fleet in great shape, you need regular real-time fleet inspections and consistent management. With the help of proper inspections, you can avoid potential breakdowns and costly downtime. To get the most from your fleet management practices, it’s important to understand the specific benefits of inspections and the ways you can improve the inspection process.

The Importance of Optimizing Your Vehicle Inspection Processes

A non-functioning fleet is potentially expensive for many businesses, with downtime costing as much as $760 per vehicle per day. This makes it necessary to conduct routine inspections if you want to maximize the performance and longevity of your fleets. By doing so, you can centralize requests, and automate maintenance workflows and extensive reporting.

You also need to take certain steps to transform your maintenance processes. Maintenance is a significant factor in the overall costs for fleet companies, with these processes normally accounting for around 20-60% of operating expenses (OpEx) and capital expenditures (CapEx). By taking steps to optimize maintenance processes, companies have managed to save more than $500 million over the course of ten years, which translates to around 30% of the company’s total fleet expenses. These numbers show how crucial it is for fleet management companies to have a solid inspection process and streamlined maintenance solutions.

The Benefits of Fleet Inspections

Fleet inspections help maintain fleets of all sizes with the right practices and technology. The following are some specific advantages of fleet inspections for businesses, including digital inspections and fleet management software.

Prevent Serious, Expensive Breakdowns with Digital Vehicle Inspections

Fleets require proactive preventative maintenance as opposed to reactive maintenance. Inspections can help identify certain issues or potential issues before they have the chance to cause expensive breakdowns and repairs. To properly prevent breakdowns, fleets need to undergo routine servicing along with both pre-and post-trip inspections. Taking these steps will ensure that fleet vehicles don’t experience wear and tear that put your business and employees at risk

Increase Productivity for Fleet Operations

By preventing avoidable breakdowns, you’ll be able to avoid the headache of decreased productivity among your fleet. Without inspections that detect issues beforehand, employees would need to spend more time getting vehicles back up and running when they should be focusing on making deliveries on time. Preventative maintenance also makes sure your equipment performs optimally, which will further increase productivity across your fleet.

Maintain Compliance with Fleet Maintenance Software

It’s important for fleets to comply with inspection regulations under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). These regulations dictate what inspections companies need for their fleets, including specific components, such as brake systems, fuel tank fittings, and chassis. Without adhering to the FMCSA’s strict requirements when it comes to inspections, you may inadvertently violate them, which can lead to certain repercussions, namely hefty fines that can severely compromise your bottom line. Maintaining compliance with fleet management software and proper inspections will give you peace of mind in knowing that your fleet and business aren’t at risk.

Keep Insurance Costs and Other Pricing Low

By performing regular inspections for your vehicle, you’ll also be able to save more on insurance costs, along with those resulting from roadside inspection fines. 

The FMCSA developed and launched the CSA safety compliance and enforcement program with the purpose of holding both fleet owners and drivers accountable for their behavior on the road. To gauge conduct, this program gives drivers a CSA score that can influence insurance premiums. 

The CSA score looks at several factors to measure each driver’s performance. These include:

  • Crash Indicator
  • Unsafe Driving
  • Vehicle Maintenance
  • Driver Fitness
  • Hours-of-Service Compliance
  • Controlled Substances or Alcohol
  • Hazardous Materials Compliance

The vehicle maintenance factor is why inspections are so important in boosting the CSA score. Poor maintenance can negatively impact this score, leading the FMCSA to give a lower score and subsequently leading to increased insurance premiums. A higher CSA score, conversely, can help reduce premium costs while also increasing the chances of coverage approval and reducing deductibles. In addition to reducing insurance costs, inspections can help lower roadside inspection fines. You should always make sure your fleet and drivers are prepared for roadside inspections. If your vehicles are in great condition and you provide drivers with the right documentation, including inspection forms, you’ll be able to avoid potentially costly fines. Additionally, performing pre-trip inspections prior to roadside inspections can help save a trip to the repair shop, which could also lead to otherwise avoidable downtime and costs.

Reduce Driver Liability with Digital Templates

If a driver gets involved in an accident on their trip, they may be liable for it if they don’t have documentation proving that a pre-trip inspection took place. Even if the driver isn’t responsible for the accident, the lack of proof of inspection could make them liable regardless. This makes it necessary to perform pre-trip inspections and provide drivers with the right documentation and asset management to reduce liability.

Maximize the Longevity of Equipment

If you maintain your fleets, including all vehicles and equipment, you’ll be able to dramatically increase service life. This will help you get the most from your equipment and avoid the expenses of buying replacements. 

Streamline All Processes With Digital Inspections

Traditional fleet inspections are effective, but you can get even more from them when you digitize them. Using the right fleet management and inspection tools, you can make all inspections paperless and easy to navigate. A digital solution would be able to include images and detailed checklists that simplify the inspection process from start to finish. A reliable digital inspection solution will allow you to work online and offline as needed. When connected, online inspections can save data to the cloud. However, when in areas without connectivity, field teams can still conduct inspections and save data locally on their smartphones or tablets.

You Can Optimize Fleet Maintenance and Inspections with GoCanvas

While regular maintenance and inspections are invaluable for your fleet, you also need to make sure you can properly perform these tasks. Today, businesses have access to a variety of technological solutions to optimize these tasks. One of the best ways to streamline inspections and more is to use digitized forms. Ordinarily, businesses need to deal with piles of paperwork and spend time looking through forms. This is highly inefficient and can significantly reduce productivity while increasing the risk of human error. Digital forms will make every inspection and maintenance form easy to access and modify, with the ability to keep all documentation on a single accessible platform. Digitization of forms will also help collect data on maintenance to better inform future decisions. The right technology will help create a paperless environment for your business that makes fleet management easier and more cost-effective than ever. However, you need to find the ideal solution to get the results you want.GoCanvas offers a great platform for converting paper forms to digital versions that create a more holistic maintenance and inspection ecosystem. To learn more about GoCanvas and what it can do for your fleet, connect to an expert and schedule a demo.

