Recent Xerox Future of
Work Survey shows 58% of respondents plan changes to remote working policy
Today, Xerox announced
the launch of its Team Availability App, a quick-to-deploy, real-time
solution for organizations that need to understand employee availability and
location. Knowing where and whether employees are working is critical to
managing flexible work environments, where the percentage of employees sharing
time between home and work locations grows.
Organizations
are actively supporting and investing in technology solutions for a hybrid
workforce. A recent global business survey commissioned by Xerox
shows 58% of respondents plan to change their work from home policy within the
next year. This new acceptance of a hybrid workforce has also revealed
technology gaps, with companies increasing investment in remote technology resources
(55%) or a hybrid of remote and in-office resources (40%).
"Managing
a distributed workforce during a continued pandemic presents unique challenges
no organization has experienced before," said Joanne Collins Smee,
executive vice president and chief commercial, SMB and channels officer, Xerox.
"Organizations need to know who is available and where so they can make
better decisions when allocating resources and work. This tool provides
real-time knowledge to managers with distributed employee populations."
Unlike
other attendance management tools, which need to plug into IT infrastructure
and take weeks to implement, the Team Availability App is ready in just hours.
Once populated, the app provides authorized users with customizable and
privacy-protected data for strategic decision making. Xerox is rolling out the
app across the company to support its Path Forward plans to manage a phased
approach to returning to the workplace safely. Xerox is leveraging the app with
its employee population to conduct daily health checks for exposure related to
COVID-19. Tracking of this activity allows for a safe and phased return to the
workplace.
The
"It's important for a healthcare provider to know which caregivers are available when to support patients, and that's even more critical in a pandemic," said Linda Watts, joint Clinical Systems Programme Manager, Imperial NHS Trust & Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, head of health records, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. "The Xerox Team Availability App was deployed at lightning speed, and we got updates from staff on their availability in real-time. As a result, we could always make sure our patients were covered."
The
Xerox Team Availability App is a GDPR-compliant SaaS offering with a
subscription-based model that allows customers to sign up for as long as
required. It's available now on the App Store and Google Play
Store.
For
more information and additional results from the Xerox Future of Work study,
visit www.Xerox.com/MakeNowWork