What is Move Management? Part 1: How you can better understand your move management process Simply stated, move management is the process of moving one or more employees from one location to another or in and out of your organization. There are varying types of move management–there are Moves, Adds and Changes (MAC), which are... Read more »
Your Success Guaranteed Fixed price implementations are only successful when the company that is performing the implementation fully understands the business requirements of the customer down to the smallest details and performance objectives. The FM:Systems consulting team and our certified industry partners have implemented hundreds of successful IWMS customers by leveraging the thousands of hours... Read more »
We just had our annual FM:Systems User Conference in downtown Raleigh, NC. Our User Conference allows our customers and business partners to spend several days networking with other users of FM:Interact, meet the FM:Systems staff that they work with in person and attend sessions to expand their use of the FM:Interact workplace management suite. The... Read more »
I wrote in January about the need for organizations to begin to measure the utilization of their space in real-time. I covered several factors leading up to this need including the increased mobility of the workforce and the tech reasons that have fueled those trends. The need (and desire) for employees to be able to... Read more »
What is Space Management? Simply stated, Space Management involves the management of a company’s physical space inventory. Whether you realize it or not, every organization manages their space one way or another. You might have an automated space management solution, use AutoCAD and Excel spreadsheets or manage your space with printed off floor plans and... Read more »
I’m continuing my “Best Practices for Space Management” series which is the first guide we have published as part of our best practices series. I hope you enjoyed learning about the making of our best practices series, benefits of space management and the top 10 things every facility manager should know about space in my... Read more »
At FM:Systems, we value customer service highly. In 2017, we scored 98% in customer satisfaction, and we are aiming even higher this year. Great customer service doesn’t just happen. Like preparing a gourmet meal, it takes planning, focus, and a lot of time. Here’s my recipe. 1 – Energy If you don’t have it, you’re... Read more »
Who is FM:Systems and what do they do? I’ll take a moment to give you a little background on FM:Systems and how it has become the leading software solution provider in space and occupancy management. Our Chairman, Michael Schley, founded FM:Systems in 1984 with the vision of creating a flexible, comprehensive facility management system that... Read more »
The Future of Space Utilization Our annual User Conference is just a few short months away and I am already so excited to have another great year of cutting-edge presentations by industry leaders as well as seeing returning clients and meeting new ones. Year after year our conference continues to grow and it wouldn’t be... Read more »
How AEC professionals can better understand a building owners needs for their Revit facilities model Introduction In one of my blog posts last year I introduced the concept of the BIM for FM model which I believe is the best approach to providing a Revit model to a facilities team in a way that has... Read more »