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Maintenance Management Systems: Managing the Business of Facilities

Maintenance Management Systems: Managing the Business of Facilities

A robust, easy-to-use maintenance management system that grows with the facility program is a necessity for any facility department. Here’s how to get it right. Maintenance management systems come under many names. Computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), computer-aided facility management (CAFM) systems, integrated work management systems (IWMS), and even enterprise asset planning and resource management […]

Don’t Overlook These Critical Data Spaces in Your Facilities

Don’t Overlook These Critical Data Spaces in Your Facilities

Even the smallest spaces that house critical data can’t be treated like just another closet. Here’s how to make sure critical data spaces stay operational and efficient. Facility managers are often responsible for critical spaces that can range from a small converted closet that now contains a network rack to a very large data center […]

Mobile Technology Offers Efficiency for FMs

Mobile Technology Offers Efficiency for FMs

Possibly more so than any other technology, going mobile has made facility staff’s job easier and more efficient. Here are the benefits of mobile facility technology. Possibly the most significant advance, in terms of its impact on facility staff, is the shift from paper and pagers to handheld tablets and smartphones. The power that facility […]

Understand the BAS’s Role in Facilities Management

Understand the BAS’s Role in Facilities Management

The facility management industry has seen significant gains occurring in technology in the past few decades. One example is the migration from work orders tracked on a dry erase board to online service request submissions that auto-assign to appropriate craft or contractors while providing fluid feedback to the customer. Or consider the intricate pneumatic control […]

NFMT19 Presentation

NFMT19 Presentation

Thank you for attending our presentation at NFMT 2019!  Below are the resources referenced.  Please contact us with any questions.   NFMT 2019 Presentation – Time to Catch Up CMMS: Realizing the Value CMMS – A Necessary Business Tool for Today’s Facility Manager CMMS is Not a Four-Letter Word  Leveraging a CMMS to Drive Business […]

Join me at NFMT’s Knowledge Cafe – What We Can Do to Bridge the Growing Skilled Labor Shortage

Join me at NFMT’s Knowledge Cafe – What We Can Do to Bridge the Growing Skilled Labor Shortage

With the average age of facility engineers hovering in the 50s and increasing rate of their retirement, it should be of no surprise that it is getting harder and harder to find and hire skilled maintenance workers.  Sadly, we are just seeing the beginning of this growing labor pool shortage.  In this Knowledge Café, we […]

FM360 Presentation is Kicking-Off NFMT in Baltimore Next Week

Building Technology Has Advanced – It’s Time We Catch Up! Join us at 8AM Tuesday, the 26th, as FM360’s John Rimer opens NFMT with a discussion on how the facility management technology has left its practitioners in the dust. We will review the system types available, their benefit, and provide steps for selecting & implementing. […]

FM360 Heading to Music City Next Week – Presenting at Critical Facilities Summit

FM360 Heading to Music City Next Week – Presenting at Critical Facilities Summit

We are excited to participate in the Critical Facilities Summit opening keynote session on Sunday, October 14th at 3PM.  FM360 will also be presenting Emergency Response Management in Critical Facilities on Monday at 10AM