The power of specialized, cross-functional remote teams for SMBs.

It was already challenging for small-to-medium-sized businesses to operate between cut-throat competition, volatile markets, and employee remuneration. In the last few months, the coronavirus pandemic has added fuel to the fire, if not burned everything to the ground completely. 

When surveyed across the country, SMB businesses owners reported that the most troublesome questions and issues that overwhelming them are:

• Is my business going to be viable after this pandemic?
• How can I keep my team efficient?
• How do I hire and retain experienced staff?
• How can I reduce back-office costs?
• How can I maximize revenue?
• How can I increase my sales?
• Am I still relevant to my customers?

However daunting the situation, there is always a way out. Quick, agile, and creative thinking has paved the way for new ways of operating. 

So even in the dire scenario where 39 million Americans and counting are claiming unemployment and the big conglomerates are also feeling the blow, opportunities have sprung to break from the molds of traditional working methodologies. 

An emerging, evident shift in workplace operation.

We are now connected globally more than ever. Thanks to communication technologies, companies have pivoted their strategies in a matter of days. Leaders are showing inspiring levels of creativity and resiliency, and the whole organizational movement is towards remote working!

In surveys, even before the pandemic, nearly 70% of the American employees said they believed that the traditional office setup would be obsolete by 2030. 

These issues have been exaggerated more than ever now. And the need of the hour has been creating lean-mean teams, cross-functional teams, located remotely.

Lesser staff, remotely placed, and yet maximum efficacy.  

As this massive shift to remote working is emerging, those not used to remote development and remote cooperation find it rather challenging to adapt and adjust.

According to McKinsey, "high demand for collaborative tools, guides, training, and operating norms for working from home at scale were highlighted as the top concern for chief information officers. Infrastructure scaling and cybersecurity threats were also rated rather high among the challenges in a time of coronavirus crisis."

Many industry leaders now recommend that businesses should outsource anything as many services as they can, mainly digital marketing, advertising, accounting, HR, and payroll.

Partnering with an outsourcing vendor can eliminate overhead operational costs, help support the current team, and smoothen yourself quickly into the remote working culture.

So now that the businesses are aware of how much they need to rely on remote teams, they lack a reliable source for guidance.

Outsourcing service providers - experts in building a remote working team.

Because of the reasons mentioned here, business process management (BPM) services providing remote teams and experts for businesses across domains, can share their experiences to help companies to leverage the benefits of remote teams.

Their tried and tested best practices can help companies make new super-efficient remote working spaces with specialized teams in a scalable and stable manner.

For instance, TransForm Solutions are the pioneers in providing outsourcing solutions for over 18 years. They have successfully helped many large organizations, SMBs, and start-ups set up a full-fledged remote working team of experts or plug in the holes of their team hiring specialized skilled individuals off-shore.

The way we operate as a country and or as an organization was shifting even before the coronavirus. This pandemic has fast-tracked it more than most can handle. As the uncertainty unfolds with the passage of 2020, business leaders need to arm themselves with trustworthy, cost-effective, specialized resources that will ensure that your business will survive this storm and thrive after it calms.