Whether you are operating your business out of your head, you
build a manual in a word processor nothing compares to the ease
and power of building an operations manual with 1BOOM.
Even the most advanced and expensive enterprise software can't
match 1BOOM's simplicity for this targeted function.
What do you currently use to share procedures and policies with
your associates? Do you have: a paper based
system, a word processor, a spreadsheet,
a custom in-house database, an enterprise
class knowledge suite, or no operations manual?
1BOOM compares positively with any system for managing
people, roles and responsibilities.
Chart above compares 1BOOM to the other most
common methods of organizing procedures and policies.
1. No Operations Manual:
A business without an operations manual is severely limiting its
own growth. We know an operations manual takes some time to write,
but in the end the cost of writing one, compared to the pleasure
of people knowing how to do their work is priceless. If you don't
have an operations manual, what you have may be much closer to
a job than to a business.
Do you work for your business or does it work for you? Owning
a business means the business works for you, not the other way
around. Without an operations manual, odds are that you work for
the business, you own a job. 1BOOM can help. It's designed
to help you turn that job into a business that earns you money
even when you're not working.
2. Paper: Perhaps
you have someone else arrange your operations manual and you need
a paper printout. The trouble with paper is how more often than
not, it isn't where it needs to be at the right time. As long
as there is one terminal available to the employees, they can
find what they need in 1BOOM. Always in the same place,
always up-to-date.
With the cost of internet access as reasonable as it is, and
the fact that 1BOOM doesn't need a high powered PC to work,
placing an inexpensive access machine in the shop never made more
sense than now. You can even set up the machine so it only accesses
1BOOM and other company assets to prevent general web surfing.
3. A Word Processor:
Using a word processor to create an operations manual is like
using a pen to write a novel. At one point that was the best thing
there was, that time has passed. A word processor isn't dynamic,
isn't interactive, doesn't share responsibilities with other people
in your organization, and won't notify others of updates. More
commonly than not, small businesses who begin their work on a
word processor eventually neglect their operations manual and
it collects the digital equivalent of dust.
It can even be difficult to find the original file when you need
it. Maybe you're more organized than that, and you don't lose
the file. Perhaps you are able to cut content from a master version
and send copies that are tailored to include only the materials
that apply to the role you have in mind...that's a lot of work.
1BOOM will do that all for you effortlessly.
4. A Spreadsheet:
Some people seem to use spreadsheets for everything. They force
them to be a combination page layout tool, word processor, database
and kitchen sink. Creating an operations manual in Excel or Lotus
1-2-3 is like making wings out of lead, it simply doesn't fly.
It doesn't master page layouts, formatting, access or peer to
peer connectivity in the manner 1BOOM does. If you want
your business to take off, you want to use 1BOOM.
5. A Custom
Database: Perhaps you're the type of person that has
to do everything themselves and you have Access, FilemakerPro,
FoxPro, SQL or some other database package. We've put a lot of
research into 1BOOM, and it's now being developed by a
large user base. 1BOOM is designed by a team that consists
of industrial designers, human interface specialists, programmers,
graphic artists, systems specialists and entrepreneur managers.
It's been tested by employees at many levels to assure an intuitive
user experience. We make it look simple, but that wasn't easy.
Building a system that securely handles all of this information
in such a dynamic and fluid manner was no small task, but now
it's ready for you to use and benefit from. It's not time to reinvent
the wheel.
As an internet application, 1BOOM will be more universally
available than a network hosted database. When you consider its
tiny monthly cost, building such a system from scratch will cost
more and you could be using it tomorrow to grow what you already
started. 1BOOM is focused on development of our
online operations manual system, that's what 1BOOM
does, exclusively, and our mission is to do it better than anyone.
6. Enterprise Class Knowledge Base:
The overall complexity and cost of Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) software alone makes it a non-solution for all but the largest
businesses. We would agree that if you need to have your design
centers in 12 countries dynamically connected to the price of
tea in 5 different parts of China, you may need solutions like
P&G or Daimler-Chrysler have in place. If you simply need
your people to know how to take care of their responsibilities,
1BOOM is simply the best approach you can take.
The other powerful reason for 1BOOM is that unlike most
ERP solutions, you won't need a dedicated server and related licensing
or a trained and certified IT department. Log in and it's there,
everywhere you need it to be. 1BOOM.
1BOOM, the original "Business Online
Operations Manual," is a robust and capable tool for
handling operations manual management, but we're only getting
started. As a user you will continue to see upgrades. You won't
have to worry about operating systems, fonts, attachments, syntax
errors. Just log in and get your work done.
You can finally focus on growing your business, get started
right now. Want to see your business BOOM? Contact
us today for a link to our online demo.
