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Large Housing Association in the UK Saves £1 Million Per Year with Hot Desking - Add-On Products Blog

Travis Campbell

Thursday, 12 November 2015

Meeting Room and Resource Scheduling

The Genesis Housing Association is a leading housing association in the UK that provides homes to more than 100,000 people. In 2014, the organization planned to relocate to a new flagship office in Camden, London. This move was part of a two-year plan to lower costs and create a more flexible and efficient workplace. Because many employees were frequently out of the office, engaging with clients face-to-face or attending meetings in hub offices, the management team at Genesis decided to set up a flexible work environment, do away with fixed desks, and implement hot desks. However, they quickly ...

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The True Cost of Meetings in Your Organization

Jens Rubæk

Thursday, 22 October 2015

Meeting Room and Resource Scheduling

According to Atlassian, most employees attend 62 meetings each month. A Bain & Company study showed that one company’s weekly senior leadership meeting consumed 7,000 hours per year for the attendees and 300,000 hours companywide among subordinates in preparation and related meetings. Meetings are necessary for doing business, but research suggests that up to half of the time spent in meetings is wasted and would be better spent on working toward business goals and satisfying customers’ needs. Time is money, and it’s important that companies manage this valuable asset as such. There are ...

By implementing Resource Central the MS Society have improved their bottom line

The MS Society of Canada Saves an Estimated $1.5 Million on Real Estate Costs, Thanks to Resource Central

Matthew Seon

Thursday, 08 October 2015

Meeting Room and Resource Scheduling

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada (MS Society) is a non-profit organization based out of Toronto that provides services to people with MS and their families. They also fund research to find the cause and cure for MS. At their headquarters in Toronto, the MS Society long struggled to manage meeting room booking efficiently and sought a way to streamline the process. Before implementing Resource Central, the MS Society was using basic Microsoft Outlook^® calendars to book meetings. However, the meeting booking process was tedious because they couldn’t get a quick overview of available resources. ...

CCI WA, Australia has streamlined their Meeting and Resource Scheduling with Resource Central.

Boost Efficiency and Save Time with Resource Scheduling Software

Kent Aagaard

Friday, 02 October 2015

Meeting Room and Resource Scheduling

Meetings are an inevitable part of doing business. They are time-consuming, but scheduling them shouldn’t have to be. At the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia Inc. (CCI WA), arranging meetings was troublesome prior to the implementation of Resource Central, Add-On Products’ meeting room and resource booking software for Microsoft Outlook^® and Exchange. CCI WA is a member-based, non-profit organization with approximately 300 staff members located across Western Australia and the Northern Territory. 220 of those staff members work at CCI WA’s head office in East Perth. Before ...

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How Flexible Work Arrangements Benefit Employers and Employees

Jane Terp

Thursday, 17 September 2015

Meeting Room and Resource Scheduling

Flexible work arrangements are programs that give workers greater freedom in the manner through which they fulfill their work obligations. They may include programs that provide flexibility in the scheduling of hours worked, amount of hours worked, or place of work. Flexible work arrangements are frequently lauded for helping workers achieve a better work-life balance while enhancing a company’s productivity and profits. There is growing interest among workers to have access to flexible work arrangements. Nearly 80% of workers say that they would like to have flexible work options. There are ...