How Urban Lifestyle Trends Are Changing Office Interiors
In dense urban neighborhoods with small living spaces, multi-function furnishings are becoming the norm. Borrowing from these space-efficient urban homes, office interiors are creating workspace...
View ArticleBuying A Racking System? The Wrong One Will Cost You Extra
As warehouse management systems become widespread, racks and shelves are delivering efficient space utilization and superior fulfillment speeds. Amazon’s reputation for light-speed deliveries have...
View Article6 Questions to Ask Before Moving Your Medical Office
We’ve all heard the old saying, “Failure to plan means planning to fail.” This is doubly true in medical office management, where exam and diagnostic equipment, accessibility, patient records filing...
View ArticleSpace Race: Tech Start-Ups Feel the Office Space Squeeze
Technology sector growth isn’t slowing down one bit. As venture capital drives up Silicon Valley rental rates, tech companies scramble for office space that not only accommodates their growing staff...
View ArticleRFID is Tagging and Tracking Those Little Blue Pills
Illegal drugs aren’t the only drug problem in the world. Counterfeit pharmaceuticals have plagued healthcare for decades or more. It’s relatively easy to manufacture “look-alike” tablets and capsules,...
View ArticleFashion Designers’ Workplace Storage: Anything But Uniform
From conservative to outrageous, fashion designers incorporate whatever materials work best for their unique wearable designs. That same approach carries over into the design of their workspace,...
View Article3 Rules for Office Space: Flexibility, Flexibility, Flexibility
Location, location, location still counts, but in the new era of the digital office, change is a constant. The race goes to the most nimble, and businesses that can adapt their office environments on...
View ArticleStorage Detective Seeks Spare Parts for Old Space Shuttles
The space shuttle program came to an end in 2011, but science historians around the country are creating displays of retired shuttles with the help of storage detectives like Dennis Jenkins. A...
View ArticleRival Universities Find Texas-Size Savings in Shared Storage
College football fans would be surprised to find The University of Texas and Texas A&M University trading anything other than insults regarding each others’ poor athletic skills, scanty...
View ArticleThe Adaptive Common Area: A How-To Case Study
Lifestyle pundits have lately noted the trend toward multiple screen usage; we simultaneously watch television, work on our laptops, and text from our smart phones. Space utilization is following the...
View ArticleThe Green Office: How A Small Change Can Yield Big R.O.I.
When Americans are making buying decisions, 80% say they consider a company’s sustainability track record, according to a Harris Interactive survey. Many businesses look to high-profile programs –...
View ArticleAre Libraries Really Necessary?
E-books, e-readers, online access – perhaps the printed book is going the way of the dodo. Does this mean the death of the public library? Linton Weeks, in this story for NPR, responds to the question...
View ArticleThe Cost of Assault – Are Your Employees At Risk?
New York’s hotels became the target of negative press and unwanted legislative attention after the notorious 2011 assault on a hotel employee by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, then head of the International...
View ArticleThe Etiquette of the New Economy: Coworking Protocol
For many, the new economy means freelancing, consulting, entrepreneurship, or a combination of all three. Despite the short commute from bedroom to home office, working from home can be isolating, and...
View ArticlePolice Cameras: Unintended Consequences of New Technology
As more and more police departments begin using body cameras, no one would dispute that the tiny video devices are making a positive difference in the behavior of police officers and suspects alike....
View ArticleThis is a Bit of a Shock: How To NOT Manage Medical Records
HIPAA has strict regulations regarding the storage of medical records. Whether the information is stored electronically or on paper, the sensitive nature of the data requires a high level of security....
View ArticleThe Visual Hack: Is Your Space Plan Leaking Information?
Cyber attacks are often seen as high-tech crimes involving elusive, amoral code geniuses in foreign countries who work as much for the glory of a brilliant hack as for the enormous paychecks crime...
View ArticleRFID Turns Green with Cash for Trash
Recycling can be a hit-or-miss system in many communities: Should I separate glass from plastic? What kind of plastic? Aluminum cans or any kind of can? The confusion often discourages people from...
View Article5 Steps to Lean Warehouse Management
Warehouses aren’t in the business of manufacturing, so it might seem irrelevant to apply the precepts of Lean Manufacturing to the logistics industry. However, says author Jeff Maree, there are...
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