More time, less tedium: how AI is helping SMEs to innovate and compete
Using artificial intelligence to handle repetitive tasks and large data sets is no longer just the preserve of big corporate players. With AI now available as an affordable service, SMEs are freeing up their people to focus on more rewarding work“Admin is important,” says Kevin Fitzgerald, UK managing director of Employment Hero, a global employment management platform that uses AI to make life easier for SMEs. “But technology has progressed so far, especially in the last 10 years, that a lot of admin tasks can now be taken care of digitally.” From Fitzgerald’s point of view, AI is not some nebulous or frightening new technology, but rather a smart way to relieve staff and companies of drudgery and time-consuming tasks, freeing them up to do more valuable and interesting work.The results of an Employment Hero survey bear this thinking out. Fifty-two per cent of respondents said that adopting the company’s platform made their organisation more efficient, 42% said it made them faster and 65% said they were using less paper. Continue reading...

Using artificial intelligence to handle repetitive tasks and large data sets is no longer just the preserve of big corporate players. With AI now available as an affordable service, SMEs are freeing up their people to focus on more rewarding work
“Admin is important,” says Kevin Fitzgerald, UK managing director of Employment Hero, a global employment management platform that uses AI to make life easier for SMEs. “But technology has progressed so far, especially in the last 10 years, that a lot of admin tasks can now be taken care of digitally.” From Fitzgerald’s point of view, AI is not some nebulous or frightening new technology, but rather a smart way to relieve staff and companies of drudgery and time-consuming tasks, freeing them up to do more valuable and interesting work.
The results of an Employment Hero survey bear this thinking out. Fifty-two per cent of respondents said that adopting the company’s platform made their organisation more efficient, 42% said it made them faster and 65% said they were using less paper. Continue reading...