People flow 

For us at KONE a great People Flow® experience means enabling people to move smoothly, safely, comfortably, and without waiting in and between buildings.

People flow for our end users

KONE conducts sytematic studies of how people move and what they need when they are traveling within a building. This way we gain a deep understanding of how our People Flow® solutions and services can deliver the best possible user experience. Through innovative design and technology, we strive to make the elevator or escalator ride as safe, comfortable, and efficient as possible.

Elevators, escalators, and automatic doors should operate correctly and be integrated seamlessly with a building’s other systems. In order to minimize lines and bottlenecks, we position our equipment in the most appropriate locations as determined by our detailed analyses of the flows of people and goods.This way we can ensure functional connections within and between buildings.

People flow for our customers

For our customers, people flow means that we understand their challenges and provide them with the best solutions throughout the life cycle of their buildings. We work closely with our customers from the design phase and right through the building phase. Once equipment is installed, we provide maintenance solutions that ensure smooth operation and, when appropriate, offer modernization solutions for aging equipment. We are committed to helping our customers achieve the best people flow experience at every stage of their building’s life cycle.

People flow solutions for different building types

Different types of buildings have different uses, different traffic patterns and different flows of people. How, when and by whom a building is used determine the optimal location, quantity and type of equipment required at the site. We have extensive knowledge of and expertise in understanding different environments, their functionality and how they are connected. We use this insight to create our People Flow® solutions.

KONE views People Flow from three different perspectives:

• Improving end-user experience with solutions that make it easier for people to move in and between buildings.

• Understanding our customers’ challenges and helping them achieve their targets by optimizing People Flow in their buildings.

• Understanding how different building types function, how they are connected, and how use evolves and changes throughout a building’s life cycle.

KONE in brief

KONE in brief 2012

Read more about KONE in this publication which gives a good overview of the company and its operations.Read KONE in brief »

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Corporate responsibility report 2012

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