How does Smart New Work work?
Organising New Work efficiently and successfully is presenting many challenges to companies. Smart Office technologies are doing a good job there. Seven reasons for a networked office.
Digitisation is increasingly changing the understanding of work, forms of work and therefore also office design. “New Work” has long ceased to be a buzzword, and in many places has become part of everyday office life. Flexible working, fluid teams, desk sharing are making new demands of office and work organisation. The “Smart Office” creates the digital framework conditions for it. However, using software and apps, a well networked office implements far more than just the demands of efficiently functioning everyday working life Smart Office technologies also support self-determined and meaningful working and thus the personal demands that employees make of their working environment nowadays.
Flexible Working – The New Normal
Since the pandemic, working from home has become established all over the world and allowed the limits between work and home life to become blurred. On average, full-time employees work 1.4 days per week at home. In France, the equivalent figures is 1.3 days, 1.6 days in the USA and 1.1 in Japan. This, in turn, means that on an average day three times as much space is unused in German offices than before the pandemic. According to an ifo study, the figure for 2019 was 4.6 percent, in 2023 it is as much as 12.3 percent. Unused office space is expensive.
Working in Germany
1,4
Days per week that full-time employees work from home on average
4,6
Percent of unused office space before the pandemic
12,3
Percent of unused office space after the pandemic
Smart Office – Teamplayer für die Zukunft
This mix of costs, organisation required and increased demands from employees provides good reasons for companies to revise their traditional working environments and forms. In the past, it was the building per se that was used to define how well people worked in an office. Now – accelerated by the pandemic and a shortage of skilled staff – the focus is on people. How do employees use their spaces? And how can optimally networked people, space and infrastructure achieve the best possible results in satisfied teams? Smart Office technologies provide convincing answers to this.
Increasing Efficiency
Smart Office technology automates many tasks that previously had to be done in consultation, manually or by the head office. Employees can act more independently in accordance with the requirements of their jobs. For example, this includes booking workstations or meeting rooms, coupled with individual catering orders.
Personalisation
Using an app, employees can control important working parameters, such as temperature, light, blinds so that they meet their current needs. For lighting in particular, it must be ensured that it is possible to work with displays, paper, or whiteboards.
Flexibility
Smart Office technologies allow optimum flexibility in the everyday working routine. Scheduling, project management, keyless access management and independent check-in for visitors - the app can be used for such time-consuming tasks. Employees can work with fewer disruptions and therefore more efficiently.
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