Many of companies have invested a lot of money to provide their employee the best quality office furniture, in order to make staff feel comfortable when they are working so this can improve staff work performance. Unfortunately that still many of companies failed to choose the best quality that worth their investment. This is just because lack of knowledge about important factors to consider when to buy new office furniture. This article provides important criteria and things to consider when you have to buy new office furniture.

Tip 1: Make decision about what kind of office furniture you want to buy

You have to get information and requirements of all staffs about type and specific requirement of the furniture that your staff need because individual has different needs when they are working. For example, staff in accounting department may require larger office desk because they have to work with big pile of paper, or IT staff may need larger space to store computer parts and accessories. Also for some type of furniture that used in public area such as pantry and general meeting room, you have to make sure that you got all feedback and suggestion from all staffs before you make decision.

Tip 2: Looking for adjustable working desk

This is very important, as we know that not all working desk has this function but it is good to have it. The desk height should be between 29 and 30 inches in order to be comfortable for staff. However, if you already have non-adjustable working desk so you probably have to consider buying adjustable chair instead. If your staff mainly working with a computer, it is also a good idea to get table that specially design for computer placement. The table should accommodate computer cabling to be neatly-routed or have a slot to contain computer case.

Tip 3: Ergonomically reasons, once you have decided about what kind of working desk you will buy, and then you have to think about chairs that will be used for everyone. This is because you have to provide enough leg room beneath the table for staff to sit comfortable. There will be fewer problems about finding chairs for general type working table. If you plan to buy L-shape working desk, so you have to make sure that staff will sit comfortable and be able to move from side to side easily. Apart form that the chairs backrest must allow staff to lean forward and backward easily, if they don't, staff may get a back or shoulder injury and they have to spend most of their time with the computer screen.

Tip 4: Working with computers.

Bare in mind if your office using old furniture that have been used since the time before computers are popular, because these furniture may not accommodate the computer usage. Most offices put the computer case on the table top. This is very uncomfortable for staff and computer case requires a lot of space and staff will lose writing area and looks cluttered for visitors. Many offices try to avoid this problem by hide computer case on the floor somewhere beneath the table, which is ok but you have to be aware that put computer case on the floor may cause the computer case dirty and they could be kicked by people who walk through the area. And this is not allowed for some companies that has strict health and safety policy.

Tip 5: Support and warranty

Do not buy furniture from the company that has no warranty for the goods. The period of warranty for mid-class office furniture should be about 5 to 15 years and you have to consider all of the detail in the warranty carefully to make sure that you will get free replacement for broken furniture within the quickest time possible.