Easy Ways to Move your Business without Losing out on Productivity

February 5, 2019

Your business is your investment. If you do not work hard to protect it then you may find that you lose out on both time and money, and this can be devastating to your company. Moving offices can pose as a huge risk as well because you are essentially uprooting everything that you have worked so hard to build. If you want to get some tips to help you with your office move then you can find out everything you need to know, right here.
Have a Plan                                               
It’s important that you develop a business plan as early as possible. You need to ensure minimal disruption, and you also need to meet with key team members too. By outlining what needs to be done, you can then coordinate everything, and you can also ensure that everything is on track for the future.
Visual Inventory
Walk around your business and take a visual stock list of everything that needs to come with you to the new location. How much of your inventory needs to be moved? What about office equipment? Bigger items may need a specialist courier in order for them to be transported. Manuals and even file contents will need to be organised according to their individual workstations, and cubicle panels may need breaking down. It’s important that you do this in the most efficient way possible because if you don’t then you run the risk of stalling your business
and even causing delays.
Replacements
Moving gives you the chance to decide what needs moving, and what doesn’t. It gives you the chance to declutter, and it also helps you to save both time and money. Less volume equals less, moving costs, not to mention that new furniture can be more affordable than you realise. By purchasing new furniture, you can also give your employees the boost that they need to get motivated when you move into the new office and this can work wonders for your first week back at work.
Timeline
It’s so important that you come up with a realistic timeline for your new move. Think about it, how much time do you need to try and coordinate everything? How much of an overlap is there between your old location and your new one? If you are going through the process gradually then this will make it easier for your team to try and keep up with the daily task of operating the company. Regardless, you have to make sure that your team have enough time to get everything sorted out, and that nothing is rushed. To make things easier on yourself, consider hiring a conveyancing expert.
Pack in Advance
If you have a few items that don’t need to be used anytime soon then pack them up now. Anything in storage can also be packed as well. This will save you a ton of time, not to mention that it can also give you a good idea of what packing supplies you might need for when the big day comes along.

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