Maximising Mobile Device ROI: 6 Strategies to Optimise Your Spending

The business landscape we find ourselves in today is one of two halves: innovation and efficiency.

On the one hand, groundbreaking technologies like AI demand increased experimentation and investment.

Yet at the same time, economic fluctuation is forcing organisations to control costs and get maximum value from what they’re already spending.

Mobile devices are a prime example of this. A survey of 2,000 hybrid workers found that 86% cite mobile connectivity as being important to job performance. Investing in this technology is crucial for delivering flexibility and empowering hybrid teams to be productive and connected.

However, as with any sort of technological investment, it’s equally important to ensure you’re seeing a healthy ROI.

To help you accomplish this, here are 6 strategies to optimise your mobile device spending:

1. Align device selection with business goals

A business will have far more considerations when deciding what mobile devices to purchase than a typical consumer.

Similarly, what suits one organisation may not be appropriate for another. For instance, what percentage of your workforce are remote and what kind of tools will they need to access?

This extends to individual departments, too. Teams that operate in the field in adverse conditions will need ruggedised devices more than those who operate solely from the office.

The key here is to make sure the devices you select are aligned with your business goals.

Virgin Media O₂ Business, in partnership with Samsung, offer a wide selection of devices, each with a range of advanced features that can help your workers thrive.

Regardless of what exact capabilities your workers need, choosing devices that align with these will save you money and resources on ill-suited equipment.

2. Leverage flexible plans

There’s nothing worse for your ROI than being stuck with a fixed payment or service plan that can’t be scaled in line with your business needs.

With so much economic uncertainty, ensuring you have flexibility in your plans should be paramount.

Virgin Media O₂ Business offer a range of payment, tariff and leasing models that can be tailored to your unique requirements.

Our flexible tariffs can help you avoid overspending on services you simply don’t need, while our finance options reduce the initial outlay, meaning you can spread the cost over monthly payments.

3. Utilise cloud-based solutions

The cloud is key to facilitating a deskless, flexible workforce. It can be easily scaled according to demand and keep your teams connected, regardless of where they’re working from.

It also eliminates the need to spend on costly physical infrastructure, and with advanced technologies like AI and machine learning, it can improve the performance of your mobile devices.

When investing in devices for your workers, make sure they’re compatible with cloud-based solutions for communication, productivity, security, and storage.

This will save you added expense, whilst facilitating productive and efficient remote work.

4. Implement device management tools

The costs of mobile devices don’t just end after purchase. Getting maximum value from your investment requires you to monitor devices, ensure they’re equipped with adequate security measures and maintain their condition over their lifespan.

This is a time-consuming and costly process. Managing each individual device can not only eat into the workload of your IT teams but also result in downtime for your workforce, wasting valuable productivity.

A simple way to overcome this is through mobile device management (MDM) solutions like VMO2B's Device as a Service (DaaS) offering. These tools grant you visibility across all of your devices, giving you insight into their condition, usage and security status.

5. Regularly review and upgrade devices

Another important aspect of device maintenance is upgrading or replacing them when necessary to ensure continuity and maximise your ROI.

Ill-equipped or outdated devices will significantly impact team productivity, whilst also meaning you’ll miss out on the upgrades and technological advancements your competition could be using.

With a partner like Virgin Media O₂ Business and Samsung, you can upgrade and replace devices within 24 hours as part of our DaaS offering.

6. Leverage Virgin Media O₂ Business and Samsung's expertise

Perhaps the most crucial strategy to maximising the ROI of your mobile device spending is partnering with a vendor that can support you every step of the way in deploying, utilising and maintaining this technology.

Virgin Media O₂ Business and Samsung have extensive expertise in mobile device solutions. We support businesses of all sizes, each with their own unique needs and challenges, and have the tools, network, devices and technical knowledge you need to thrive.

Take advantage of our combined knowledge to maximise the potential of your deskless workforce.