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(New!) ONES now supports the Singapore Region

ONES Software has developed a partnership with i-Control (ITAV) PTE LTD.

Through this partnership, i-CONTROL Singapore will act as a Singapore Distributor providing the full support and service to give our valued clients a great smart office experience ranging from Room booking, Hot desk booking, Visitor management, IoT, Resources management solutions, Video conference solution, and Scheduling solution, etc.

Contact: info@i-CONTROL.com.sg / (+65) 6973 3036

Our Partners: https://ones.software/partner

What are the main benefits of smart office?

An introduction of smart office and how it bring benefit to you and your people.

The modern workplace is ever-changing. The way we work is changing as new technologies emerge. To stay competitive, businesses must ensure that they are utilizing all of the latest advancements in office technology.

It is possible to streamline operations and accomplish more in less time with the right tools in place. Building a smart office is one way we can help improve working conditions and office productivity.

How to know if a room is occupied? Use Meeting room display

Meeting room display is the only best way to know if the room is occupied now.

How do you know whether your meeting room is occupied or not? By going in front of the room and peeking into it to see if anyone is in there? Or just knock on the door and walk into the room every time.

Tips for Hotdesking Strategy Set-up in Smart Office from Professional

Workplace professional list outs the factors that affect your hotdesking strategy set-up.

Workplace professional list outs the factors that affect your hotdesking strategy set-up
Hotdesking schedules and management are the key points to make your smart office successful.

Hotdesking is a hot topic that frequently comes up in conversations with our clients as companies continue to determine their best approach for supporting hybrid work to save operational costs.

What does hot-desking mean?

Hotdesking simply means that to create workspaces that employees who come into the office for individual work can use as needed while they are present. Those spaces aren’t always reserved for specific people’s exclusive use, but they can be reserved for people to use on a regular basis.

Metrigy, an innovative research firm focusing on the rapidly changing areas of Unified Communications & Collaboration (UCC)/digital workplace, recently conducted a survey of 935 businesses in Europe, North America, Australia, and parts of Southeast Asia to determine how they approached hotdesking within their organizations.

They discovered a wide range of implementations in the following areas among the approximately one-quarter of organizations that have already implemented hotdesking.

Following are some tips that can help you to successfully set up your hotdesking strategy in the office.

(Learn more about hot desking: Hot Desking 101: a quick guide)

Improve your office productivity by Quota History in ONES

A quick review of quota usage of office resource by using quota history.

In version 2.6, the admins can now easily search the record of usage on the quota history page. They can filter by username, quota unit, resource (room or desk), period of booking time, etc., which can help the admin to filter out the data for auditing and resource usage revision.

Newsletter: Bookings ONE ver. 2.6 release

An announcement of Bookings ONE version 2.6 release.

We proudly announce that our smart office platform Bookings ONE version 2.6 has been released on 23 July 2022. The followings are the major new update that we would like you to know:

Service preparation time
Update visitor flow – self-walk-in and SMS integration
Policy exception
Quota history

What is Employee Productivity and how does it relate to Hybrid Working now?

A brief summary to the recent survey of flexible working how does it relate to hybrid working.

Employee productivity is a key factor in a company’s working efficiency.
Hybrid working is the perfect environment to provide a flexible workplace for people.

The different types of booking and How do They Work?

Learn all you need to know about these booking types with our guide.

Explore 4 major types of booking that are always used by people for meeting invitations or resource reservations:

Why Back to Office is not realistic anymore

Credit Suisse CEO Says We’ll Never Go Back to Office Full Time.

“It’s unrealistic and it is not what employees want”

Credit Suisse CEO Says We’ll Never Go Back to Office Full Time

Survey discovered that employees who choose the most flexible work options were the most productive.
Swiss Universal Bank employees will be able to select a work model that provides them with maximum freedom, based on their field of activity.

According to Bloomberg, Credit Suisse Group AG Chief Executive Officer Thomas Gottstein doesn’t think banks will ever return to working full-time from the office.

“It’s unrealistic and it is not what employees want,” he said in an interview at the World Economic forum in Davos on Monday, 23rd May 2022. “We are in a soft way trying to encourage people to come back, but it’s counterproductive if you push too hard.”

Common technical concerns that workplace technology can help to tackle

Employers and workers will benefit from using workplace technology to enable a more flexible approach to work. However, technical concerns raised by the Information Technology (IT) team are usually overlooked when the new office plan is made and deployed.

After all, IT team is the one responsible for ensuring that any new solution is effectively integrated, integrates with other platforms, and remains operational with minimal disruption to company.

Followings are some common technical concerns that should be highlighted and we have solved for you: