Let’s call it the “Return to the Office” instead of “Return-to-Work”. Because we know you never stopped working. In fact, you may have worked more hours than ever before to keep up with demand, while assisting your coworkers and customers with their work-from-home obstacles.

Paper waste is one of the most persistent – and most preventable – operation costs in the modern office. Especially in the age of cloud storage, enterprise content management, and mobile-first communication, there are more ways than ever to share information and store data without paper. 

As businesses reopen their offices, many, both large and small, are searching for ways to make their spaces more sustainable. Plus, there's increased pressure to reduce carbon footprints. This push for sustainability represents a significant transitional challenge. Learn why Managed Print Services are such an effective tool for reducing a business's carbon footprint and how they impact your sustainability. 

Businesses use different sets of policies to help them deliver a consistent experience to their employees - and ultimately to the customer. These policies govern the process human resources departments use for hiring, what devices employees can use, how the company will handle vacation and corporate holidays, and who is allowed access to proprietary information. These policies create a standard that can quickly be referred to and influence decisions quickly. For these reasons, you should use a defined print policy to help you measure the impact of printing in the office and identify any threats to the security, finances, or efficiency of an organization.

Tips for Businesses Reopening the Office

Businesses are finding new ways to keep operations running while continuing to social distance. Some businesses are reopening their offices to small numbers of staff, while some are continuing with remote work for the foreseeable future. Either way, going back to “normal” is not an option. As we work collectively to regain a semblance of structure within our work in this new environment, the number one priority of businesses should be the safety of both employees and customers.

Safe Work Protocols: Err On the Side of Caution

When you perform a preliminary search for cybersecurity best practices, most of the results focus on business-oriented cybersecurity strategies or information about the latest cybersecurity breach.

Many businesses have embraced flexible work, including giving employees the ability to work remotely permanently. However, the shift in operations from relying on in-office employees to WFH environments comes with challenges. Businesses must develop a long-term strategy to manage and support remote workers to meet those challenges.

Online meetings and conference calls now fill our calendars where in-person meetings were before. Even as some businesses reopen offices and workers return to work, remote meetings and video conferencing will remain. 

Along with emails and chats, conferencing and video calls have transformed the way teams, both in-house and remote, communicate for the better.

Managed Services are helping businesses pivot to a highly distributed and digitally-enabled world. Changing operations and adopting new technologies requires insightful leadership and strategic partners to help guide the way and provide the right tools for the job. Managed Services offer a lift to businesses shoring up procedures and navigating the new ways businesses will operate in the coming months.