Computer Network and Office Moving the Right Way

When you are getting ready to move your business, whether it’s across the hall or across town, you need to have a well- organized plan to make sure everything happens as efficiently as possible. Your move needs to be done quickly without sacrificing quality, for an organized move that will have you up and running in no time. TeamLogic IT offers these suggestions to help keep your office move organized and efficient so you don’t lose expensive time bogged down with problems from moving.

•    First, Plan- Plan- Plan: Your business is too important to leave things to chance and circumstance. You can save time, money and stress by planning every step of the move as far in advance as possible. Try to give yourself three months if you can – that way, you can make sure every detail is checked and double-checked.

•    Plan your move for a weekend, if you keep typical office hours. That way you have two full days, plus Friday afternoon and  possibly Monday morning without clients or customers to deal with and you can get up and running with next to zero lost time.

•    Schedule your new phone, fax, Internet and electrical hookups well in advance so everything is on and working properly when you get to your new location. Also, schedule your movers as early as you can to make sure you have the muscle you need at the time when you need it.

•    Know the floor plan and layout of your new space. Take physical measurements of all the furniture and equipment as well as the spaces that they will occupy in the new office. Also, take notice of all electrical outlets and Ethernet ports and make sure your furnishings are laid out accordingly.

•    Label everything clearly, including “DO NOT MOVE” items, if any. Color-coding can work great for this. If you’re alone in your office, coordinate the color of the label on the furniture/equipment with its corresponding space on the new floor plan. If you have a few employees, each person can have their own color and then individual pieces within each employee’s domain can be numbered. The trick is to make it simple for your movers to match each item to its new home so you don’t wind up moving things around after the movers are gone.

•    Next, pack up. Set aside a day for packing- ideally the day before the movers are coming. Have your employees or coworkers join you or, if you are in business for yourself, ask someone to help you. It will make a big job less overwhelming and more productive. You’ll get things packed in half the time and have an extra pair of eyes to make sure nothing is overlooked.

•    Everyone should pack their own personal belongings as well as any confidential client work they have in their possession or control. Empty desks and bookshelves and pack everything in boxes. Label them clearly, so you can find what you need quickly.

•    You don’t need to empty your file cabinets, as long as they can be locked. Double-check to be sure you have locked every drawer in every file cabinet.

When it comes to moving your computer network, don’t take any chances. Even if you are a whiz with computers, when you are in the midst of moving your entire office, you have plenty of details that you need to manage. The best help you can give yourself is to call TeamLogic IT and let them take care of your computer system. The technicians from TeamLogic IT can dismantle your entire system, then carefully pack up the computers, cables, monitors, printers and other peripherals, and keep everything organized and labeled. Once they reach your destination office, they will set everything up and have your business up and running, most of the time by the end of that same business day.

To make sure that your office move runs as efficiently as it possibly can, visit www.teamlogicit.com call (703) 430-7287 today and let the TeamLogic IT experts move your computer network for you.