FAQs

1. A contoured backrest will give your back the comfort and support it needs. Pick a chair shaped to match the natural contour of your spine.
   
2. A Chair offers backrests that are height adjustable, providing your back with customized comfort and support.
3. Don't go too soft. For total comfort, seat and back foam must be dense enough to support your weight evenly and it should be sculpted to fit the human form.
   
4. Look for "waterfall" seat cushions that slope down at the front of the chair. This important ergonomic feature helps improve circulation to your lower legs.
   
5. Rest your arms. Armrests help keep your arms in a comfortable position, reducing shoulder, neck and back strain. Height/tilt adjustable models are especially good.
   
6. The pneumatic height adjustment on a chair lets you alter your seating position throughout the day with a smooth, easy, one-touch action.
   
7. Please remain seated. Make sure all adjustment controls can be reached from a seated position. Keep moving. Multi-tilt and operator mechanisms are important for data entry or computer work. They let you vary your position while maintaining maximum support.
   
8. Good chairs have casters for easy mobility. Be sure to get the right kind for your floor. Choose a chair with a choice of casters designed for carpets, hard surfaces or a combination.

Source: The Global Group

1. Choose a non-reflective surface. Choose colors that reduce glare to make your work easier to read while reducing eye strain.

2. Get a desk that lets you look ahead. A modular desk is easy to set up initially and then reorganize or reconfigure later to adapt to future needs.

3. Look for European connectors if you're buying ready-to-assemble furniture. It makes assembly easy - all you need is a screwdriver.

4. Avoid tangles. Make sure your desk has at least one grommet hole to keep computer and telephone wires out of the way. A hutch should have a sweep that manages computer and telephone wires.

5. Give your business an edge. Desk comes with its own attractive edge design.

6. Island worksurfaces let you meet with more than two people at once with ample leg room for all.

7. Choose a height/angle adjustable keyboard trays to go with your desk. Your arms can maintain a comfortable position, reducing shoulder, back and neck strain.

Source: The Global Group

1. Look for reinforced, welded steel corners. These are the cornerstones of a sturdy file. To ensure years of trouble-free use, make sure all sides of the cabinet are welded together.
2. Make sure the cabinet has a central cam lock for document safe-keeping.
   
3. Levelling glides help to keep the cabinet frame square, allowing the door and lock to open easily.
   
4. Suspend your workload. Solid steel ball-bearing suspensions help heavy, full drawers open and close smoothly.
   
5. Don't lock yourself out. Use a positive action lock. For total flexibility, files should hold both letter and legal size file folders.

Source: The Global Group

Ergonomics is concerned with the ‘fit' between people and their work. It takes account of the worker's capabilities and limitations in seeking to ensure that tasks, equipment, information and the environment suit each worker.

To assess the fit between a person and their work, ergonomists consider the job being done and the demands on the worker; the equipment used (its size, shape, and how appropriate it is for the task), and the information used (how it is presented, accessed, and changed).

High-Pressure Laminate(HPL) is made from layers of Kraft paper impregnated with phenolic thermosetting resins to make up the product core and melamine impregnated decorative paper to make up the surface layer, manufactured under high pressure and temperature. HPL is manufactured at 1400 pounds-per-square-inch of pressure.  High-Pressure Laminates are very durable decorative surfaces with a high wear, scratch and moisture resistance.

Low-Pressure Laminate (LPL) also known as "direct pressure laminate" and commonly referred to as "melamine". LPL is manufactured at 300-500 pounds-per-square-inch of pressure, the resulting product is a think single melamine paper bonded to a substrate board.

Office panel systems are a great way to provide efficient workspace to your office.  They are versatile and easy to customize with proper planning and a good supplier.

1. Custom Configuration. Whatever space you have, office panel systems can provide customizable solutions. Since you design the perfect layout, you can put your managers in private but accessible locations so they can work effectively with staff, and incorporate staff into a community work environment.

2. Custom Design Elements. Not only can you design the layout and units of your panel system, you can also choose specific design elements.  For example, you can choose to use Acoustic or Non-Acoustic for your wall panels.  If privacy is a priority, door units are also available to create a secluded workspace unit.

3. Cost-Efficient Long Term Solutions.  The best aspect of office panels is the fact that they can be reconfigured easily.  The are lightweight and easy to re-construct in various patterns.  If your initial design needs to expand or adapt to new business needs, it's easy to supplement your current units or simply use them differently without any additional cost.  Even if you have no need to rearrange you space, the initial cost of office panel systems is low.  Rather than trying to expand with expensive construction or relocation, office units are an affordable and customizable solution.

Source: By Alice Mills