Time is money, and improving the efficiency of your office is a great way to earn more in less time. Simply de-cluttering your workspace, improving work-flow and enhancing storage spaces can help your office run more smoothly and meet your bottom line.
Try out these great tips to improve your office efficiency:
- Clear your desk top of all personal mementos. Hang them on the walls, place them on shelves, but give yourself space to work at your desk, without distractions. Keeping an organized, de-cluttered workspace helps you work more efficiently. If your workspace is small, consider some space-saving workspace solutions as seen in the photo on the right, which can give you more options for reconfiguring your work area and freeing up your desk space.
- Consider new ways to organize the supply closet. Create a list of who takes how much of what and when, and make sure the person who orders more supplies checks it consistently. This will insure no one is using too much and that important supplies stay stocked.
- Maximize your storage space. Too many things crammed in a tiny area can make it difficult to find what you need in a timely manner. With space maximizing storage solutions, you will be able to quickly and easily find what you need when you need it.
- Regularly clean out old files to reduce clutter and increase space in your office. Designate someone to oversee the shredding/recycling of old files every quarter.
- Get feedback from your employees. Your employees often have the best understanding of what improvements can be made to make their jobs easier. Keeping open communication and consistently asking them how you can improve the work-flow is the best way to keep your employees happy and improve office efficiency.
