Do you find yourself trying to figure out how much furniture you need for a reconfiguration project?

Do you end up buying more than you need then having to add to your growing stash of product?

I can help you fix this problem AND save you money in the process. I will inventory your furniture and enter it into Design Express, a computer based spec program. This program, in turn, lets me track the changes to your facility and run parts lists on a by project basis so you don't overbuy and use what you have!

If you're tight for space, I will do an analysis of your existing facility to see where efficiencies can be gained.

In the past, Facilities Management has been relegated to the company's purchasing agent or facility manager. The challenge here was to keep track of all physical changes made to a facility and track furnishings, both installed and warehoused. If an area of systems furnishings had to be reconfigured, this person was charged with the task of making certain whether or not there was enough furniture parts and pieces between the warehoused items and the existing items on the floor.

Until recently, there hasn't been an efficient way to track furnishings. Some organizations have tried barcoding, others have used fixed asset tags. The problem with this process is that while a furniture panel may be in John Smith's workstation today and it can be physically located if needed, once an area or entire floor is reconfigured, it's most likely that part has moved on to another area. Thus, the process of tracking begins all over again.

I use a sophisticated software program that interfaces with AutoCad to track your furnishings inventory. Beginning with an existing floor plan, I perform a detailed, on site inventory of each individual furniture item. This includes manufacturer information, model number, finish, fabric type and color, if a panel is acoustical, non-acoustical, powered, or non-powered, etc.

Once the inventory is completed, using the inventory program's interface with AutoCad, I proceed to produce a graphic representation of the furnishings in the facility. The unique point here is that each graphic has intelligent data associated with it that has all the information listed above. After completing the plan, a database can be generated containing all items inventoried.