Humly Definitions
Simple explanations for the Humly Ecosystem
Not everyone speaks workplace tech. This page breaks down Humly terminology into clear, useful definitions that help you navigate our solutions with confidence.
Humly Terms & Definitions
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What is a Workplace Management System?
A workplace management system is a platform that connects workplace tools, data, and processes.
It centralizes workplace operations, making it easier to manage spaces and resources.
What is Workplace Management?
Workplace management is how organizations create smoother workplace flow through smarter space booking, visitor management, navigation, and insights. It helps people find, book, and use spaces with less friction, while giving organizations better control, visibility, and efficiency across the workplace.
What is Wayfinding at workplaces?
Wayfinding helps people navigate workplaces using maps, signage, or digital tools.
Wayfinding ensures that employees and visitors can easily find their way within the workplace.
What is Space Utilization?
Space utilization measures how effectively workplace spaces are used.
It provides insight into how often and how efficiently spaces are occupied.
What is Workplace Scheduling?
Workplace scheduling is the process of organizing how spaces are used over time.
It ensures that rooms, desks, and resources are available when needed.
What is Workspace Booking Software?
Workspace booking software is a centralized system that enables employees to find and reserve available workspaces such as desks, meeting rooms, and collaboration areas.
It provides real-time visibility into availability and helps organizations manage how their spaces are used.
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What is a Room Booking Display?
Room booking displays or room booking panels provide real-time visibility into meeting room schedules and availability.
They allow users to see whether a room is free, booked, or about to become available, and often enable direct interaction with bookings.
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What is a Desk Booking System?
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What is a Hybrid Workplace?
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What is Room Booking?
Room booking allows employees to reserve meeting rooms in advance or instantly, ensuring that spaces are used efficiently and without conflict. Users can see availability in real time and book rooms directly from calendars, mobile devices, or displays outside meeting rooms.
Modern systems integrate with tools like Outlook and Google Calendar, automatically syncing bookings and reducing scheduling conflicts.
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What is Desk Booking?
Desk booking enables flexible workplaces by allowing employees to choose and reserve desks based on their needs. It supports hybrid work by ensuring that desks are available when employees come into the office.
What is an AV stack?
An AV (audiovisual) stack refers to all the equipment and systems inside a meeting room that make communication and collaboration possible. This typically includes the display, camera, microphones, speakers, control systems, and the software platform they connect to, such as Microsoft Teams or Zoom.
What is Space Management Software?
Space management software helps organizations plan, allocate, and optimize workplace spaces.
It provides tools to manage how space is used, ensuring efficiency and alignment with organizational needs.
What is Workplace Experience?
Workplace experience includes every interaction employees and visitors have with the workplace, from booking spaces to navigating the office. A strong experience reduces friction and improves productivity.
What is Visitor Management?
Visitor management ensures a smooth, secure, and efficient process for handling guests in the workplace.
What is Workplace Analytics?
Workplace analytics uses data to understand how spaces are used and support better decisions.
It provides insights into workplace usage patterns, helping organizations optimize their environments.
What is Occupancy Detection?
Occupancy detection identifies whether a space is in use using sensors or data.
Occupancy detection helps organizations understand real-time and historical usage of spaces.
What is a Smart Workplace?
A smart workplace integrates systems, devices, and data to create a responsive and efficient environment.
What is a Microsoft Teams Room?
A Microsoft Teams Room is a meeting space equipped with technology for video conferencing and collaboration using Microsoft Teams. They are designed to make hybrid meetings seamless by combining audio, video, and collaboration tools in a dedicated physical space.
What is a Teams Panel?
A Teams Panel is a touch display outside meeting rooms that integrates with Microsoft Teams to show schedules and enable booking.
Teams Panels are designed to work within the Microsoft Teams ecosystem, providing real-time meeting room information and booking capabilities.