How can I reduce my care home bedroom downtime?

December 16, 2021 Liam Dible

One of the most common questions we get asked at Edison & Day is, how can I reduce my bedroom downtime so I can accept new residents faster? In this article, we explain some of the best ways this can be done to ensure that you are getting the most from your furniture supplier and more importantly ensuring the solution is best for you.

There are a few different ways that you can reduce your bedroom downtime and each one has its advantages and its disadvantages. We have listed these below and explained the potential problems with each to help you form your decision.

Sourcing furniture that has shorter delivery times

Across the UK there are several suppliers and manufacturers that offer furniture with a much quicker lead time, ranging from around 5 – 10 working days depending on which company you use.

The advantages of using this are obviously that you get your furniture a lot quicker, therefore, reducing room downtime, but some of the potential problems are that as either the furniture is stocked at the suppliers or components are stocked in the case of manufacturers; this can lead to a limited range of products to choose from that may not fit with your care homes design scheme for example. However, a lot of these suppliers have a good selection of products to choose from.

Across the UK there are many reputable manufacturers and suppliers of furniture that have an “express” range of furniture available with some supplying furniture in as little as just 5 days.

Bringing furniture into stock on-site in your care home

This is a good option if you are happy tying cash up in furniture stock. The advantage of using this option is that your rooms can be refurbished within hours as the furniture will be on-site already and you will be able to bulk buy the furniture to start with, potentially giving you better pricing and a broader range of furniture on offer.

Setting up a supply contract with your supplier

This is something that we have started to see come into the market more and more over the past few years. Many suppliers will now set up custom schemes for your home to give them a unique look and then will stock either the fabrics and components if they are a manufacturer or stock the furniture if they are a supplier, enabling you to get the furniture in a much shorter delivery time.

One of the problems with setting this up is that they can take a while to set the schemes up and then implement, this is just simply due to design time and getting the schemes approved and then getting either the fabrics into stock or waiting for the furniture to come into stock with your supplier.

I trust this article has been helpful in helping you to understand how you can eliminate bedroom downtime in your care home but if you still have some questions, we are more than happy to help you, either view our chairs below or contact us and we will be more than happy to go through your questions with you.

Who is Edison & Day?

We are a UK manufacturer of care home furniture and have been supplying the market with high-quality furniture for 15 years, we create furniture and experiences that have the personal touch.

We have the largest care home furniture selection in the UK that is available to order online and with our industry-leading Dayex service, you can have your new furniture in as little as 5 working days.