Office Hacks: Supplies For Productivity And Efficiency In The Office

If you run or manage an office with a team of employees, you’ve likely put some thought into what products and supplies can best boost productivity and efficiency while offering your employees comfort and accessibility. From smaller office supplies to larger appliances, the items you choose to have available in your office can make a difference to conducting your day-to-day business affairs. Plus, these are items you can feel good about. This article discusses a number of office supplies you should consider having if you’re setting up an office.

Lanyards and Badge Reels

If you require your employees to wear a name tag or badge, or if they have to use an ID card or key card to get into the building, you should provide them with a high-quality, heavy duty badge reel or lanyard. While clips and pins can work in a pinch, having badge reels and lanyards to attach IDs and name tags is actually much safer, more efficient and accessible. For example, having a badge reel makes it so much easier to clip on and off when using your ID to sign into the building or presenting it to a client; you can even purchase retractable badge reels to make it more accessible. 

Streamline Your Business Communication

A good phone system can make a big difference in how a business runs. It keeps teams connected, makes managing calls easier, and improves overall communication. With features like call forwarding and voicemail management, a business phone system can help reduce costs and improve both efficiency and customer service. The benefits of business phone systems are clear: they help everything run more smoothly, from day-to-day operations to customer interactions.

Eco-Friendly Office Supplies

It used to be that environmentally friendly office supplies were incredibly expensive and hard to find. That’s not the case anymore. Almost every office supply store in person or online carries a line of affordable office supplies, ranging from recycled paper to pens with environmentally friendly ink, recycled office supplies like paper clips, tape, as well as all-natural office cleaning supplies and so much more. 

Some office supplies contain toxic dyes or chemicals you’d rather not expose your team to. Using environmentally friendly products won’t cost you that much more and you would be helping the planet. 

Planners and Organizers

These days, we can all find calendar and scheduling apps on our phones, but it can actually help your employees even more if you offer them in-office schedulers, planners or other organizational/automation tools such as BPM software. Having a scheduler available in the office will help them keep track of day-to-day activities, deadlines, meetings and more, and allow them to sync up their schedules with other employees. If book style planners aren't your thing, you can implement one online, via the cloud or using various scheduling software. 

Uniforms, Gear & More

If your workers wear uniforms, providing them with good quality, well-made options is also important. For workers who don’t require uniforms, you should still provide them with safety gear such as safety glasses, gloves, hats, PPE, masks and other items, depending on the industry and whether or not they need it. 

And for the team that has no dress code, well, have you considered having a few shirts printed? Something as simple as a shirt emblazoned with a logo can go a long way towards brand recognition and pride in the workplace. Give them something to wear and be proud of.

These are just a few ideas for office supplies, tools and gear to provide your employees with, to boost productivity, help the planet and create an overall more efficient and fun workplace. Have additional considerations? Please share.