Posts Tagged ‘facility’

Making Information Based Decisions – Webinar

Planon Software IWMS Recently I had the pleasure of delivering my first webinar for Facility Managers.

The webinar was hosted by Planon Software and dealt with using information for decision making. If you missed it, you can watch and listen to it on-demand for free here.

In addition to my segment, Planon’s Director of Product Strategy, Erik Jaspers, also gave some great examples of how to use information from an FM System in Facility Management.

I’ve talked before about the importance of having decisions here on my blog, and it’s been part of several of my Facility Management workshops and seminars as well as a section in my book “Managing Facilities & Real Estate.”

Posted by Michel Theriault Dec 27, 2011

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Do you have an FM System Yet? Here are 5 reasons why your organization should support it

FM System CMMS CAFM IWMS I’m constantly surprised when I talk to FM professionals who haven’t implemented an FM system to manage their responsibilities, whether it’s CMMS, CAFM, IWMS or other systems for managing processes, space or maintenance.

Having started my career over 20 years ago at a company who had an FM system back then, to not have an FM system today given the flexibility, availability, benefits and relatively low-cost of many web based systems is surprising. It’s an essential tool for effectively managing facilities.

Posted by Michel Theriault Feb 28, 2011

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Are you Connected to Knowledge and Experience in the Facility Management Industry?

Connecting in Facility Management I had a conversation recently with a client, the head of a large facilities department. We were talking about the difference between those who get involved and advance their knowledge and those who don’t. Which one do you think are more likely to get ahead in their careers and deliver results for their employers?

It’s usually the ones who are active and connected in the FM industry.

Posted by Michel Theriault Feb 13, 2011

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Organizational Design for Facility Departments – Functional or Integrated

Org Structure I’ve been doing quite a few operational reviews and benchmarking exercises for facility clients recently. Something that keeps coming up is the optimal design of the facility management department’s organization structure.

Through my career I’ve worked in functional, integrated and even matrix organizations. My facility clients are also a mix. In each approach, I saw the value as well as drawbacks. No single organizational structure has shown itself to be ideal. In fact, my view is that the people can be more important than the structure of any facility management department.

Lets look at each one separately:

Posted by Michel Theriault Nov 16, 2010

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Now Available: “Managing Facilities & Real Estate” Book by Michel Theriault

My Facility Management book is now available.
It’s written for both new and experienced facility professionals, regardless of level, function or the type of facility managed, who want to leverage existing skills and advance their career with leading business practices, strategy, management and leadership in FM.

$39.95 US Soft Cover 7″x10″ 532 pages ISBN 978-0-9813374-1-8
$59.95 US Hard Cover 7″x10″ 532 pages ISBN 978-0-9813374-2-5

(Ships worldwide. Standard service up to 6 business days for NA and Europe, 12 days elsewhere. Email for other options. Corporate, Wholesale, Educator or Academic pricing also available.)