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With continual changes in market conditions, companies may be
required to review their business strategies, modes of operations
and business models from time to time so as to adapt to the
market condition changes and stay competitive in the market.
As part of the business review process, some companies might
be required to expand or diversify their business operations
and relocate their headquarters, branch offices and manufacturing
plants to another location.
Office relocation is more than just moving people and equipment
from one location to another. Transferring equipment from the
old office location to the new one does not necessarily mean
everything will work in the new office location. Without proper
pre- and post-relocation planning and contingency planning,
the relocation exercise can cause lots of unnecessary disruptions
and delays to the business operations. So to some degrees, office
relocation planning is quite identical to operational continuity
planning as both processes aim to enable the company to continue
its business operations with minimal disruptions.
One of the key challenges faced by companies during an office
relocation exercise is the ability to relocate the company's
IT infrastructure, business systems and facilities to the new
location in the shortest time possible so that any disruption
to the business operations is minimized. To do that, every aspects
of the company's IT infrastructure, business systems, business
processes and facilities has to be taken into consideration
when developing the office relocation plan and contingency plan.
The complexity of the office relocation process varies from
company to company and depends much on the complexity of the
client's existing operating environment.
Effective co-ordination and communication is the key ingredient
of successful office relocation. Timely and careful execution
of the office relocation plan is as important as the development
of the plan itself. Due to the fact that many parties and people,
both internal and external will be involved in the office relocation
process, hence it is extremely important to ensure everyone
know exactly when, where, what and how to do before, during
and after the office move.
Though established in June 2003, the Founding Consultant of
ACROSS Consulting has spent numerous years working in Multi
National Corporations, particularly in the telecommunication
and petroleum industries, and was heavily involved in many office
relocation projects undertaken by these corporations over the
years. Hence he brings along with him extensive experiences
in the office relocation planning which had enabled the corporate
offices of these MNCs to be relocated to their new premises
over one night with very minimal disruption to the business
operations of these companies.
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