Maximizing Employee Ethos
Initiative is yours for the taking.
If your productivity is dependent on instruction you are in trouble.
There are few jobs where if there is a particular target to meet, employees have nothing to do. It's your job to work for the day, motivation is key in getting your task's done but also look for work in the organization. Who better to give suggestion on improving on a piece of internal company software than the very person using it.
A suggested first priority of things to look at if you find spare time during the day would be on improving your daily processes and to look to work smarter not harder.
Revise your to do list / create one
Make sure you have given everyone feedback on outstanding projects.
Ask management for work, tell them you need something more to do.
Ask colleagues if you can help them.
Browse the web for the latest technologies in your industry
Find work to be done and do it
This type of thinking could move you as an employee from a drone to a productive contributor not only in the output of the business but also in how the business operates.
Go on take the initiative.