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The future of work: Reopening offices after COVID-19
When the Coronavirus pandemic first led businesses around the globe to close offices at the beginning of 2020, few would have expected that so many people would still be working remotely at the end of the year. But despite ongoing uncertainties and r…
Busy front of house? A virtual receptionist can help
MRI OnLocation’s latest integration brings us one step closer to a fully virtual receptionist. Introducing Alexa for Business by MRI OnLocation. Welcome to the future! What is a virtual receptionist? When we think about virtual receptionists, two dif…
Space planning, occupant comfort and cost-cutting are biggest drivers in commercial real estate – even before COVID-19
There is little doubt that COVID-19 and lockdown have had a profound and lasting impact on how commercial tenants are viewing their real estate. The devastating global economic impact of the crisis has left a huge proportion of corporate occupiers lo…
8 things to consider when developing an emergency response plan
First published by Safeopedia, written by Daniel Clark. In an emergency, every second counts. There’s no time to debate. Everyone needs to know their responsibilities, who’s in charge, and what has to be done. It all comes down to planning. Every var…
Evacuation Roll Call – the roll call we all need
Accounting for people! It starts from the day we are born. The theatre nurse count our fingers and toes and enters the birth details into a medical registry. We are sent off to school, where our teacher completes roll-calls. We join the Scouts, Girl …
We’re ISO-27001 certified. Here’s why it was worth it
Are you a cloud-based service looking into getting ISO-27001 certification? Are you wondering about the process, the benefits, and whether it’s worth it? There are a lot of articles about ISO-27001 written by security and compliance consultancy firms…
Building evacuation plans – what everyone should know
At MRI OnLocation we want everyone to know that there is a safer way to do building evacuation – that is, by using the latest visitor management technology. No matter where we are in the world, there is always a risk of a natural disaster occurring a…
How AI is improving the lease abstraction process
One of the biggest challenges in the commercial real estate sector has always been the cumbersome nature of leases. Commercial leases are filled with large volumes of detailed information and finding one specific point can take hours. The process of …