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Facilities maintenance software improve fire safety measures

Occupant safety is the most important duty assigned to facilities managers. Comfortable climates are nice and collaborative workspaces are beneficial, but FMs who fail to stay on point with safety measures can put tenants in danger or even make buildings uninhabitable. Fortunately, new technologies like facility maintenance software are making it easier for FMs to fulfill their

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Some workers demand more office privacy

For business leaders who work to manage space, it can be difficult to meet employees’ many demands. Different workers have different requirements, and sometimes they conflict with one another – say, if one employee prefers an open, collaborative space and another demands peace and quiet.  Stephen Searer of the furniture company My Turnstone says that

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Understanding how to determine roi from space management software

An organization’s Return on Investment (ROI) is one of the most critical pieces of information in determining the operating efficiency of a company. This “performance measure” evaluates the effectiveness of an investment or tool, as well as comparing one investment to another. The flexibility of this formula, with regard to the information used for computing

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Worldwide market for software as a service (saas) on the rise

Companies are looking for ways to streamline their operations and draw maximum efficiency from their offices, and increasingly, they’re turning to software as a service (SaaS) as a way to make myriad processes more efficient. SaaS helps FMs and other business executives accomplish more with less, and as the world continues to recognize this, the

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Benefits of bringing asset management to the cloud

Cloud-based solutions will become even more ubiquitous in 2013, according to Gartner, which recently released its predictions for the new year in a webinar, as highlighted by Campus Technology. Last year was characterized by the growing buzz that surrounded big data, and that hype will likely go into practice this year as individuals across industries adopt the

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Facilities management needs to be jack of all trades

Facilities managers play crucial roles in companies’ successful operations, which explains why the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the number of these positions will rise about 15 percent between 2010 and 2020. These professionals come from a wide range of backgrounds that can include work on construction or engineering projects as well as

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