This post is to help you prepare a good checklist for your office shifting. There may be lots of factors and process that could be specific for your need, other may not be relevant, but I am going to talk about the most common process.
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Office Shifting Checklist - How to Prepare and Move your office
1. Office Shifting Checklist (Things To Do)
Proper Planning and Scheduling is the Key
•We have moved to a new office on 1st of February. Physical
distance between both new and old office was not that much and I
thought it would be real simple to move to our new office. But boy, I
was wrong. It takes lots of planning, co-ordination and efforts to get
your office shifting right.
•This post is to help you prepare a good checklist for your office
shifting. There may be lots of factors and process that could be
specific for your need, other may not be relevant, but I am going to
talk about the most common process
Helpline No: 074394-58850
2. Office Shifting Checklist (Things To Do)
Fix a date for moving and inaugurating your new office
•You should assign a deadline for shifting. Having a deadline for
moving your office is going to help you speedup the rest of the
process. There re so many task that must be addressed and if you
don’t set a deadline for final shifting, it will be hard. So fix a date of
shifting and the date of inaugurating your new office.
Helpline No: 074394-58850
3. Office Shifting Checklist (Things To Do)
Is your new office operation ready?
•Depending on the nature of business, you may require different kind
of facilities. For example in ours case, we were setting up a new
office. So right from furniture to electric works, networking to
broadband connection, we had to ensure everything is in place
before moving to this new office.
•Different task require different consultants and experts. So before
you start moving you have to ensure your new office is actually
operation ready. Some of the basic requirements could be furniture,
electricity, Internet connection, UPS and other backup devices,
drinking water etc.
Helpline No: 074394-58850
4. Office Shifting Checklist (Things To Do)
Announce your new address and update your partners
•Once you know you are shifting your office, it’s always a good idea
to start announcing this information. Keep your prospects, partners,
associates informed that you will be moving your office and that there
could be some delays in responding to ay communication or it could
interrupt your services for a day or two.
•Initiate the process to change your address on various official
communications so that by the time you move to your new office,
your official address is updated and no communication is missed.
Helpline No: 074394-58850
5. Office Shifting Checklist (Things To Do)
Find Professional Packers and Movers
•In an office there could be different types of materials and packers
and movers companies can help you shift them properly to your new
office. You may also like to do the shifting by yourself, but nothing
like getting a professional hired for helping your out with your office
shifting.
•To begin with, you may start by searching ‘packers and movers for
office shifting’ on google and then talk to a few of the movers and
packers companies who have expertise in office shifting.
•Talk to three or four packers and movers, discuss your requirements
and ask for quotations so that you can compare and then hire one of
them. Helpline No: 074394-58850
6. Office Shifting Checklist (Things To Do)
Packing your office goods
•Usually in an office, there are hundreds types of documents, letters,
invitations etc. Some of them could be very important and hope you
have already filled them. Other may not be relevant, or less important
and might be lying somewhere on your desk or in cabinets. Before
you start packing, make sure to destroy such letters and papers.
•No one likes to carry garbage and this is a good opportunity to get
everything cleaned. Get rid of useless items. Involve your employees
and ask them to separate important files and documents by
themselves so that nothing goes missing.
Helpline No: 074394-58850
7. Office Shifting Checklist (Things To Do)
Unpacking and re-arranging
•Unpacking all those materials is going to take time. You may face
small little issues here and there in locating your stuff, but that’s
okay. Prepare yourself accordingly.
•As I said above, I am still not well settled in my new office, so stay
tuned and I am going to write a very detailed post on office shifting by
this weekend.
Thank You!
Helpline No: 074394-58850