How Rayon helped Halkin simplify test fits & accelerate sales
Perspective from a 12 people design and sales team
Challenge
Halkin, a flexible office and co-working space provider, operates across multiple divisions, including design, sales, business development, operations, and more. When working on test fits for new expansion opportunities or office leasing, they faced challenges streamlining workflows across floor plans.
Teams from different departments often relied heavily on the design team for simple tasks, creating bottlenecks and resulting in a slow and inefficient process.
Solution
Rayon became an alternative to legacy design tools, providing an intuitive user experience that empowered team members from the growth and sales departments to create test fits and basic office workstation layouts independently. This significantly accelerated turnaround times for sales and real estate deals.
Additionally, with all teams working within a web-based single source of truth file, the transition from the test fit phase to detailed design became seamless, enhancing overall efficiency and collaboration across departments.
“Rayon empowers multiple teams at Halkin to collaborate more effectively, enhancing our overall productivity. It's incredibly intuitive, unlike other software like AutoCAD, which requires extensive knowledge of complex commands.”
The story behind Halkin
Halkin, based in London, designs, builds and operates flexible office and co-working spaces tailored to the unique needs of each location and its users. By analyzing the local area, target audience, and daily experiences, they create dynamic, thoughtfully designed environments. With in-house design, construction, and operations teams, Halkin enjoys unmatched agility—enabling them to approach projects with creative freedom, efficiently handle unexpected construction challenges, and seamlessly manage the daily operations of their exceptional spaces.
The limitation Halkin had to push past
Halkin faced a challenge where test fits and space analysis were bottlenecked within the design team, limiting efficiency and slowing down client responsiveness. This siloed approach made it difficult for the growth and sales teams to contribute to layout adjustments or quickly address client requests. As a result, the workflow was less dynamic, and opportunities for cross-team collaboration were missed, impacting overall productivity and client satisfaction.
How Halkin’s divisions leverage Rayon’s test fit abilities to speed up sales and growth
Since adopting Rayon, Halkin has transformed how its divisions handle test fits, empowering the growth and sales teams to take on tasks previously managed exclusively by the design team. This shift has streamlined workflows and freed up the design team to focus on more complex challenges.
Rayon’s intuitive tools, including its simple PDF and DWG import features, scaled editing capabilities, and extensive block library, have made it easy for the sales and growth teams to analyze space potential and create test fits independently. Generating detailed floor plans and making adjustments to layouts and furniture configurations is now faster and more efficient than ever.
This collaborative approach enables seamless teamwork between design, sales, and operations. For instance, the sales team can now modify floor plans in real-time during client meetings, instantly accommodating requests and significantly speeding up the turnaround process. Rayon has enhanced efficiency and improved client satisfaction by making Halkin’s workflow more dynamic and responsive.
Rayon at Halkin today
Rayon has helped streamline Halkin’s workflow by enabling teams across departments to collaborate more effectively on test fits and space planning. By reducing bottlenecks and simplifying processes, Rayon has allowed Halkin to respond to client needs more quickly and efficiently, supporting their goal of delivering thoughtful, flexible office solutions.
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