Bob Doucette

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Making Business Simple!

Smart Technologies: Educate, Automate, and Integrate with Balance.

At Smart Technologies, our mission is to make business simple by educating, automating, and integrating key solutions that drive your business processes forward. 

We achieve this by balancing how People, Technology, and Devices work together in your business processes using our Five Pillars – a foundation designed to optimize workflows and empower growth.

Focus Framework:

Education: Equip Your Team with Knowledge and Skills for Work-life Balance

  • Our Approach: Education is the cornerstone of effective technology adoption. We offer growth mindset training and resources that empower your team to make the most of every tool and process, giving them the confidence to succeed.
  • How It Helps: A well-trained team reduces errors, increases productivity, and leverages technology to its fullest, creating a knowledgeable workforce prepared for growth.

Automation: Streamline Processes for Maximum Efficiency

  • Our Approach: Automation reduces the need for repetitive tasks, ensuring your people focus on high-value work. Through our expertise in Business Process Automation and Workflow Management within our Five Pillars, we create seamless workflows that save time and boost efficiency.
  • How It Helps: Automated workflows minimize manual input, reducing errors and freeing up time, so your team can concentrate on delivering quality.

Integration: Unify Systems for Consistent, Reliable Output

  • Our Approach: Integration connects your people, devices, and technology under a unified system, ensuring smooth transitions and real-time data availability. Our expertise in Enterprise Integration and Managed IT Solutions bridges systems for consistency and reliability.
  • How It Helps: By unifying systems, we eliminate bottlenecks and create a smooth flow of information, allowing you to respond quickly to business needs and customer demands.



  How We Do It:

Balancing People, Technology, and Devices Through Our Five Pillars

Our Five Pillars ensure a balanced approach to supporting your business, with a focus on integrating people, technology, and devices for consistent and optimized results:

  1. Business Process Automation

    • Automate repetitive tasks and integrate workflows to create streamlined, efficient processes.
  2. Printers & Copiers (Ricoh, HP, Brother, Epson)

    • Provide reliable devices that integrate seamlessly, reducing downtime and supporting team productivity.
  3. Business Communication Solutions (VOIP, White Boards, Microsoft Teams)

    • Enable effective communication between people, supported by technology and tools that improve collaboration.
  4. People & Organizational Performance (AI Coaching, Virtual Role Coach,  Learning Platform for Sales skills - Leadership skills, Mental Wellness, and Marketing skills)

    • Educate your team with the right skills and provide resources to maximize productivity and growth for a Work-life Balance.
  5. Managed IT Solutions ( Security, Cloud, Microsoft, Support Desk, etc.)

    • Protect, monitor, and integrate your technology, ensuring security and scalability for all critical systems.

Why We Do It:

The Cost of Imbalance: When People, Technology, or Devices Take the Lead Alone

An unbalanced system can introduce risks and hidden costs that impact your business’s performance. Here’s what happens when each element operates in isolation:

  1. Over-reliance on People

    • Impact: Increases manual labor, slows down processes, and risks burnout or high turnover.
    • Example: Manual data entry or routine task management becomes tedious and error-prone without automation, delaying outcomes and affecting quality.
  2. Device-Heavy Processes

    • Impact: Lacks the adaptability and insight needed to respond to changing demands, risking downtime and inefficiency.
    • Example: Excessive reliance on hardware without system integration results in fragmented workflows, slowing productivity and causing avoidable technical issues.
  3. Technology-Dependent Workflows

    • Impact: Purely tech-driven systems can overlook human insight, leading to decisions that miss nuances or client-specific needs.
    • Example: Fully automated responses without a human touch in customer service can reduce satisfaction and harm long-term relationships.


Empowering People, Simplifying Work Processes with Integration, Automation, & Education.

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