Benefits for Small Businesses
Increase Productivity
Plan-B for OpenOffice.org increases the productivity of all your office workers.
As business owner you are always looking for ways to increase the productivity of your employees. Struggling with office software is a time waister and costs businesses a lot of money in unproductive activities as well as delays and lost business.
As Individuals save time and frustration with Plan-B for OpenOffice.org they become more productive and contribute more to the bottom line.
In addition, Plan-B is a self service help system. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. This means, no interruptions or no delays. In addition there are no calling hours or IT staff required to answer the phone. Employees are also solving their issues themselves and do not zap the productivity of the most knowledgeable colleague.
Lower IT costs
Plan-B for OpenOffice.org helps to lower IT overhead costs. It is true self service with little IT involvement.
A small business IT department has a lot on the plate these days. Hardware, network, application management, server up time, phone, security, etc. keeps them busy. It is best to use the limited resources for the business critical infrastructure. Software support for an office suite is no such thing.
We are not Jacks of all Trades. We are experts in OpenOffice.org and we can answer questions much quicker and more efficient. And we communicate directly with end-users, getting at the real issue and getting the answer back quickly. It takes a lot of training and staff to provide this level of expertise and responsiveness in an IT department.
MS Office Migration
Many companies migrate from Microsoft Office® to OpenOffice.org. This transition does not justify the expenses of internal or external training with the associated loss of work time. The two products are quite similar. However, some help is required to keep employees focused on productive tasks and less frustrated in the transition.
Plan-B for OpenOffice.org is ideal for businesses migrating from MS Office. Plan-B's smart search translates automatically the language used in Microsoft's documentation and guides the user to the equivalent topic in OpenOffice.org. Plan-B screencasts demonstrate functions, allowing the users to quickly grasp the differences and apply them to their task at hand.
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