Using Technology to Achieve Greater Efficiency in Facility Management: Part 6

For a Facility Professional, growth or contraction of space resulting from changes to supported business units has a significant impact on service provision and resource requirements (e.g. increase in Moves, Adds, Changes, etc.), particularly when supporting disparate geographical facilities.

As depicted in Figure 1, Strategic Space Management technology tools can help Facility Professionals readily identify a) properties that are approaching capacity, b) locations that are in high cost areas and c) under-utilized space.

Potential actions to realize the identified opportunity include reviewing expansion or contraction needs, implementing Alternative Workspace Solutions (AWS), such as work from home or hoteling, and pinpointing portfolio consolidation opportunities.

The savings to be realized in these scenarios include:

• Effective planning (preempting potential issues to ensure best investment value)
• Employee satisfaction from AWS solutions
• Reduced spend through portfolio consolidation