In most organizations Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS) will be initially implemented regionally driven. Decentralized Facilities Management and Real Estate teams, spread across the globe, acknowledge their need for a software solution to manage their properties and processes.
After going through a system selection procedure, organizations often implement systems on a per country basis. Some of those systems can be successful locally, however don’t meet global requirements. This is particularly true when organizations change focus and centralize management of their real estate portfolio.
In addition to that, costs and risks associated with managing a wide variety of applications can put the organization at risk. Many organizations have recognized this, and have initiated projects to consolidate the IT landscape on substantial scale.
This is where IWMS can play an important role. The integrated approach of managing facilities and real estate processes in one central database supports organizations reducing the numbers of applications, vendors, and integrations associated with managing their premises.
However, implementing an Integrated Workplace Management System to solve business problems alone is just not enough. The IWMS needs to implemented flexible and scalable right from the start of the project.
If you don’t anticipate significant changes in your organization such as mergers, acquisitions, additional countries, additional processes, etc., you are preparing yourself for misery both in terms of costs and frustration.
