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Are Facility Professions using Dashboards?
A brief background on the use of dashboards as decision support system tools in facility planning and management, producing clear and concise […]
Clean Indoor Air Sustainability and Energy Savings: Yes You Can Have It All
An explanation of clean indoor air sustainability as achieved through the principles of impingement, interception and diffusion, with advice on filter efficiency […]
Empowering People to Shape Their Place Through the Integrative Process
The importance of the integrative process has been elevated by IFMA and other related industry organizations. The integrative process seeks to broaden […]
Fire!!
Use this guide to develop, test, and critique an emergency response plan. Gain perspective by reviewing the strengths and oversights of the […]
Exploring the Distributed Workplace
Overview of an IFMA research report addressing distributed work programs in corporate facilities, including common program drivers and goals, distributed work program […]
A Contingency Model for Outsourcing Relationships in the Facilities Management Sector
Review outsourcing relationship theories and conceptual models, and examine the relationships between outsourcing modes and outsourcing maneuvers in the Four Outsourcing Relationships […]
Improving Facility Management Operations Through Optimization of Performance Metrics
Use a customizable maintenance management system (CMMS) to measure performance in organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Then, optimize performance metrics to establish standards, […]
The 17 Mistakes Made in Emergency Plans and How to Avoid and Correct Them
Review why emergency plans are integral to strategic emergency preparedness and business continuity, while identifying seventeen common errors and oversights of emergency […]
What's Your Facility's Value Proposition? Thinking and Planning Strategically
A starting point for an executive-level exchange, this piece outlines the process for defining a facility’s value proposition through strategic facility planning, […]
Get in the Game: Using Blogging to Better Communicate, Coordinate and Collaborate
Objectives: 1) Learn the basics of quality communication, fail-points and team performance; 2) Understand the power of blogging; 3) Demonstrate how blogging […]