| The process of purchasing new office furniture can be | | | | is to do data entry. |
| a daunting task. When the people in your office learn | | | | The modular office furniture layout will take into |
| that you are about to convert to modular office | | | | consideration the professional relationships of one job |
| furniture each one of them will have an idea of how it | | | | description to another. Do they need to confer on a |
| should look when complete. And in most cases the | | | | regular basis or is there an orderly flow that goes from |
| ideas will not be complementary. This is why it is best | | | | one space to the next? Do they need to have other |
| to enlist the services of a professional office designer | | | | people in for conferences or is it normal for them to |
| to assist you in the layout and planning for the modular | | | | work alone? Will a group conference room work |
| office furniture conversion. | | | | better than individuals having their own conference |
| Once the professional office planner is on-board, this is | | | | area in their cubicle? Will there be a need for private |
| the time to start gathering the employees' ideas, as | | | | conversations that others in the office should not be |
| well as your own ideas, about how the finished office | | | | privy too? |
| should look. This is a very important step in your | | | | Once the data has been collected it is simply a matter |
| purchasing process since the employees will be the | | | | of matching the modular office furniture with the tasks |
| ones using the furniture day-in and day-out. | | | | that need to be accomplished. If you can furnish the |
| Part of the design process will be to establish what | | | | professional planner with an architect's drawings for |
| each person needs in both perceived and actual | | | | you building it will be best. |
| layouts. Modular office furniture needs to support the | | | | Be prepared for several reviews of the modular office |
| work flow and the communications flow in an office. | | | | furniture layout. The preliminary review should involve |
| This will definitely save a lot of time and money down | | | | the staff as a whole. Then as the design is refined |
| the road. | | | | everyone will be knowledgeable about the process. |
| How is each employee's own work structured and | | | | With a thorough plan in place, the modular office |
| how much space will be reasonably needed to | | | | furniture can be ordered and installed. The people using |
| accomplish it? A person that routinely reviews | | | | the spaces created will have the best chance of |
| blueprints of building projects will need more layout or | | | | satisfaction because they were all instrumental in the |
| work surface room than a person whose primary job | | | | plan development. |