PLDT SME Nation supports SME growth

Technology has a way of improving many areas of people’s lives. In business, for example, it does wonders especially when you’re aiming to grow bigger. 

Good thing PLDT SME Nation came into existence. Finally, many starting and developing businesses will get the support that they need to grow bigger than they have ever imagined.  

The youngest business unit of the telecommunications giant, PLDT SME Nation offers products and services that are perfect for the needs of these businesses.

Kat Luna-Abelarde, PLDT SME Nation vice president and head, said PLDT SME Nation was created to offer specialized services that are geared specifically for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Exactly how are these services able to help? For one, they help lessen operating costs and at the same time raise profits.

Technical needs

Luna-Abelarde further said that as they have observed, SME owners know exactly what their problems are, so they know exactly what they want. 

PLDT SME Nation is highly sensitive to the needs of these businesses. As such, these services are highly technological but can be easily understood and used by any businessman. And as they have varied and very specific needs, they require personalized management.

Abelarde said, “For example, manufacturing is very different from retail which in turn is different from travel and tourism, etc. But depending on who you talk to, what they need and what industry they belong to, you should be able to put the right solution blocks together.”

In the last few months, PLDT SME Nation has aggressively offered its specially developed products and services. One such example that is perfect for starting businessmen is the Biz grade myDSL Free PC promo. This is a basic promo that gives businessmen up to four sets of computers and one laptop.

Other businesses, on the other hand, are seeking to expand. Good thing PLDT SME Nation also has something special for them. A basic product for these expanding businesses is the site builder tool bundled with a DSL connection.

The site builder tool is a do-it-yourself kit that helps business owners build, edit and launch their own website.

The package even comes with a domain name that PLDT SME Nation could use after the business name. Add to this the Web hosting that PLDT offers.

If you tap other developers to come up with this set-up, you will most likely spend more, somewhere from P50,000 to as much as P120,000, depending on your requirements. With PLDT SME Nation’s my DSL Biz Site Builder package, this Web hosting is bundled with their DSL service for an additional cost of only P800 per month.

Sophisticated solutions

But even bigger SMEs have more sophisticated solutions, one of them a solution to help businessmen manage their inventory. This kind of service can actually help business owners manage their businesses without actually being in the store.

PLDT SME Nation has a product called PLDT Shops.Work. This kind of technology allows, for one, the business owner to monitor every single purchase that is made in each store that is far from where he is. So when someone buys an item in one of his stores, he can actually find out about it and what the specific item is.

Another good thing about this kind of service is that it also comes with a video camera. Having this kind of service allows the owner to properly manage his business from afar and also gives him or her some peace of mind when it comes to security.

Luna-Abelarde said small and bigger SME operators can benefit from PLDT SME Nation because its products and services help decrease cost by allowing owners to operate efficiently and also help generate income.

With PLDT SME Nation, technology should no longer be considered as an added cost. In fact, it should be considered an investment.

“Technology is an investment that offers solutions that are not temporary. So when you put your money here, you will enjoy its many benefits for a very long time,” Luna-Abelarde said.