According to the eighth annual Total Employee Mobility Benchmarking Report, companies that invested in a mobile workforce in 2012 gained more revenue on average than companies that did not. Businesses that exceeded 10 percent revenue growth invested an average of $11,770 per mobile employee, as compared to $6,527 at companies that experienced low growth. While earlier reports indicated similar findings, the results are much more clear this time around, says Greg Harper, CEO of Runzheimer International, the group which created the survey.

Because employing a large mobile workforce often lowers overhead costs, these findings are not too surprising. With time and attendance systems that track time remotely and utilize GPS systems to make sure field workers are on task, many businesses no longer need a central office space. For certain fields, this has long been the case. These days, enterprises that were traditionally office-centered are beginning to embrace mobile technologies, allowing employees to work from home.

There are other benefits to employing a mobile workforce. Even if a manager prefers that all their employees share a space, embracing the addition of remote employees can widen the applicant pool for jobs demanding rare skill sets. Mobile attendance systems make it easy to keep track of employees, no matter their tasks, allowing employers to maintain growth in revenue without having to deal with time theft.

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