9 Advantages of Cloud-Based Facilities Management Software
Nine Advantages of Cloud-Based Facilities Management Software Facilities management software is shifting to a new paradigm: Software-as-a-service (SaaS). Cloud-based facilities management software (SaaS) offers more features, better reliability, lower costs, and more opportunities for customization—allowing businesses to streamline operations like never before. Before making the switch to a cloud...
Millennial Office Design: Workplace Design Isn’t Generational
Millennial Office Design: Workplace Design Isn’t Generational It makes sense to associate sleek workplace designs with Millennials and Gen Z employees. Younger generations grew up using smartphones; some haven’t held a hefty Blackberry or gaped at flip phones. They love clean lines, that minimalist bent with an eye toward fashion. And these generations want workplaces to match that look and feel. Take ...
10 Largest Office Buildings in the World
10 Largest Office Buildings In The World It would be unfair to categorize this list by tallest building because there are cities that prefer to build out than up. Based on their square footage, here are the most impressive and massive office spaces from around the globe. The Pentagon: As a government building, the Pentagon doesn’t immediately come to mind as office space. But with its 620,000 square me...
What Can You Do with Real Estate Analytics?
What Can You Do with Commercial Real Estate Analytics? Commercial real estate (CRE) costs are on the rise, making it more important than ever for businesses to maximize the space they have and consider expansion carefully if there’s a need to grow. As the facilities manager, you’re juggling a lot of variables, including predicting the market when forecasting your needs. The growing resources available ...
Sports Facility Management Software Can Help Your Company
Special Considerations for Sports Facility Management Software Sports facility management software can save your company time, friction and money. Sports facilities and other athletic centers face unique challenges outside the usual scope of facilities management. Not only do these considerations pose logistical challenges for managers, they also demand a higher level of foresight and adaptability when...
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Is An Open Office Space Good or Bad For Your Business?
Is an Open Office Space Good or Bad for Your Business? Open office spaces are a hotly debated topic in the realm of workplace modernization. Tearing down cubicle walls and moving people out of individual offices has become the fad many businesses credit for success. There’s an emphasis on community, collaboration, and inclusion. The idea is that by tearing down walls and bringing people together, a bus...
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The Cubicle vs The Open Office – Which Is Better?
Dilbert and The Cubicle vs The Open Office Sometimes I find myself pining for a cubicle to call my own. Three walls that are just mine, where I can decorate with family photos, make my sport affiliations known, and spend a few minutes zoning out without anyone checking up on me. Then it hits me: in cubicle life I’m separated from other human beings. Contact is made by peeking over carpeted walls. ...
Real Estate Analytics Cut Costs & Lift Workplace Production
Real Estate Analytics Cut Costs and Lift Workplace Production When a business looks to cut costs, executives study profit and loss statements and budgets to see which line items to reduce or slash entirely. Real estate has routinely been left out of this process because it was looked at as a fixed cost—typically a five- to 10-year commitment. Now, businesses are employing real estate forecasting...
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What Is Activity Based Working (ABW)?
What Is Activity Based Working (ABW)? An activity-based working (ABW) or activity-based workspace is the middle ground between cubicle life and communal desks. Spaces are designed around different tasks that require different types of energy and inputs. The goal is increased productivity by giving workers a variety of options of where to work. While every office using this plan differs, there are...
Nine Workplace Trends You Should Embrace
Nine Workplace Trends You Should Embrace in 2019 Workplace trends constantly evolve and keeping up with the latest-greatest can be tough. Ten years ago, employers weren’t concerned about open offices, perks like ping pong tables and Friday lunches, or standing desks and unlimited time off. But as times change, companies need to embrace workplace trends that boost productivity and increase employee enga...
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Why Is Workplace Culture Important For Success?
Why Is Workplace Culture Important For Success? So you’re a CEO, an entrepreneur, a boss. You have a brilliant idea for a business, one that could change the world. You’ve secured financing, hired department heads, and rented an office space with desks for everyone. You have an airtight plan—or so you think. You’re open for business and you’re falling short. Employee retention is low, as are sale...
Office Space Management Software Tips and Guidelines
Office Space Management Software Tips and Guidelines Integrated workplace management software (IWMS) programs are supposed to make life easier for facility management professionals, but they aren’t always set up to deliver on this promise. That’s where SpaceIQ comes in. This next-generation office space management software is a powerful ally in the way facility managers organize and plan the physical a...
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Facility Management (FM) Glossary and Abbreviation Meanings
Workplace and Facilities Management Terms, Glossary and Abbreviation Meanings Facility Management is a complex field and, as such, it requires the use of complex terminology. That means you’ll see some acronyms crop up as you’re working through the logistics of managing and moving your new office space real estate. Information is the key to successful facility management, and you don’t want to be...
How Can Space Management and Planning Help with Growth
How Can Space Management and Planning Help with Growth In many ways, office environments are like their own ecosystems. There’s a natural flow to how things move and change in the space, and the environment tends to grow and change over time. This is a process that can happen on its own without anyone pulling strings. Leave a group of people together for long enough and they’ll develop some sort of sys...
Why is Facility Management Important for Productivity?
Why is Facility Management Important for Productivity? Facility Management (FM) is a multi-departmental business evidence-based management discipline and software productivity that focuses on efficiency efforts and long-term success in areas like real estate, operational finances, human resources, maintenance and information technology (IT). Generally speaking, anything having to do with a facility man...