Get help, advice and information on all your Business issues. http://advice-and.info/Business/office.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:35:27 GMT en Office space New York City Looking for new office space in New York City? We cannot help you find it but, we can help you furnish it. We also can give you some ideas to look for in a space to make your furniture more affordable and a friendlier layout. Things such as lighting costs and other type of building move in costs, and other building services. Questions that you may want to ask the building manager, your lawyer, and personal in the location. The following summery will be a combination on tops and issues that need consideration as well as pros and cons of different space layouts. Just like people, every company has different needs. One size or layout does not fit all. The three major points are, budget, time, and furniture needs or preferences. 1. Budget- as most people they want to use little funds as possible to make a move. a. If it makes sense to move then to stay in your the current location. b. The first i s to use a much as possible of standard sized furniture. c. Open specs that are railroad style may be use of space if you are used a lot if cubicles d. Stay away for a lot of center columns. e. Curved areas end up costing a lot and difficult to reconfigure. f. Side door wall doors are great spaces saver. g. Conference areas that are in the front of a space is best. You do not have to walk some one through the your whole space. h. Lighting at entrances and other work areas will save a lot. Having good windows helps. 2. Time- as most people there are always not enough time. a. If you want to get ride of old furniture, start about 30 days before your move. Starting earlier used furniture people will think you have too much time and not work with you. b. Start your new furniture search about 6 weeks before. For used start about 3 weeks. For used if you find an item that works buy it. http://advice-and.info/Business/89920_Office_Space_New_York_City.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:43:25 GMT Avoiding big and unnecessary expenses is a very basic step in order to make a small business more profitable, the more expenses you have them as revenue you will be able to produce so eliminating some overhead is a very important process. Purchasing office supplies and equipment is an ongoing expense which must be carefully regulated because it can drain your budget without you ever notice of it. Buying in bulk The cycle of purchase of these seemingly insignificant items can create a negative impact in your financial reports if you don't make the right purchases when it is necessary for instance, many small businesses are giving a discount when they purchased their goods in bulk in other words, if you make several purchases throughout the year (one every month) you are losing a lot of money that you could've saved if only you would have planned ahead and purchased these items in bulk. Quality versus quantity If you have a small business and need to purchase pencils then obviously the quality fac tor may not come into play simply because no one is willing to pay a lot for pencils (unless your business is art related) -- quality becomes relevant when you are making major purchases such as computers, lamps, data shredders, printers, fax machines and other similar items. Printers are items which tend to malfunction every now and then, if for some reason your purchase an all in one machine you might run into troubles because if the printer gets jammed you might not be able to use the other functions such as faxing or scanning, this is the reason why buying this items separately is always a smart decision, if something goes wrong with the printer you'll always know that the rest of the machines are available and in full working condition. Keeping track of the purchases Remember that every time you go out to buy office supplies or equipment which will be used in your business it is necessary to keep the receipts in a safe place because of this expenses can be deducted when the tax season comes aro http://advice-and.info/Business/87432_Getting_The_Most_Out_Of_Your_Office_Supplies_Purchases.html Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:23:02 GMT According recent market and small business trends more and more people are using products that were not that important a couple of decades ago simply because the technology was not available and could not influence the way people did business back then. Let's take a look at some of the top office accessories which are being used today. #5 Office Chairs For many people, working at a spacious office is not enough, in order to perform at their best is necessary for a person to be comfortable and the most common way to do that is to replace the old chairs for new ones which allow greater flexibility and can't effectively improve a person's productivity while working in an office environment. #4 Lamps The right amount of light or illumination is critical for businesses everywhere, common mistakes can easily be avoided by providing employees and business owners with the correct illumination. Some lamps produce yellow light which may cause fatigue because you need to focus that much harder on a docume nt in order to see what is written there, but this type of light for a business is white light. When replacing her lamps it is important to purchase those which are energy efficient because it will obviously save you money and will last a lot longer. #3 Smart and Internet Phones Voice over IP is changing the way businesses communicate with their clients and partners, Internet telephony brings to communication to the 21st century by lowering its price significantly. In the past decade voice over IP communications have skyrocketed and are projected to continue to do so until it completely replaces the communication standards as we know it. #2 Computers Switch Do you have an old computer which you have been using for your business or home for a long time? If so the hard drive and the computer may hold important documents which you just don't want to lose or get rid of, if this is the case you can easily connect your old computer and your new computer to one monitor using what is called a switch. http://advice-and.info/Business/87431_Five_Best_Office_Products.html Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:22:15 GMT We have seen a growing percentage of installed data cabling shift from Cat5e to Cat6 in the past year. A common question we hear, since there is a substantial price difference between the two, is do I really need Cat6 and gigabit capacity internally? What is the difference between the two? Essentially both cable types are rated for distances up to 90M, but the difference lies in the data carrying capacity of each cable. Cat5e is a 100Mbits cable, and Cat6 is a gigabit cable standard. Gigabit 1,000Mbits, or roughly ten times as fast at Cat5e. http://advice-and.info/Business/85325_Does_My_Office_Need_Cat5e_Or_Cat6_Cabling.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:14:49 GMT