Advanced Systems Plus: Kudos

Elements stands for ‘best of the best’

Elements space planning, design and office furniture company uses “best of the best as a guiding principle. The difference between rhetoric and real commitment is ability to stand the test of time. When MaryJane Casey founded Advanced Systems Plus in 1989, Rocky Mountain Desk—one of Elements’ predecessor companies—already had been in business for six years.

Now, Elements—the 2008 product of a merger between Rocky Mountain Desk and SPACES—has demonstrated another flagship trait of companies that walk the talk: It continues to grow, examine and innovate.

The Elements website addresses this very well: “We embraced the rare opportunity that only a merger can bring, to examine the best practices of both organizations and choose or develop the ‘best of the best.’ The best technologies, processes, purchasing efficiencies, and manufacturer relationships combine, allowing us to provide the ultimate customer experience.

Other noteworthy website references also speak loudly to Elements’ commitment to excellence based on a longstanding installer practice: “To ensure the quality of the overall project, Rocky Mountain Desk was passionate about utilizing employees for installation rather than contracted installation firms. It was the final step in quality assurance to achieve ultimate customer satisfaction… SPACES, purchased as Furniture Distributors, Inc. in 2002, shared the philosophy of providing a quality installation by using their own installation crews.

In this era of “quantity commerce, often at the expense of quality relationships, it’s heartening to work with companies like Elements, that share philosophies and practices—right down to having an employee-based installation team versus outsourcing this critical part of the project.