How Do You Keep Poor Lighting Decisions from Costing Big Money?

Do you make commercial lighting decisions for your company or for your clients? If so, put yourself in the place of Fred. He’s about to get fired.

Fred’s a shipping clerk who has made several mistakes recently in entering data on the warehouse computer where he works.

His supervisor is definitely not happy. Fred’s mistakes have cost them hours of extra work on several occasions correcting inventory errors that Fred made on the warehouse computer.

This morning the supervisor told Fred that one more mistake would cost him his job, even though Fred had a wife and baby at home. But tragically, the errors are not really Fred’s fault.

It’s all because of a lack of proper commercial lighting in the warehouse.

Fred has difficulty reading the computer screen due to poor placement of overhead light fixtures which cast a strong reflective glare on the screen. This makes reading the screen difficult at best and makes errors too easy to make.

The glare has given Fred a headache ever since he started working for the company three years before.

Now he’s under even more pressure than he was before, which is likely to decrease his productivity even further.

Can You Avoid These Costly Lighting Mistakes?

The workers in your company or your client’s company may not be affected as dramatically as Fred. And yet, there are a variety of reasons that poor lighting may be costing your company money.

No matter what the working environments are where you work, lighting in some way affects the quality of the labor and the productivity of your workers. Why, you ask?

Employees are a company’s single largest investment. There is a wealth of research indicating that the lighting of a space can dramatically improve or stunt the work output of an office, a laboratory, or a factory.

In fact, studies have shown that it pays in bottom line dollars and worker satisfaction to optimize lighting for their comfort.

Perhaps you’re wondering what are the technical issues involved in lighting design? A few are:

• Fixture location related to workers
• Light on walls and ceilings
• Control of direct and reflected glare, and
• Appearance of space and fixtures.

So how do these issues affect you? Every day, poor commercial lighting in a workplace causes lost productivity due these and other factors. If you are in a position to make decisions regarding specification of lighting either for your company or for a client, you’ll want to make sure that your lighting decisions are based on solid advice.

And one of the principle sources of information to help you with lighting decisions will be the commercial supplier you choose. Because without the help of a knowledgeable dealer you may be facing a thicket of decisions that you don’t know how to make.

Why Will Choosing the Wrong Commercial Supplier Haunt You Later?

What you need is helpful advice to guide you in the design of your workplace lighting and in the selection of your lighting fixtures and lamps.

Otherwise you risk lost production and unhappy workers. Remember what happened to Fred.

Lighting technology is improving every day, and it's getting harder to keep up with all the changes. Luckily, you don't have to be a know-it-all to design great lighting - all you need is the right know how.

Choosing the right supplier is probably the most critical step you can take in meeting your commercial lighting needs. Why? Because a good supplier will provide you with the necessary expertise to guide you through the design and hardware choices you will have to make.

But before you decide on where to purchase your commercial lighting products there are several things you need to consider first:

• Long life – Make sure that your choice is for lighting products with high reliability ratings. Otherwise, you could end up replacing a unit sooner than you expected.
• Easy installation – There’s nothing more frustrating than an installation that’s unnecessarily complicated. Make sure that the ballast or fixture you choose comes with adequate instructions and doesn’t require overly complicated installation steps.
• Saves energy – If you’re interested in savings over the long term, consider the operating cost of the unit. This is measured in cents per unit of time.
• Warranty – You’ll want to look at the warranty and make sure you’re protected just in case the unit your purchase fails to perform like it should.

Will Your Commercial Supplier Help You with These Questions?

With so many suppliers out there, how do you decide which one to buy from? The one that helps you answer your lighting questions the best probably has a pretty good shot at your business, isn’t that fair to say?

Here are some questions you’ll want to ask your supplier about:

• Name brands – Does the supplier offer name brand products? Where are the lights made? Are you confident in the quality?
• Price – Are the prices competitive? Does the supplier offer commercial discounts?
• Warranties – How much support does the supplier give you in understanding the warranties? How comprehensive is the warranty of the particular lights you are considering?
• Shipping – How much will shipping cost? Does the supplier offer discounted or free shipping with a certain type of purchase?
• Support – How good is the customer support? Does the supplier offer a toll-free telephone number? Will someone answer their phone when you have a problem?
• Financing options – Is the supplier willing to finance your purchase? How easy do they make it? How favorable are the terms?
• Secure ordering – If you order online, does the supplier guarantee the security of your order?
• Privacy protected – Does the supplier guarantee that your email address will not be sold or used without your permission by a third party?
• Customer Satisfaction - What do the past customers of the supplier say about them and their service?

How can you find a supplier that’ll meet these requirements? Well, you’re in luck!

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