Google Apps for the Electrical Industry

Gmail has been around for a while now but if you are not a regular gmail user you probably haven't seen the depth and breadth of what Google's cloud offering can do.

Somewhere in your company is a Network Administrator who takes support calls from desktop users regarding their Desktop email program.  The support calls are typically frequent and expensive in the context of what the average Network Administrator is paid for the higher level functions they perform.  This hidden cost of time away from other higher level activities, if measured, would add up quickly.

In the electrical industry, keeping employees in front of customers, on the phone, writing up orders, purchasing, or managing inventory is what it's all about.

When email gets in the way, all of these can be affected.  Many companies pay their network staff a significant wage to make sure it doesn't happen.  The converse of this is also true, network staff are paid a lot to fix it when it does happen.

The problem plaguing most companies is how to measure the soft cost of the many support calls or how much time is involved managing the system, including the network, an Exchange Server, the desktops, and lets not forget the license fees.

Once a company takes a serious and realistic look at how much money is being spent to support the existing in house email system, a Cloud solution really begins to make sense.

Taking the other Google Apps, like Google Docs & Spreadsheets,  out of the picture for a moment and consider just the gmail cloud solution.  Branded with your business' domain name and logo, your users can login from anywhere, are immediately connected to most mobile platforms, and all server maintenance is handled by Google. 

I've implemented this solution a couple of times and can offer a first hand account of moving from daily email support requests before Gmail to none in 3 years post implementing Google Apps.  Worth every penny of the $50/user per Year.  Here is a YouTube testimony from a large scale Google Apps user.

Google Docs is now coming of age with rich functionality you are used to seeing in Office products. Compatibility is excellent through import and export tools into many document formats, advanced scripting functionality, and connectivity to your internal databases if you choose.  Google Apps has all the tools.  For additional fees, you can even get some advanced features like archiving and higher level security.

This is a DREAM environment for an electrical distributor, in business to sell products not support technology. 

At a very low entry cost, the reliability of Google, powerful tools and functionality, branding to your business, and even the ability to host websites on Google's infrastructure, Google Apps can be maximized by engaging a reseller like Olie.com to implement it in your business.

Selling electrical products is your goal and technology should make it easier for you while staying out of the way in the process.  Google Apps can help you look like a billion dollar company by leveraging the technology of just that.  Take a look for yourself, I'm sure you'll be glad you did.

Feel free to contact MyElectricalSpace if you have questions about Google's services or how to implement them.