Facilities Management Strategy

Developing a Winning Facilities Management Strategy

In order to manage facilities effectively and efficiently, robust strategies must be developed within the context of the organisation's Business Plan and Accommodation (or space) Strategy.

These should include developmental strategic objectives with full consideration for the facilities management function. These documents, when combined, produce a comprehensive and sustaining Business Plan and Accommodation Strategy.

A business plan for facilities management should have the following goals:

Consider the needs of the organisation, differentiating between core and non-core business activities
Identify and establish effective and manageable processes for meeting those needs
Establish the appropriate resource needs for providing services, whether obtained internally or externally
Identify the source of funds to finance the strategy and its implications
Establish a budget, not only for the short term, but also to achieve best value over the longer term
Recognise that managements of information is key to providing a basis for effective control of all aspects of facilities, estates and property.

Developing a Winning FM Web Strategy

Whether your organisation is a single-site operation or a global enterprise with hundreds of sites, it is crucial that all the information on the people, processes, places and physical assets reside in a central repository.

The internet, of course, is an ideal tool to utilise for such a task, allowing users to communicate and collaborate on facilities and infrastructure management data, projects and reports - irrespective of their physical location.

Web-based implementations have proven to be:

Easy to use and familiar to most users
Cost-effective
Scalable
Universally accepted by users, IT staff and management.

Designed as a starting point, this briefing includes recommendations on how to deploy a strategic, Web-based facilities management solution to help achieve organisational goals faster and easier than ever, despite increasing workloads and diminished resources.

Summary:

A carefully planned Facilities Management and Web-based strategy can significantly enhance organisations strategic decision-making capabilities. Information is available to authorise users anytime and anywhere, allowing users at a variety of levels to cost-effectively contribute to a centralised repository of facilities and infrastructure data.

With the flexibility to slice and dice data to meet a wide range of reporting requirements, solutions for optimising assets and lowering the total cost of ownership begin to emerge.

How can your organisation leverage the Web to make lasting, positive effects on your organisation's bottom line?

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Please contact us for further information on the below items relating to Facilities Management Strategies:

Facilities Management Web-Strategy
Total Infrastructure Facilities Management (TIFM) Needs Analysis
Building Information Management (BIM) to Enterprise Information Management (EIM)