Why Glossarly is Essential for Businesses in 2025

In today’s fast-paced corporate environment, the lack of a unified terminology system leads to misaligned departments, inconsistent reporting, and avoidable operational friction — ultimately draining productivity and undermining strategic execution.

According to the Slite Enterprise Search Report 2025:

🕒 33 days/year

Wasted searching for information
Each employee spends the equivalent of more than a month per year just looking for answers.
This hidden time sink impacts project velocity, drains energy, and slows down decision-making across the board.

❌ 9 out of 10 searches

Fail on the first attempt
Most employees don’t find what they need right away.
This constant trial-and-error wastes time, disrupts flow, and increases reliance on others for clarification.

🔍 81% of employees

Struggle to find key information
They often don’t know where to look — or whether the information even exists.
The result: duplicated work, delays, and poor decisions based on outdated or incomplete data.

📂 73% of companies

Lack a centralized Knowledge Management solution
Their knowledge is scattered across emails, chats, shared drives, and personal notes.
Without a unified glossary or source of truth, teams spend more time navigating tools than doing actual work.

To solve this growing issue, Glossarly provides a structured, centralized, and collaborative platform to manage business terminology effectively.

How Glossarly Improves Efficiency

A business glossary helps organizations:

• Standardize definitions across departments.
• Simplify search by providing a single source of truth.
• Enhance collaboration through shared, validated terminology.
• Reduce errors caused by outdated or conflicting information.

Example:

Instead of having multiple definitions of Customer Lifetime Value across departments, Glossarly ensures one validated definition used company-wide.

The Challenges of Knowledge Management Today

The report highlights five major challenges businesses face:

1. Inefficient Searches – 67% of employees switch between multiple tools to find an answer.
2. Outdated Information – 61% of employees rely on old data, leading to poor decisions.
3. Tool Overload – Information is scattered across Slack, Notion, Google Drive, and emails.
4. Lack of Governance – Few companies have a formal strategy for terminology management.
5. Employee Dependence – 81% of employees rely on colleagues for explanations of common terms.

Glossarly eliminates these problems by centralizing business glossaries into one accessible platform.

Impact on Productivity and ROI

Time lost searching for information:

• 30 minutes/day = 16.5 days lost per employee/year
• 60 minutes/day = 33 days lost per employee/year

Cost impact for a 100-employee company:

• 300+ days of productivity lost annually, the equivalent of an entire employee’s workload.

With a structured glossary like Glossarly, employees find information instantly, improving efficiency.

Why Choose Glossarly?

Unlike traditional knowledge management tools, Glossarly is:

• Multi-language ready – Perfect for global teams.
• AI-powered search – Find terms effortlessly.
• Integrated with Slack, Notion, and API access – Seamless workflow integration.
• Version-controlled and governed – Track updates and ensure accuracy.
• Collaborative – Team-based glossary management with expert validation.

The Future of Business Glossaries

With 72% of companies planning to invest in knowledge management solutions in 2025, businesses need a centralized, intelligent, and collaborative glossary to stay competitive.

Glossarly is not just a terminology database – it is a productivity engine that transforms how companies manage their knowledge.

Start optimizing your knowledge today with Glossarly.io.