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Coping with Leasing Trends by MaiSpace

Owners and managers of commercial office rental properties are coping with an uncertain market as tenants themselves seek ways to weather difficult economic conditions. How tenants are responding to these conditions is revealed in an on-line poll posted b... Read >
Author: Mel Joelle

Performance Enhancing Panel Systems

The term "performance enhancing" is perhaps unfortunately more associated with questionable drugs and related substances taken by athletes than a viable process to improve health through proper nutrition, to make computers run more efficiently or to parta... Read >
Author: Mel Joelle

Designing an Efficient Help Desk Environment

Tech support help desks continue to be the butt of comedy channel comedians and late-night talk show banter. And while most of us may get a chuckle at the skit caller's frustration in trying to get an answer, in the real world a dysfunctional help desk is... Read >
Author: Mel Joelle

Office Options in a Down Economy

"An yll wynde that blowth no man to good, men say" is reported to be first recorded in John Heywood's A dialogue containing the number in effect of all the proverbs in the English tongue, 1546, according to The Phrase Finder. Today we can interpret the ex... Read >
Author: Mel Joelle

Evolution of Office Walls by Maispace

"What goes around comes around" is a tired cliché that can take many meanings including those implied by others - "everything old is new again" and "history repeats itself." These phrases can apply to office walls which in early workplace designs sign... Read >
Author: Mel Joelle

Systems Furniture for Public Areas

The term "systems furniture" might conjure up an image of modular office furniture used in employee workspaces. But systems furniture is far more versatile and can be an attractive, economical means to create a welcoming environment for company visitors,... Read >
Author: Mel Joelle

Tips on Selecting Office Seating

According to an article in Office Furniture & Design, seating accounts for more than 25 percent of the office furniture industry. "The office chair is where workers spend most of their working lives," says Mark Bassil, vice president and co-founder of MA... Read >
Author: Mel Joelle

Office Furnishing Trends By Maispace

Collaborative Workspaces, Green and Service Top Office Furnishings Trends Today's Facility Manager, in its review of 2008 furnishings trends, discussed three key topics - namely collaborative workspaces, green workspaces and the importance of customer se... Read >
Author: Mel Joelle

Workspaces to Support Personnel Retention

Over the past many months we have been served up a daily dose of headlines reporting massive layoffs at firms of every size and scope. Few are the businesses unaffected by the economic downturn, and as companies shed staff to cope with decreasing revenue... Read >
Author: Mel Joelle

Workspaces to Support Personnel Retention

An old saw suggests that a tidy office is the sign of a sick mind. Googling the expression yields some interesting results, but humor aside, disorganized workspaces can exert a negative effect on productivity as staff members search for misplaced documen... Read >
Author: Mel Joelle

Corner Office Class at Cubicle Cost

While the term corner office is fast becoming anachronistic as open office designs pervade today's workplaces, noticeably different workspace designs can be a strong incentive to giving superior performance. "Recognition is the key here," says Mark Bas... Read >
Author: Mel Joelle

A Dual Approach to Ergonomics in the Office

Properly designed office furniture systems must pair with correct body mechanic practices to help avoid ergonomic disorders including repetitive motion injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis and back injuries. "There is no doubt that ergon... Read >
Author: Chris Carter

MAiSPACE Celebrates Ever Expanding Office Furniture Business

MAiSPACE celebrated its fifteen years of business in 2008. Fifteen years ago the company began life in Mount Olive, NJ, around business processes focused on increasing the efficiency, lowering the costs, and broadening the choices available in the contra... Read >
Author: Chris Carter

Three Steps to an Eco-Friendly Workplace

According to timeforchange.org, a carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). Carbon dioxide is a so called greenhous... Read >
Author: Chris Carter

Systems Furniture Solutions for Virtual Offices

Virtual offices, also called shared office space, and executive suites or serviced offices, provide temporary facilities for organizations setting up operations in a new location or space for additional personnel. "The key word here is ‘temporary,'" ... Read >
Author: Chris Carter

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