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Unlocking Frontline Data to Optimize Business Operations

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Many small to medium-sized businesses have faced uncertainty during the pandemic. Nearly every industry struggled to some extent, from supply and labor shortages to low-quality data. However, with the help of in-depth analytics and data collection, SMBs can optimize their frontline operations and navigate through difficult times. The following guide will illustrate the value of high-quality frontline data and show how the right analytics tools can make the most of it.

Digitizing the Frontline Workforce Overcome Challenges with Digital Solutions

In the wake of the pandemic, businesses of all types continue to experience numerous challenges. It’s important for business leaders to be able to overcome them, which they can through the use of digital transformation technologies.

Some of the main disruptions affecting businesses today include:

  • Supply chain disruptions — Generally, the pandemic has led to certain challenges for supply chains, forcing businesses to adapt and innovate with various solutions to get around this issue.
  • Skilled labor shortage — Another problem that businesses are facing is a shortage of skilled frontline workers, which can further complicate supply chain disruptions. Companies need to find effective ways to attract new talent and offer a job experience that appeals to skilled workers.
  • Resource constraints — Businesses are also suffering from certain restrictions when it comes to resources. They lack the digital solutions, initiatives, skill sets, and other elements to optimize efficiency.
  • Competing priorities for budget — Conflicts of interest among leaders often lead to difficulty in prioritizing budgets for tech solutions that can improve business operations.
  • Hyper-automation — Businesses have a hard time determining when it’s best to adopt a particular digital solution to facilitate automation. In some cases, they may refrain from adopting automation solutions entirely until they become mainstream.
  • Everything as a service (XaaS) — Integrating multiple solutions and working with several service providers is often challenging. Keep in mind that it’s often better to consolidate your partnerships and focus on a single solution at a time.

Bad data — Bad data is one of the biggest disruptions that negatively affect businesses. Bad data could refer to inconsistent data, general inaccuracy, illegible data, or missing information. Low-quality data is such a serious issue that more and more businesses are making it a top priority to improve their data for the end users.

How to Approach Your Digital Transformation

Making informed decisions and innovating with digital solutions can help resolve the issues of bad data and other pitfalls your business may experience. However, you might not be entirely sure how to approach your digitization strategy. Here we’ll review some of the initial steps you can take to transform your business and operations with digitization.

1. Incorporate Digital Data into Your Business Function Strategy

Different teams frequently wind up in data silos that contribute to inconsistent and otherwise bad data. To prevent this, you must break down silos between each team with real-time work process data. All this data must also be easy to understand and analyze, which will help guide your strategies. Companies must use the right tools to allow successful data capture. The right solutions will be user-friendly and easy to use, enabling users of all skill levels to access and utilize them.

2. Save Time and Money with Click-to-Connect Data Solutions

Use a web-based click-to-connect data solution that’s easy to access and use. You won’t need to download any software while enhancing the customer experience. This will save more time and money while reducing liability.

3. Automate Business Workflows

If you can find a way to simplify certain manual processes using digital solutions, you should integrate them. Your teams should be able to dedicate more time and attention to critical tasks. Various automation tools can allow for hyper-automation, which will keep your staff from wasting time on mundane, tedious tasks. In turn, your business will be able to get work done faster to optimize operational efficiency.

4. Use No-Code Data for Business Processes

With the right BI solution, you can gain more transparency into your business operations with rich, valuable data. Using this data, you can more accurately identify risks and determine how to address them. This will help ensure that you’re consistently proactive as opposed to reactive in the functionality of your operations. You’ll also be able to improve your customer service with insights into customer behavior and other characteristics of end users. Taking all of these steps can go a long way in alleviating the pain points that might otherwise hold your business back. An effective digitization strategy will make it easier for your organization to transition into a new company culture and customer experience. You’ll also gain more knowledge of the options available and bring everyone on board as you eliminate negative perceptions of new tech solutions. Additionally, you can prioritize your budget to invest in the tools your business truly needs. In turn, this lowers overhead and operating costs while empowering frontline staff to make quicker wiser decisions.

 Utilize Frontline Data Collection with GoCanvas Analytics

Your business needs powerful analytics solutions to eliminate bad data and enable success. One of the most reliable tools available is GoCanvas Analytics.

With the help of this particular solution, you can get everything you need on a single, easy-to-use platform. GoCanvas Analytics features plenty of capabilities to help you unlock frontline data, including the ability to:

  • Collect, compile, and report all data
  • Issue instant notifications in the form of alerts
  • Automate report generation
  • Analyze data at a granular level to help discover actionable insights

GoCanvas Analytics also includes a number of features to help realize the full benefits of high-quality data. These features include:

  • Reporting by location
  • Shareable PDF reports
  • Embedded photos
  • Dispatch
  • Push notifications
  • Dashboard widgets
  • Filtering by categories and type

Integrating this tool into your operations will optimize your business’s data collection and analysis efforts. You’ll see improved performance, reduced failure rates, saved time, and reduced costs. You can make data-driven decisions that fuel your company’s long-term success and successfully overcome the many challenges you may face.

Implement Digital Tools to Your Business with GoCanvas

A solid digitization strategy will give your business the chance to flourish in many ways. The key is knowing which steps to take and which tools to implement based on your business’s unique requirements. By integrating tools like GoCanvas Analytics, you’ll gear your business for a successful digital transformation. This will enable real growth as your company benefits from improved performance and increased adaptability. If you would like to learn more about how GoCanvas can help you with your digitization strategy, connect to an expert today.

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