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Diwali means Festival of Lights. In India, Diwali is one of the main Festivals.

Over the centuries, Diwali (Deepawali) Mean has become a national festival that is enjoyed by most Indians regardless of faith: Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs.

Hindus interpret the Diwali story based upon where they live:

• In northern India, they celebrate the story of King Rama’s return to Ayodhya after he defeated Ravana by lighting rows of clay lamps.
• Southern India celebrates it as the day that Lord Krishna defeated the demon Narakasura.
• In western India, the festival marks the day that Lord Vishnu, the Preserver (one of the main gods of the Hindu trinity) sent the demon King Bali to rule the netherworld.

In all interpretations, one common thread rings true—the festival marks the victory of good over evil.

Irrespective of religion and communities any festival brings joy and happiness across people around us.

May this Diwali bring crackers of joy, fireworks of laughter and sweets of love. May the God bestow his grace on you and family. Happy Diwali!! to all of you across the world.

Bharath
Founder & CEO
bharath@cashos.com
Written on 6th November 2018

One of the definitions we found for ERP goes like this “Enterprise resource
planning (ERP) is a method of efficiently utilizing people, hardware and
software to increase productivity and profit, thus simplifying a company’s
business processes.”.In fact, most of the definitions go along similar lines.
CashOS is different from an ERP in several ways.

1) A focus of CashOS is only on CASH.
Anything that smells or sounds like CASH, CASHOS can help. Some of the key
areas that come to mind are Raw materials, Finished goods, Collections,
Material under process. Another important feature of CashOS is that it tracks
TIME.There is an old saying Time is Money. I think Time is more than Money.
Because Money can be earned, but Time once gone, cannot be earned back.
No matter what. CashOS’s focus is on these two key elements of any
Business: Cash and Time

2) Data entry is done by people who do the work
Typically in most of the organizations, Computer access is only for a few ‘selected’ individuals. They may be supervisors or people with ‘higher’ educational qualifications.
Whereas in CashOS, every person who does an activity enters his / her activities directly into their smartphones.
3) Data is captured on Real-time
In CashOS data is captured as the work happens. Which means it is real time. Which could play a significant role in the decision-making process, unlike a delayed data capture system?

4) You don’t need computers to run your IT systems
Typically when we say IT, it means desktops or laptops. Whereas in CashOS you don’t need these at all. Except maybe for one or two.
There are several other differences, but in short, CashOS is a totally new way to look at running a business through Mobile Cloud Workflows. It may look like a ‘mobile ERP’ for a first-timer, but when you look deeper, you start appreciating what CashOS can help you achieve!!!
Would you like to learn more about CashOS?
Reach out to us at info@CashOS.com

Bharath
Founder & CEO
bharath@cashos.com
Written on 31st October 2018

Now let’s look at it from an individual perspective and understand what Time Optimization means and what could be its implications.

Imagine two individuals A & B.  One who gets the best out of his 24 hours. While the other just go with the flow. How does A manage to get the best? By planning and being prepared. So he anticipates how a day will go and plans for the best outcomes.
Now, what would B be doing? Just react to whatever is happening to him. Not taking proactive actions and not preparing for the future.

We see this all the time, isn’t it? Thought these are two extremes, it gives a sense of what would eventually happen to A & B. where they would end up 5, 10, 20 years from now. With respect to their financial situations, career growth, health, relationships etc.

Now let’s see from an organizations perspective. Could there be an A & B among organizations? Unlikely. Because usually organizations are run by smart people. But if you observe the difference between the best performing and worst performing organizations is not much. Maybe a few percentage points.

More importantly, it’s not just the people who run an organization that matters. It’s the people who execute which probably matter even more.

Now, How can you get your organization to optimize the time available an get the best outcomes? Try CashOS.

Would you like to learn more about CashOS?

Reach out to us atinfo@CashOS.com

Bharath
Founder & CEO
bharath@cashos.com
Written on 30th October 2018

Any organization which effectively and efficiently utilizes its employees time is most probably a market leader in its segment. At the end of the day, no matter the vision and strategy of the top management, it comes into fruition only if executed properly by the people in the front lines. It could be a delivery executive or a sales rep or picker in the stockroom.

Now how do you ensure people on the front lines are in sync with the vision of the organization? There are numerous instances where mid-level managers run into these challenges. Either because the staff n the front line dont see the vision and how it could help us them or due to reasons such as the poor relationship with their manager.

I am sure many of the readers reading this article would have observed in organziation which primarily deal with blue-collar kind of staff how difficult it is to get the work done. In fact, many organizations hire people who are ‘good’ in ‘handling and managing’ blue-collar staff. Repeated follows, verbal duels, arguments are a common thing.

Most often this leads to an unhealthy environment.

How about using Technology to achieve the same? Imagine a Picker in the stockroom using his own smartphone with the company’s app picking the items and then processing. Similarly, a Delivery boy gets a clear direction on his route and all he has to do is follow until his destination. Likewise imagine a sales guy, punching his attendance and orders on the phone.

In all these cases, the technology helps to serve as a self-regulating mechanism. It also has the capability to track the employees so it becomes easier to identify and reward the good performers while taking action against the poor ones. Eventually leading to a system which is ‘self-monitored’ with very minimal supervision.

Would you like to learn more about CashOS?

Reach out to us at info@CashOS.com

Bharath
Founder & CEO
bharath@cashos.com
Written on 30th October 2018

                                                 Self-regulation vs External monitoring

There have been quite a few ‘innovations’ in organization structures to make them more efficient and effective. The ‘Matrix’ structure is quite common especially in the so-called ‘knowledge-driven ‘ industries such as IT. Whereas in traditional industries such as FMCG, Pharma etc, it still the same pyramid kind of a structure. One of the reasons could be due to the nature of work and also the background and educational levels of the people involved.

Most of these organizations have people to ‘get the work done’. Which in other way means that if there is no one to ‘get the work done’, the work will not get done. The implicit understanding is the people in these roles have no intrinsic motivation to complete their responsibilities. We will not go into the causes for this, but how to address this kind of situations.

If we look closely, the situation is not much different in the Knowledge-driven organizations either. For example, if we take an IT company, there would be a Project Manager, specifically monitoring and ensuring the project runs as per time schedules. And there would be a Functional Manager who provides the knowledge/expertise to make things happen smoothly.

This article doesn’t cover the Knowledge-driven industries, its main focus being an organization which has some kind of a physical product that moves from point A to Point B.

Let’s imagine staff in the warehouse of an FMCG manufacturer/Distributor is equipped with a smartphone (which he owns) and has some kind of mechanism to track all his work-related activities. Such as Attendance, productivity, break timings etc. Essentially he is tracking his / her own performance which will be reflected on his / her own dashboard to see. He can compare his performance vis a vis last week or last month or last quarter.

What would happen to this person’s performance? He will try to improve himself continuously and look for ways and means to achieve better results. It may not happen all the time, but at least most of them would probably try towards it. Which also means people will monitor themselves more than otherwise.

Now imagine an organization equipped with such a system? Such an organization needs fewer ‘managers’ whose task is just to ‘get the work done’.

If you were the CEO, which organization would you prefer?

Wondering how this is possible? CashOS can help.

Would you like to learn more about CashOS?
Reach out to us at info@CashOS.com

Bharath
Founder & CEO
bharath@cashos.com
Written on 28th October 2018