There are many things that differentiate a commercial moving requirement from the typical residential household move.
One of the most important though is the avoidance of what might be termed ‘downtime’ – in other words, eliminating or reducing as far as possible, the amount of time that your business can’t function because it happens to be in transit.
As specialist providers of commercial moving services, here at Total Care Removals we understand just about all of the things that can be done to help achieve that. Of course, the specifics may vary from one case to another but there are a few points that we would normally recommend to our commercial customers.
Where possible, try to set up and configure your new location’s furniture and facilities before you shut down your old one. That way the only things to be moved are the people and perhaps files etc.
· As part of the above, make sure that your new target technology installation is also fully up and running before you shut your old one down. Technology mishaps are one of the commonest causes of commercial disruption when relocation is underway.
· Make sure you test your communication changeover before you make the final and irreversible switch. Theoretically, finding yourself in your new office while your phones are still ringing out in the old one should be impossible but better safe than sorry.
· Where your removal is essentially an everything-in-one-go affair, try to schedule it for a Friday. This gives you the weekend to get over anything you hadn’t anticipated.
· Try to make sure that you avoid situations where you’re moving over the weekend but with key personnel taking their annual holiday starting on the Monday (it really does happen). It sometimes takes a lot of in-house experience to overcome removal glitches, irrespective of the professionalism of your commercial moving services.
· Prioritise your unpacking. It may sound obvious but having your historical paperwork from five years ago available in the filing cabinets might not be of much use to you if the critical papers you need from last week are still buried at the back of your ‘box mountain’ on the Monday morning!
Of course, we have a host of other commercial moving services tips and a lot more detail. Why not give us a call? We’ll be glad to share them with you.
One of the most important though is the avoidance of what might be termed ‘downtime’ – in other words, eliminating or reducing as far as possible, the amount of time that your business can’t function because it happens to be in transit.
As specialist providers of commercial moving services, here at Total Care Removals we understand just about all of the things that can be done to help achieve that. Of course, the specifics may vary from one case to another but there are a few points that we would normally recommend to our commercial customers.
Where possible, try to set up and configure your new location’s furniture and facilities before you shut down your old one. That way the only things to be moved are the people and perhaps files etc.
· As part of the above, make sure that your new target technology installation is also fully up and running before you shut your old one down. Technology mishaps are one of the commonest causes of commercial disruption when relocation is underway.
· Make sure you test your communication changeover before you make the final and irreversible switch. Theoretically, finding yourself in your new office while your phones are still ringing out in the old one should be impossible but better safe than sorry.
· Where your removal is essentially an everything-in-one-go affair, try to schedule it for a Friday. This gives you the weekend to get over anything you hadn’t anticipated.
· Try to make sure that you avoid situations where you’re moving over the weekend but with key personnel taking their annual holiday starting on the Monday (it really does happen). It sometimes takes a lot of in-house experience to overcome removal glitches, irrespective of the professionalism of your commercial moving services.
· Prioritise your unpacking. It may sound obvious but having your historical paperwork from five years ago available in the filing cabinets might not be of much use to you if the critical papers you need from last week are still buried at the back of your ‘box mountain’ on the Monday morning!
Of course, we have a host of other commercial moving services tips and a lot more detail. Why not give us a call? We’ll be glad to share them with you.
