SMARTDRAW IN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT:

SmartDraw Enhances Safety and Quality for Employees Across Australia

Marc Banks is Safety Health and Quality Manager of Workforce Solutions, a staffing and recruiting company located in Queensland, Australia. Banks is responsible designing, managing, and training more than 5,000 employees on developing emergency, quality and safety management plans across Australia. He spends much of his time working on compliance issues and training, managing the disaster recovery and business continuity plans, as well as reporting on marketing and service statistics within the company.

Marc was looking for a quick and easy way to create floor plans, mechanical and electrical schematics and IT diagrams to enhance safety and health operations. He also needed to create mind maps, org charts, sales maps, project charts, and more. He had tried Visio^® in the past, but knew it wasn't up to the task.

"I have used Visio^®, but I feel that it is certainly restricted with its actual application use," said Marc.

He downloaded SmartDraw, and was immediately impressed with its ease-of-use and breadth of content. "I haven't seen a program on the market with so much versatility," said Marc. "I was able to put together an IT schematic in about 15 minutes. I also created a double-sided emergency piece and had it sent to the printers in 20 minutes. There is no way I could have put anything together like that without SmartDraw!"

Marc found that SmartDraw makes easy work out of virtually any sort of business graphic, diagram, or chart. Unlike other graphics programs that provide users with a blank screen and expect them to draw, such as Visio^®, with SmartDraw, users start with a template that is specifically designed to create the type of illustration they need. For example, SmartDraw contains dozens of SmartTemplates for project charts and timelines, mind maps, floor plans, IT diagrams and more.

After selecting the appropriate template, users simply enter the information and SmartDraw does the rest: building the graphic automatically using built-in rules and professional design themes to guarantee polished, presentation-quality results in just a few minutes. In addition, SmartDraw features one-click export to popular document types such as PDF, PowerPoint^®, and more.

According to Marc, the biggest benefits of using SmartDraw are time-savings and enhanced communications.

"A picture is worth a thousand words. I can really capture people's attention by using the graphics I create in SmartDraw, and it greatly enhances training, education, and marketing efforts."

To learn more and to download a free trial, visit www.smartdraw.com.