<p style="text-align: left;" align="center">Having an efficient office is more than just saving time; it’s saving money.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center">When things are done in a less efficient way, your company is paying for people to do something ineffectively in a way that can be avoided.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center">It takes a concerted effort to make sure that your office is working efficiently, but it pays off in the long run.</p>
<p><strong>Save Paper and Go Digital</strong><br />
If your company has been in business for a few years, chances are you have a great deal of your office space filled with filing cabinets containing files that no one has looked at since they were first created years ago.<br />
In today’s business world, that space can be used for something more important and those files can be transferred to a digital archive.<br />
The computer age will allow you to back up all those files into minimal storage space on a hard drive or server and you can feel free to get rid of hard copies to documents even before their retention schedule has passed.<br />
<strong>Energy Saving Measures</strong><br />
Being more energy efficient is a growing trend in today’s business world and it could be a great way to cut costs and reduce your carbon footprint.<br />
Old office equipment tends to be less efficient than newer ones, so consider replacing any printers or copiers that are older for newer ones with Energy Saver certification stickers.<br />
One thing that people don’t consider when trying to save energy is the use of lights.<br />
In a larger office, this can account for a lot of the energy you use, so consider installing motion sensor switches.<br />
In case your workers accidentally leave the lights in their office on, the switches will turn off the lights after a certain amount of time.<br />
<strong>An On-Site Server Room</strong><br />
A lot of companies do not host their own on-site server, preferring to work with a third party’s server system.<br />
While it is one way to do things, having your server at the office has many benefits.<br />
For one, you do not have to deal with issues of high traffic slow downs and dealing with customer service representatives.<br />
These days, data center design can also be quite unobtrusive and efficiently take up space.<br />
Raised access flooring allows all the wires that comes with hosting a server underneath the floor, allowing the server room to look more organized and safer for your IT department to service the servers.<br />
<strong>Keep Morale Up</strong><br />
It’s no secret that happy workers make efficient workers. Do your part to make sure that your employees’ spirits remain high.<br />
While it should be business first, there is nothing that says that an office can’t be fun.<br />
Celebrations go a long way, so whether or not you are throwing a party for someone’s birthday, a holiday, or reaching a team goal, taking the time out to appreciate the human side of your office can do wonders for your employees’ drive to work hard.<br />
Efficiency can yield higher bottom lines and, in business, money is an important outcome.<br />
Taking certain measures to make sure your office is running efficiently can mean the difference between being successful and going under.</p>
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By Sammy S, a self-employed blogger with a part time office job, trying to make the most work efficient environment at both locations.</p>

How To Make Your Office More Efficient
