Maintaining Your Essentials!

As a business, there will be a number of resources that are absolutely essential for you to operate, which could include:

• Tools/machinery
• Phone lines
• Computers
• Internet connection
• Printers
• Fax machines

And I write this article shortly after my partners laser jet printer started producing large black runner marks all over the printouts! And you’ll never believe when it started… well, at least I couldn’t!

It started when they were printing the envelopes for the Christmas cards. The only word that sprung to mind was, ‘TYPICAL!’ This printing had been left until the last minute and now the printer’s playing up. Just another thing to add to the to-do list before the week’s out…

From what I found out on the net, the toner is probably the problem – so it could be worse. For example, my partner, Paul, is in the Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning business, and he has to have a variety of machinery to be able to do his job, amounting to thousands of pounds – but what do we do if something happens to that? Well, we’ve had more than a couple of close calls, and at least one occassion when it went right past close and we’ve had to cancel work! Which leads me to my point…

Like most items we purchase, equipment lasts longer when it’s well maintained. Whether it’s a company vehicle, your printer or your machinery – they all will have a life expectancy, and it’s up to you to maintain your resources to ensure they last you as long as you expect them to!

As modern businesses, most of us will have a computer, internet access and electronic customer databases, and with increasing dependence on technology, you must ensure you also do whatever you need to do to ensure that your internet is secure and your data is backed up, because if you don’t, you will risk all of this detail being lost, and that may be irrecoverable!

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