The different types of desks in the ROOMZ ecosystem
The following overview shows all types of desks we are supporting, by clicking on a type you will be forwarded to the configuration of each type.
Type of Desk | Fixed Desk | ||||
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Description | Desk permanently assigned to the same person | Desk which can be temporarily assigned to a person / an external party / a project / a status (cleaning) | A specific desk must be booked in advanced by an employee (one to four weeks in advance) | A desk must be booked in advance by the employee in an area, can be a floor, a building or | The employee can choose any available desk. A Desk Sensor changes the status of the desk on |
Typical user profile | Typically used by people spending 80% to 100% of their days in the office | Typically used by people spending 80% to 100% of their days in the office | Typically used by people spending between 20% and 60% of their days in the office | Typically used by people spending between 20% and 60% of their days in the office | Typically used by visitors or employees who just need a desk for one hour. Can also be used it for hot-desking for an entire office (no possibility to book a desk in advance; first come, first served principle |
Benefits | Only makes sense if an employee is spending 4 | Same benefits as Fixed Desk, but employee can release it when not needed (out of the office, vacations, sick) Employee can be searched (People Search function) so they can be found by colleagues in myROOMZ Same technology can be used for specific projects or for external parties. An employee visiting the office very often don’t need to book a desk. | The employee can be sure their assigned desk will be available when visiting the office. People Search and Favourite functions encourages the collaboration between employees. Guarantee there will never be more people than desks on a specific day. | The employee can be sure having a desk in an area when going to the office. Colleagues will know that a person will be in the office, but there will be no specific information about their desk location. People Search function and favourite increase the collaboration between employees. Guarantee there will never be more people than desks on a specific day. Employees cannot book a specific desk in advance - gives more flexibility and fairness to employees.
| Can be used as overflow zone together with bookable desk = better usage of the space (80% The time before the desk is automatically released can be set individually (example one hour = desk goes orange on floorplan). Can be used to enforce clean desk policy. Better usage of space = reduction of m2 |
Renmarks | A Fixed Desk is not part of the ROOMZ ecosystem | Desk Sensor optional for analytics. Answer the question if the desk should really be used as an | An optional Desk Sensor can be added to provide analytics | Analytics provide information about usage of each area/desk. No information can be linked to | Often used in combination with Live Viewer (way finding).
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