SCMA Supply Chain Management Association 21st Annual Workshop
/in Total Education /by FrithjofTotal Education is pleased to support and exhibit at the 2013 SCMA – Supply Chain Management Association www.scmabc.ca Annual Conference on October 9th at the Delta Grand Hotel in Kelowna.
Carmen Sparg Total Education’s 21st Century Learning expert will share her knowledge of classroom design and product solutions that support knew initiatives in education.
Total Education is the leading supplier of VS product in the BC Education market and a key resource for Supply Chain Manager’s across the province.
This year’s conference “Growing your Procurement Strategy” is the 21st Annual Supply Chain Management Workshop and Total Education is proud to be a valued supplier, sponsor, exhibitor and participant.
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The SCMA writes on the event page:
Growing your Procurement Strategy
Date: October 9th – 11th, 2013
Location: Delta Grand Okanagan Resort
With delegates and tradeshow vendors from throughout the province; a wide range of industry sectors are represented including private sector, high tech industries, manufacturing, healthcare, municipal/ provincial/ federal government, school, districts, services, etc.
This year we are bringing back a full day Professional Development Seminar for our SCMP delegates to earn additional 5 maintenance credits prior to the Annual Workshop. This workshop is open to our accredited SCMP’s, regular members of SCMA and non-members from the supply china management community. SCMP accredited members of SCMABC are eligible for 10 CPD maintenance credits through participation in the 21st Annual Workshop; others should check with their organizations for eligibility.
Whether a SCMP designation holder or not, this is your opportunity to take advantage of the educational and networking opportunities provided with this workshop and perhaps a bit of down time away from the day to day office environment in this beautiful location.
We are looking forward to chatting with you at the workshop

Stay Inspired
/in Total Office /by Daniel Joseph

Total Office Makeover Progress: United Way
/in Total Office /by Daniel JosephFor more information Contact: TOTAL OFFICEPlanning Services – Professional Delivery & Installation 420 Banks Road Kelowna, B.C. V1X 6A3 Tel:250.717.1626 Toll Free:1.800.558.DESK (3375) E: info@TotalOfficeBC.caW: http://www.totalofficebc.ca/
HIMSS – Humanscale T7
/in Total Healthcare, Total Office /by Daniel JosephHIMSS is a cause-based, not-for-profit organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded 52 years ago, HIMSS and its related organizations are headquartered in Chicago with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.
One of Total Office’s manufacturer partners ‘Humanscale’ will display an array of ergonomic healthcare IT solutions, such as the T7 mobile technology cart, at HIMSS13, March 3 – 7, 2013.
Visitors to the booth will be able to get a hands-on experience with a number of new products that were built with the caregiver in mind. Among them is the revolutionary T7, which expertly combines Auto Fit™ technology that enables the cart to automatically adjust to the caregiver’s entered height in just one easy step and Power Track™ steering, which implements a fifth wheel for exceptional maneuverability. For even greater ergonomic usage, all controls on the T7 are within the shoulder width of the caregiver. The T7 also offers two different tilting monitor arm options, both of which accommodate a vast range of individuals, including those with bifocals. Due to its low center of gravity, the T7 has excellent balance and stability for smoother, safer use. Brilliantly simple in both form and function, the T7 has a completely encased wire management system, which mitigates both clutter and infection control concerns. And it has an optimized power system and battery, with SLA and lithium battery options.
In addition to the T7, Humanscale will display a number of ergonomic healthcare IT products that redefine the caregiving experience. The innovative ViewPoint V6™ ergonomically accommodates caregivers in sitting or standing positions and features flexible monitor arms to encourage patient-caregiver interactions.
If you want to learn more about HIMSS, Humanscale or the T7 product, feel free to call us at 250-717-1626 and we’d be happy to help!
For more information Contact: TOTAL OFFICEPlanning Services – Professional Delivery & Installation 420 Banks Road Kelowna, B.C. V1X 6A3 Tel:250.717.1626 / Toll Free:1.800.558.DESK (3375) E: info@TotalOfficeBC.caW: http://www.totalofficebc.ca/
Don’t Pay – Trade!
/in Total Office /by Daniel Joseph
For more information Contact: TOTAL OFFICE Planning Services – Professional Delivery & Installation 420 Banks Road Kelowna, B.C. V1X 6A3 Tel:250.717.1626 / Toll Free:1.800.558.DESK (3375) E: info@TotalOfficeBC.caW: http://www.totalofficebc.ca/
United Way Makeover!
/in Total Office /by Daniel JosephFor more information Contact: TOTAL OFFICEPlanning Services – Professional Delivery & Installation 420 Banks Road Kelowna, B.C. V1X 6A3 Tel:250.717.1626 / Toll Free:1.800.558.DESK (3375) E: info@TotalOfficeBC.caW: http://www.totalofficebc.ca/
DDM – The Federal Government’s best-kept Secret
/in Total Office /by Daniel JosephThe Federal Government’s best-kept Secret:

