When evaluating the benefits of an IWMS for your organization, there are options to consider in the implementation process that will affect the business in both the short and long term. Many of the IWMS systems on the market today are customizable, meaning that they...

How much does your company spend on facilities management across your portfolio? How often does that number change, and by how much? If you don’t have the number at hand, could you derive it easily if needed? Depending on how many programs or systems you use to...

Inspections—especially annual audits and facility condition assessments—can be complex and expensive. Beyond the sheer number of assets and facilities that need to be checked, the process may involve recruiting additional personnel, some of whom may be third-party...

Energy management is an environmental goal almost everyone can agree on: If you can eliminate energy waste and increase efficiency, you’ll spend less money while promoting conservation and sustainability. However, it’s easier to set efficiency and carbon-reduction...

Growth is a great problem to have, as it probably means your business or organization is flourishing. However, continued growth brings with it the need to add more space. Maybe your people are working elbow-to-elbow, or maybe you’ve launched a new product line that...

Managing a single office can be a full-time job. Same for managing a building. But how about managing a portfolio of buildings and other facilities, plus all the equipment and assets inside—spread across the globe? When you’re managing a real estate portfolio with...

Run-to-failure maintenance plans are just what they sound like: Your organization avoids preventive maintenance, opting instead to use facilities and equipment until they wear out and need to be replaced. It’s as costly as it sounds. Keeping equipment and facilities...

For institutions of higher learning, acquiring new land and buildings is a significant expense. So is launching new construction projects. Operations and maintenance expenses can take a hefty toll on a budget, too. In fact, a 2012 study of space management in higher...

If you’re in search of the best mobile app for building and facility inspections, you’re probably already convinced of the advantages of digital records over paper. Even if your people—or third-party inspectors—already use a digital system, lugging laptops around a...

Companies turn to Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS) to organize and streamline their data and operations and gain the most value from their real estate and property portfolios. The organizations that can benefit the most from a modern, powerful IWMS often...

If your organization uses an Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) to manage its real estate and assets, you’re already well aware how the desktop version helps manage everything in your organization’s portfolio, from identifying underused facilities to...

How many approval steps are in your average project? How many people are waiting on approvals at any given time? Do your colleagues grouse about delays? When people have to wait on signoffs, bottlenecks hit everyone involved. The waits make projects take longer,...

When it comes to facility energy usage, conservation used to mean that lights and appliances were turned off or on as necessary. Now, high-end software helps run all the facilities in your commercial real estate portfolio as efficiently as possible—and that includes...

The best Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS) are designed to work seamlessly with your existing processes and workflows to help your organization run more smoothly and efficiently. After all, you shouldn’t have to change the way your organization operates...

An Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) is software that helps large organizations manage their real estate and equipment portfolios; the software may be deployed either on-premises, in which it’s physically installed on servers at the location where it’s...

Unlike retail chains, which typically feature a single store type across multiple locations, higher education systems must manage widely disparate types of facilities: lecture halls, classrooms, libraries, dormitories, gymnasiums, cafeterias, parking garages, and...

Every organization wants to stay productive, but in some industries, productivity pays bigger dividends than others. This is particularly true for field service and workforce management, where companies are always looking for ways to incrementally boost efficiency and...

Gone are the days of printed work orders, unorganized document notes, and manual system updates. Technicians have relied on these outdated work management systems for a while (and many still do), but the industry is reaching an inflection point where geographic...

Schools need maintenance. Maintenance costs money. If not handled efficiently, maintenance will cost even more money. In Oregon’s Portland Public Schools (PPS) alone, more than eighty maintenance technicians handle roughly 2,500 work orders every month. Most of those...

How do you know if you’re efficiently managing the buildings you lease? How do you integrate those leases with those of the buildings you own? Whether you’re a company, government agency or school, if you have a significant real estate portfolio with a large amount of...

In a world of global financial uncertainty, banks and other financial services organizations need to be alert to any opportunity to increase revenue and decrease the cost of doing business. As banks and financial institutions focus their attention on recovery...

If your organization has five million or more square feet of real estate holdings, simply maintaining all those buildings and the equipment therein is a complex task. Unless you keep records on every facility and asset, it’s difficult to know how long something should...

If your business is like most, the buildings and equipment in your portfolio rank among your top expenses. This is why strategic facility planning (SFP) is so critically important. SFP entails understanding all aspects of your existing facilities, deciding what new...