The most versatile and straightforward way to communicate in the workplace is often by displaying notices and reports in ‘clear sight’, using these modern versions of clear plastic pockets.

The most logical ways to disperse information in business premises have no technological alternatives. Physical documents mounted close at hand or notices posted at eye level keep your corporate messaging ‘upfront and central’.

This is not only a highly effective system, but it’s also cheap. Traditional display materials, like clear plastic pockets, are an inexpensive way to communicate safety, location and productivity information. You can keep staff updated and store reports in plain view, switching locations and updating materials quickly.

You may need to handle inspection reports, product specs and user manuals often during a working day, so sliding them in and out of protective clear pockets makes perfect sense.

The lynchpin of all this is having a stock of different kinds of clear plastic pockets. In designs that lend themselves to being used for a diverse range of communications purpose and attached to different surfaces.

Designers and manufacturers of plastic document holders have not stood still as IT advanced! They have found ingenious ways to bring this tried and trusted stationery item up to date, and ready to use in a range of creative ways.

Self adhesive window frame

Attaching important documents to glass can be a convenient way to make sure no one misses key information. Frames4windows also provide the option to post notices that can be viewed from both sides. As they are reusable, these self-adhesive clear frames from documents can be lifted and relocated swiftly.

Frames4windows in different colours ensure you can code your workplace messages and reports, for at a glance evaluation.

Ideas for how they can be utilised include:

• COVID signage and social distancing reminders.
• Meeting room booking systems.
• Layout plans that display from both sides of the glass.
• Safety messaging that can be seen from both sides of a glass partition.
• Changeable classroom/meeting room identification signs.
• Door signs to show vacant or occupied.

Fully Adhesive backed Pockets

There are times when you need a series of interchangeable messages or codes displayed around your workplace, without expense or permanency. This is when fully adhesive clear plastic pockets are a flexible solution.

You can mount them on various clean, dry surfaces, then use them to display important locational codes or operational reminders. Information can be changed in an instant, and the different sizes of clear plastic pockets give you options to display larger workplace signs too.

They can be stuck to most flat surfaces and used for:

• Stock locational codes.
• Safety signs.
• Recycling segregation indicators.
• Equipment user guides.
• Company status notices.
• Barcodes or content titles on storage boxes.

Magnetic pockets

For any workplace with an abundance of metal surfaces, the option of displaying key information and reports using magnetic display materials is ‘attractive’.

The important thing is to find a supplier of industrial-strength magnetic clear pockets, so you can slide information in and out and move them around repeatedly.

These then become ideal for purposes that include:

• Racking content details.
• Locational aids on metal shelves.
• Staff information on metal doors.
• Content and handling info on roll and mesh containers.
• Order picking intel on racking, shelves and trolleys.

Beaverswood stocks these clear plastic pockets in different colours too, so you can reflect your company’s system for flagging staff information within different coloured magnetic pockets.

Self Adhesive Document Pockets

Sometimes you need clear fronted display pockets to collate and highlight information all in one place. Colour coded self-adhesive document pockets are ideal for this purpose, as you can mount amendable documents and signs with a protective layer.

The pockets themselves are strong enough to be long lasting, and they can be vital for such purposes as:

• Health & Safety information and reminders.
• First aid point guidance.
• Foyer marketing displays.
• Interchangeable information on exhibition stands.
• Staff canteen notice areas.
• Production status displays.
• Stock layouts and guides.

We have covered more uses and benefits of secure document holders in a previous guide to mounting company information and signs., you can read here.

However, it could well be that you have your own ideas and requirements for posting up messaging in your work environment.

The above are just examples of flexible display materials we stock, but clearly, clear plastic pockets are here to stay!

Keeping staff up to date on vital H&S information is easy with the right document display holder solutions. In this article, we take a look at modern ways to mount notices, signs and reports that need to be regularly updated.

The list of Health & Safety information that employers need to display is comprehensive. Including a highly visible health and safety law poster.

You will also have your own notices and documents that need to be clearly seen, depending on your procedures and work systems. Possibly you still rely on some paper-based reporting and inspection documents that have to be quick to access and use.

Getting all this information posted up in logical places can be a challenge. Particularly as H&S messaging must be clear to see and use, to keep you compliant. If documents and signs start to get obscured by racking, transitory equipment, storage units or even clusters of staff, you create a bad impression during inspections or start to let basic work systems slip.

Fortunately, manufacturers of document display holder solutions are rising to this challenge. They now offer creative ways to post vital information and reporting systems. They are not only high-vis but also a quick and convenient method of updating the information you must exhibit in your workplace.

We put the spotlight on three document display holder solutions for contemporary employers.

Frames4windows

When it comes to document display holder solutions, this is a relatively new type. It is an ingenious way to post double-sided notices or reports. It can also help you to utilise glass partitions and windows to display workplace information.

Better still, self-adhesive Frames4windows are robust and re-usable. You can relocate them as required, without leaving a sticky mess on your surface.

Reports and notices can be slid seamlessly in and out of either the horizontal or vertical glass-compatible document holder, which is available in five colours to categorise workplace messaging.

Fully Adhesive Backed Pockets

Sometimes, more traditional adhesive document pockets are the best way to post up important information or to hold reports that need to be constantly maintained.

The trick is to find ones priced low enough so you can buy document display holders in bulk, without sacrificing quality. You need to be able to repeatedly slot information into a hard-wearing plastic sleeve and attach it firmly to diverse surfaces.

Our fully adhesive-backed pockets tick these boxes and come in multiple colours as well as A4, A5 and A7 size options. One of the most common uses of this particular document display holder is for easy to read barcode signs on warehouse and storeroom racking and shelves.

Coloured Magnetic Pockets

Using an adhesive document display holder is not always practical, or the best way to exhibit information in a workplace.

The problem can be solved by finding a low-cost supplier of magnetic pockets for notices, signs and inspection reports. These too fix well in a surprisingly diverse range of locations, from warehouse racking to your staff room fridge, and from filing cabinets to mesh cages and metal doors.

This can make product identification easy to update and signpost, as well as providing re-usable colour-coded holders for H&S and procedural information. They are a versatile way of displaying information on whiteboards – and noticeboards that use magnets – too.

Sign of the times – workplace information overhaul

As the economy rebuilds post-pandemic and employers welcome more staff back to the workplace, it’s a good opportunity to review all your signage, noticeboards and document display holder systems. Particularly make sure any H&S documentation ‘holds up’ to scrutiny when you next get inspected.

Contact Beaverswood for help in compiling a safety signage shopping list on a tight budget.