Workplace Insight

JANUARY 12, 2023

In 1958, the same year that Quickborner popularised Bürolandschaft, the giant US office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller recruited a designer called Robert Propst to design a new range of products specifically for open plan offices.

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Cubicle Technology Manufacturing Planning 98

Work Life

APRIL 23, 2024

She was a secretary for Washington’s child services department, a job that came with her own cubicle, and she had a knack for working with families in difficult situations. In Birmingham, Alabama, single mother Adriane Burnett takes home about $2,800 a month as a customer service representative for a manufacturing company.

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Cubicle Government Manufacturing Customer Service 98

All Work

MAY 2, 2023

But one workplace solution — repurposing furniture — is as grounded as the ubiquitous office cubicle. Classic furniture typically sells for at least half the price of newly manufactured pieces—and it certainly has superior craftsmanship and personality compared to “fast furniture.”

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Cubicle Manufacturing Purchasing Construction 95

Attendance Bot

AUGUST 22, 2024

Traditional Office Environment The conventional workplace includes enclosed offices, cubicles, and rigid reporting chains. Practical Work Environment The practical work environment prioritizes efficiency and productivity, commonly seen in industries like manufacturing and logistics.

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Office Layout Teamwork Creativity Supervising 52

Office Space

APRIL 19, 2023

Using 3d printing, hot fire tests, and agile additive manufacturing equipment, the company is trusted by NASA, the DoD, and other contractors. Where employees work all day, every day, in the same cubicle. Agile Space Industries is a leader in the field, specializing in aerospace propulsion (i.e.: rocket engines and thrusters).

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Real Estate Software Flexibility Flexibility 130

Success

AUGUST 10, 2021

It’s used within lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and other techniques. . Appropriate here are the 5 M’s of manufacturing here: M an (people), M achine, M aterial, M ethod, M easurement. Option 4 : Sticking to the cubicle until your business income matches your salary means your lifestyle wouldn’t suffer at all.

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Problem-Solving Creativity Banking Sales 124

Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

If you fail to get this right, as I did with my online men’s store, then your customers won’t care about your offerings, and you’ll have to go back to your old cubicle job. Not working with a manufacturer halfway around the globe to prototype and build brand new products. Choose a product or service. No warehouse or dropshipping fees.

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Sales Delegation Problem-Solving Bookkeeping 91

Ask a Manager

MARCH 30, 2022

The New Guy sat behind me, in the other half of the shared cubicle. After he was done with me he moved on to my supervisor in the next cubicle, who had heard the whole thing and repeated everything I told him. A coffee river started rolling by our cubicles and everybody but New Guy rushed in with paper towels. The disaster.

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Supplies Cubicle Cleaning Security 55

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

There was a secretary in the department where I was temping who had to know everything, and she was desperate to find out what I had in the one drawer I kept locked in my cubicle (spoiler alert – I kept my shoes there and changed into them when I had to dress for a bad weather commute).

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Cubicle Maintenance Food Manufacturing 65

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 31, 2019

♦ “I used to work in an office in a manufacturing facility. There were two rows of cubicles back to back, with high walls so we couldn’t see to the other side. If the biggest security guard in the place was almost pushed off the balcony by invisible forces, I’m not chancing it.”.

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