Time Is the New Currency: Here’s How Walmart Business Helps You Save It 

Work smarter, not harder

If you want to keep your business running smoothly, you’re going to need to tackle a wide range of challenges. There are only so many hours in a day, and you’ll have to find a way to manage your time so that everything gets done.

Luckily, there are plenty of tools you can use to get the most out of your time—and plenty of advantages to unlock by using them. Here’s how getting a handle on your time management can benefit your business, and how Walmart Business can help.

Benefits of time management

Boost productivity

One key to effective time management is setting time-sensitive goals. That starts at the daily level: what do you need to finish today to stay on track? Writing these goals each morning and meeting them by the end of the day can make sure you get urgent tasks done in a timely fashion.

Setting more long-term goals can also help you make the most of your time. If you know what you need to accomplish by the end of the week or the end of the month, you know exactly what to work on when you’ve wrapped up your daily tasks. That keeps your use of time efficient and makes it easier to keep chipping away at long-term projects.

As you track your progress against these goals, you can develop a sense of how much time each task demands. That lets you better optimize your schedule, which means less eleventh-hour work and a reduction in underutilization.

Raise work quality

When you can peek your head out from under your deadlines, you gain the opportunity to take the time and care to put your best effort into everything you do. That extra care can drive meaningful business outcomes.

Take quality assurance, for instance. With ample time to perform reviews, employees can stop more faulty products from getting out the door. Or think of account managers, who suddenly spend more time developing relationships with clients and building long-lasting connections.

The net result of having more time to work is often higher customer satisfaction, which can lead to more repeat business and referrals.

Save money

Labor can account for up to 60% of a company’s spending. The more efficiently you and your employees work, the less cash you need to funnel into labor costs.

If everyone’s making the most of their working hours, they’re getting more done at a sustainable pace. That gives you a clearer sense of how much each employee can comfortably achieve in a given time frame.

With that knowledge, you can adjust headcount appropriately, avoiding both over- and under-staffing. It can also lead to less overtime pay, as workers don’t have to push themselves too hard to finish their assignments.

Nurture creativity

Working under the constant pressure of deadlines makes it very difficult to take the long view of your business. You’re too concerned with minute-to-minute survival to consider future growth.

But when you get ahead of those deadlines, you can hop off the treadmill and take a holistic look at your business. That lets you examine your tools, workflows and solutions with an eye toward pushing efficiency even further.

You may find there are creative ways to solve problems that you could never have seen during the day-to-day grind. Over time, those creative solutions can save you time and money.

Balance work and life

Of course, it’s important to remember that sometimes finishing your work early means you get a chance for a little extra rest. Without that rest, your mental battery will lose capacity over time.

Burnout is a threat to your long-term ability to work, and should be treated seriously. A staggering 77% of American workers have experienced burnout, and nearly 83% say that’s hurt their personal relationships.

Managing your time effectively gives you the opportunity to find a little breathing room. Spend some of that time with friends, family and hobbies. That can not only improve your quality of life but make you a better, more effective worker overall.

How Walmart Business can help

With Walmart Business, you gain access to a suite of features that empower you to work more efficiently. Those benefits only grow when you sign up for a Walmart Business+ membership. Here’s how Walmart Business makes it easier to manage your time effectively.

Shop anywhere

Walmart Business provides enormous flexibility in shopping experiences. If you prefer to head to a physical location and inspect your supplies in person before buying, you can visit one of our more than 4,500 locations.

On the other hand, if you’re in the zone at your desk, there’s no need to spend the time to drive over to a store. Instead, you can shop our full catalog online. And if you’re on the go? Walmart Business offers a mobile app that lets you sneak purchases in between meetings.

Curated shopping categories

Shopping online often means having to sift through tons of irrelevant options before you find the items you’re looking for. Instead, Walmart Business provides curated pages based on particular industries and uses.

Looking for hotel supplies and furnishings? Outfitting a new gym? Industry pages designed for you will help you find what you need quickly, order it and get back to productive work. Plus, with a Walmart Business+ membership, you can enjoy free shipping straight to your workplace.¹

In-store delivery and pickup

If a project comes up and you haven’t got the right supplies, any time spent waiting for them to arrive is productivity down the drain.

Have items sent to a nearby Walmart location for pickup or, if your order is over $35, get it delivered from a nearby store directly to your office. That can get you what you need as quickly as the same day, so you can go from receiving the order to working on it with as little downtime as possible. And when you pick up in store, you can use Walmart Pay for a faster checkout.

Automated subscriptions

Whether it’s office snacks or printer ink, there are some supplies you’ll need to purchase over and over again. Rather than spend time manually piecing those orders together each time you run out of printer paper, you can use Walmart Business to set up a subscription.²

Walmart Business+ can help you save more than time. Not only do we stock thousands of products from laptops to scrubs, but whenever you make an order worth $250 or more, you’ll receive 2% back as Walmart Business Rewards.³ That can add up to more than $500 per year.⁴

¹Excludes most Marketplace items, freight & certain location surcharges.

²Shipping, delivery and minimum order fees may apply. Eligible items only. Terms apply.

³Exclusions apply. See full terms for details.

⁴Savings based on 1 free $35+ delivery order vs. $9.95 fee and 1 free shipping order under $35 vs. $6.99 fee biweekly, plus 2% Walmart Business rewards on monthly order >$250 (average value of $400).