Facility Management

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Is your legacy facility & asset management software hindering your growth?

It’s a vicious cycle, being stuck with a software solution that is costly to maintain and impedes productivity, while, replacing isn’t easy either. This is a continuation to my previous article, still using spreadsheets to manage work orders?,  where I shared my thoughts on the benefits of switching from spreadsheets and paper based tools to purpose-built […]

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Still using spreadsheets to manage work orders?

It’s time to move to a software based solution for the value it provides. In my day-to-day interactions with facility management professionals and physical asset managers, I come across situations where maintenance work orders are still being managed on spreadsheets! Well, work orders have been managed on paper-based forms for a long long time, but,

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Why Security around physical assets is as much a Marketing issue as it is a technology issue?

The term is Security Branding and I recently discovered it! Before I move ahead with the idea, here’s a disclaimer – I am not suggesting that only image projection should be worked on, constructive efforts must be undertaken to bring about checks and balances in data management, IoT & IT security and consumer privacy. A

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Struggling with aging talent and skills shortage in Facilities Management?

Making room for automation can help counter the skills demand-supply gap in the industry. It is concerning that while the trade based skills are high in demand, the supply is far from meeting the needs. During my visit to various industry events and discussions with professionals, one theme clearly stands out; skills shortage is a significant

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