On the surface, the concept of corporate morale might seem like a concern for a human resources executive, not a facilities manager. After all, your job as an FM is to manage office space and plan the way your company uses its office building. What does that have to do with keeping employees happy and engaged?
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Especially when operating facilities for a large company with a great deal of real estate, knowing how to manage space optimally can be tricky. With so many rooms in your buildings and so many different employees and department heads making demands, it can difficult to balance all of your company’s needs and make the right
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OpenSpace from iOffice empowers Facility Managers and their employees with an easy app for booking room reservations, coordinating bookings, scheduling new functions, and more — all from their smartphone, tablet or desktop.
Facility managers get first-ever mobile app for reservations Read More »
One of the most challenging aspects of the facility manager position is undertaking large-scale projects to implement new facility management solutions. No matter how competent you are individually, it’s nearly impossible to complete the job alone – the initiative requires time, money, manpower and solid communication with employees at all levels.
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Facilities managers looking to manage large offices have a lot of logistics to juggle. With each employee, there are a number of questions to be answered – where will they sit? What equipment will they need? Who will they collaborate with, and where?
Work-from-home policies help offices save real estate costs and more Read More »
It’s difficult to recommend one particular space management strategy that will work for all facilities managers in all offices. Let’s face it: Every workplace is different. You may have general principles about how to align your buildings, who sits where and how the locations of different departments play off of each other, but generalities will
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Especially with a sizable company that operates out of a large office building, moving into a new facility can be quite daunting. Relocating takes a lot of time, effort and money, and your business might not have all of those things to spare. If you’re a facilities manager with a big project on your plate,
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Without proper racking safety procedures, keeping a warehouse running is near impossible. The first step to efficient pallet racking is developing a system and an ongoing safety checklist. First we need to define some key racking definitions.
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For folks who work tirelessly every day to manage space, it can sometimes be difficult to gauge their progress and find out exactly how successful their facilities management endeavors have been. Are they using rooms effectively? Are their office and desk layouts conducive to a productive workforce? Are they doling out resources properly so that
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HOUSTON, TX (July 5, 2013) – Mercer University is extending its relationship with the IWMS (Integrated Workplace Management Solution) software provider, iOffice, Inc. The university first introduced the company’s copy solution through iOffice’s channel partner, Ricoh, back in 2009. Mercer was pleased with the results from the first module, and decided to install Asset, Mail,
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