Competitive Advantage

Our Objective

v To provide quality office screens and accessories

v To provide our clients with excellent customer service and additional knowledge to create a competitive advantage

v To assist in building extra value into your furniture projects

v To provide clients with a level of comfort to engage us as screen specialists and produce an unrivalled team

Why Use Screens There are several reasons for using screens in office environments, these can range from reducing noise, creating breakout areas and dividing space. The following outlines the benefits and uses for screens in the workplace providing a competitive advantage.

Company Profile Vision Office Interiors is a Australian manufacturer of bespoke office screens and workstation partitions. Established in the year 2000, Vision supplies product via an approved dealer network throughout the country.

Increasing Efficiency These days open plan offices have become the standard. As companies investigate the benefits of a flexible workforce, demands to accommodate greater numbers of people into smaller office space increases. With these increases, the need to control the environment becomes more important. Intrusive noise and visual distractions combine to significantly reduce the efficiency and well being of staff. Some reports suggest workers can lose as much as two hours per day or the equivalent of forty six days a year because of broken concentration.

Staff Churn Today, organisations and staff are looking for flexibility. With rapid improvements in mobile technology, the way we work is changing. To accommodate these changes, the modern office needs to be fluid and have the facility to be re-configured and restructured quickly and easily.

Space Division In open plan office environments, freestanding and workstation screens create and divide space. Departments, teams, territories and individuals can benefit and are identified by flexible and easily re-configured screens. Space division is not limited to individual work areas and can be used to form break out areas, meeting and lunchrooms and to conceal kitchenettes and bathroom access. When carefully selected and positioned screens can achieve many results with increased flexibility and cost saving when compared to permanent walls.

Acoustic Privacy Noise, in particular a human voice, is the primary source of distraction in the office. The more people in the space the more noise. We must therefore use screens and other soft furnishings to breakdown as much of this sound as possible. The higher the screen, the more effective the noise reduction. However a compromise needs to be struck between aesthetics, acoustics, lighting and configuration to achieve harmony between all these factors.

Visual Privacy Visual privacy and distraction is a very real issue, in open plan environments that to date has remained relatively unexplored. Visual distraction is different to auditory distraction and it is believed to be more difficult to return to work after a visual distraction. Openness in the workplace is therefore double sided. It can be seen as breaking down of formality and hierarchy or an environment of distraction. Therefore, carefully positioned screening can give either seated or standing privacy and reduce visual distraction.

Creative Investigation Through a method of creative investigation it is possible to understand a clients requirements and tailor a solution to suit their needs. The following prompts and questions will help in this area. What flexibility does the design brief need to cater for future work practices and staff churn? Does visual distraction affect the concentration levels of staff? Is visual contact necessary for effective communication? Is visual contact and or privacy required by senior staff? Do staff suffer from audible distractions? Is clear desk space a goal? Should there be above or below desk cable management? Do we need the screens to be pinnable? Understanding client needs is the fundamental step in creating, an office environment that works. ‘Off the shelf’ products will never be able to offer the flexibility and bespoke aspect of office fit out that deliver a complete solution. To this end, manufacturers, specifiers, dealers and clients need to work together and communicate to achieve the best results.