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Previously, we had a glimpse of what Property Management in Malaysia is all about. Before we move on, let us now relate property management with facility management by watching this video below:

International Facility Management Association (IFMA) defined Facility Management as:

“A profession that encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure functionality of the built environment by integrating people, place, process and technology.”

Extracting some text-book material of Facility Management and its relation towards technology:

Facilities and physical infrastructure management is a critical business function. Comprising 25 to 50 percent of a company’s/organization’s fixed assets and operating costs, facilities are significant resources that must be efficiently managed in order for a business to succeed in a globally competitive market.

Facilities information crosses an organization’s traditional department boundaries. For example:-

• A CFO evaluating mergers requires accurate real estate portfolio information.
• A CEO generates business plan projections that drive a planner’s space forecasts.
• A space planner allocating resources must integrate data from all departments and communicate the result to architects.
• A move planner must coordinate data from the facilities, telecommunications, and maintenance departments.

Facilities information also crosses the boundaries of traditional software applications:

• CAD drawings depict a facility’s structure and areas.
• Databases store alphanumeric data about rooms, equipment, furniture, repairs, and breakdowns.
• Spreadsheets calculate areas, rent, and maintenance costs.
• Routed approvals flow through email.
• Web browsers pull casual and remote users directly into the workflow.

As such, to implement facilities management automation, you need a specialized package that understands the corporate roles and responsibilities, understands the business missions and what each role requires to achieve them, knows how to validate and flow facility information through an organization, and can integrate diverse technologies into a unified whole.

In our next series of introducing facility management solutions, we won’t bore you with even more text related material. Instead, we’ll have a lot of screenshots and probably video presentation or slide shows which we think would be more exciting! Hope you had enjoy our brief introduction to ARCHIBUS and have a productive day ahead.