We’ve defined the Future Office as being the best practices of today now applied as a general practice; simply put, when we find a better way to do something, we trend – slowly as global entity, but like a wildfire in small groups. A perfect example of a wildfire spreading quickly is the Government of Canada and whom better to study of leading by example than our very own government?
What does the Government of Canada have to do with office furniture? And even more to the point, what do they have to do with best practices that can be reproduced for profitable revenue growth with small business? Would not the argument be brought up that entrepreneurs are a distinct opposite of government unionized employees? And that by trying to divulge value through practices by one for the other would be futile at best, but mostly weak and unsupported?
All of the theoretical questions really boil down to a mathematical equation that is as simple as two words: how much? As in how much is it going to cost right now, how much is it going to cost in the long run, and how much am I going to benefit from it financially if I went with this option? For a broader perspective and the more inquisitive mind, the financial benefit itself is broken into different categories: such as how much will this depreciate for tax purposes, how much will it increase productivity, how much will it retain value in the sense of adapting to changes down the road?


The Government of Canada, through Workplace 2.0, manages to encapsulate a majority of the best practices being used by small businesses and corporate offices, and articulate them clearly within a set of guidelines that anyone can follow. They maximize sustainability for long-term forecasting as well as capitalizing on the cost-of-acquisition benefits from minimization. I’m hesitant to use the term ‘minimization’ because there was a time when that just meant shrinking workstations, so perhaps the term I should be using is ‘optimization’.
Work space is being optimized, not to just decrease the amount of real-estate being used per employee – which is in itself a cost savings – but to better utilize the dead-space being used in that employee’s indirect absence. Its re-envisioning spaces and implementing systems that connect staff and employ work-flow techniques that actually improve task-efficiency rather than just say it will. Workplace optimization is decidedly the heaviest hitter when the contestants for total-cost-of-acquisition are brought into the ring, and still a key player in terms of total-cost-of-ownership, alongside sustainability and adaptability.

Workplace 2.0 Summary and how Design Does Matter:
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Implement sustainable best-practices whenever possible:
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Optimize space in a manner that isn’t focused on workstation minimization, but employee work-type and corporate culture adherence; the government of Canada has also given sq. meter standards per type of employee, we can learn a lesson from this by adapting our space planning metric from generally-accepted standards to a more progressive and customized model:
- Impact the office ecosystem by allowing natural light and maximizing on non-inhibiting and natural chance-meeting conjunctions:

For more information Contact: TOTAL OFFICEPlanning Services – Professional Delivery & Installation 420 Banks Road Kelowna, B.C. V1X 6A3 Tel:250.717.1626 / Cell:250.899.5541 Toll Free:1.800.558.DESK (3375) E: info@TotalOfficeBC.caW: http://www.totalofficebc.ca/
Horizon Takes FX Award for Lighting Products
/in Total Healthcare, Total Hospitality, Total Office /by Daniel Joseph
For more information Contact: TOTAL OFFICEPlanning Services – Professional Delivery & Installation 420 Banks Road Kelowna, B.C. V1X 6A3 Tel:250.717.1626 / Cell:250.869.5304 Toll Free:1.800.558.DESK (3375) E: info@TotalOfficeBC.caW: http://www.totalofficebc.ca/
Teknion Unveils the RBT
/1 Comment/in Total Healthcare, Total Office /by Daniel Joseph
• Seat depth
• Tilt-tension adjustment
• Multiple position back lock
• Height- and width-adjustable armsRBT has a strong environmental and ergonomic story. It is GREENGUARD® Certified for Indoor Air Quality, contributes to LEED® credits and is compliant with BIFMA e3 level 2. RBT is 100 percent recyclable. In addition, it meets pertinent strength, safety and durability standards such as ANSI/BIFMA X7.1 and ergonomic guidelines such as BIFMA G1, EN1335, ANSI/HFES and CGSB44-232.
For more information Contact: TOTAL OFFICEPlanning Services – Professional Delivery & Installation 420 Banks Road Kelowna, B.C. V1X 6A3 Tel:250.717.1626 / Cell:250.869.5304 Toll Free:1.800.558.DESK (3375) E: info@TotalOfficeBC.caW: http://www.totalofficebc.ca/
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