Mobile Stats Purchasing Managers Need to Know About One of the many features that BELLWETHER PURCHASING SOFTWARE offers is the ability to approve REQUISITIONS and PURCHASE ORDERS from anywhere. As long as you have access to email or a web browser, you can complete this task. A big part of why this flexibility is good news for PURCHASING MANAGERS and others involved in the purchasing process is modern workflows continue to become more mobile. A simple way to understand why mobile is having such a big impact on how people work is to look at existing consumer behavior. Since most people consistently use their phone from when they get up until they go to sleep, it’s easy to see how this behavior carries over into the workplace. The fact that the average person has their phone within reach for 14 hours a day is why Apple and other technology companies are betting so big on wearable devices like watches. Understanding Just How Big Mobile Has Become

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A simple way to understand why mobile is having such a big impact on how people work is to look at existing consumer behavior. Since most people consistently use their phone from when they get up until they go to sleep, it’s easy to see how this behavior carries over into the workplace. The fact that the average person has their phone within reach for 14 hours a day is why Apple and other technology companies are betting so big on wearable devices like watches.

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Mobile Stats Purchasing Managers Needto Know About

One of the many features that BELLWETHER PURCHASING SOFTWARE offers is the abilityto approve REQUISITIONS and PURCHASE ORDERS from anywhere. As long as you haveaccess to email or a web browser, you can complete this task. A big part of why this flexibility isgood news for PURCHASING MANAGERS and others involved in the purchasing process ismodern workflows continue to become more mobile.

A simple way to understand why mobile is having such a big impact on how people work is tolook at existing consumer behavior. Since most people consistently use their phone from whenthey get up until they go to sleep, it’s easy to see how this behavior carries over into theworkplace. The fact that the average person has their phone within reach for 14 hours a day iswhy Apple and other technology companies are betting so big on wearable devices like watches.

Understanding Just How Big Mobile Has Become

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Although you can see mobile devices anywhere that you go, it’s still easy to forget just howmuch of a societal shift that these phones have caused. The best way to put the full impact ofmobile into perspective is to dig into the numbers.

Currently, 378,000 iPhones are sold a day, while only 371,000 babies are born on a daily basis.The incredible popularity of the iPhone and other smartphones is why more people on earth owna mobile phone than do a toothbrush. It’s also why projections point towards the presence of 10billion mobile connected devices by 2017.

Shopping is one of the behaviors that consumers regularly rely on their mobile device to do. Notonly do 80% of consumers use their smartphone to shop, but 56% believe their mobile devicesmake shopping more enjoyable. And what may come as the biggest surprise is a full 25% ofconsumers do all of their online shopping via a mobile device.

Since these stats put into perspective just how big mobile has become, it’s easy to see whyfailing to embrace this trend would be a mistake for a business. But by making the transition to amore mobile workflow, businesses can ensure that their best practices don’t fall out of step withwhat’s happening around them.

Mobile Provides an Advantage in Both B2B and B2C

Regardless of the specific industry you’re in, your personal productivity will benefit from beingempowered through mobile. Not only will mobile provide you with flexibility and the ability tostay on top of your work, but it will also benefit anyone who works with you. So if you want tofeel more in control of your daily processes and less stressed out by your responsibilities as apurchasing manager, BELLWETHER PURCHASING SOFTWARE features like mobileaccessibility will greatly benefit you. CONTACT US today to learn more.