Integrated Workplace Management Systems help you to reduce costs while improving your carbon footprint at the same time. Although I could create a list of 100 IWMS benefits, in this list you will find the top 10 of timeless IWMS Benefits.
1. Streamline processes
In every organization there are a lot of processes that help individuals to optimize their contribution to the primary process. The ‘secondary processes’ are the domain of Facility Management and Real Estate professionals. These processes are everywhere around you. Integrated Workplace Management Systems can easily help you to streamline those processes.
2. Optimize Space Occupancy
Real Estate costs account for 10%-25% of an organization’s cost base. As cost reduction programs have made it to C-level, most organizations have an intrinsic look at their portfolio to match organizational space demand and supply. As cleaning, catering, heating, etc. are a multiple of the space costs, organizations need to optimize space usage. IWMS helps you to indicate space vacancy (e.g. in office space, conference room space) which can be used to reduce the number of sq. ft per FTE.
3. Monitor Performance
Matching service demand and delivery is extremely important for every organization. You need to be able to monitor service provider performance, and match those with the Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) negotiated. Through Dashboard and advanced reporting functionalities IWMS’s empower your organization in effectively managing service delivery.
4. Optimize Resources
Particularly organizations that haven’t outsourced their service delivery will benefit from the resource planning and allocation functionalities that most IWMS systems provide. Team leaders can easily schedule tasks to available resources and effectively plan their workload. What’s more, resource allocation in IWMS allows to only allocating tasks to service providers with appropriate skills.
5. Reduce Facility Management and Real Estate Staff
Most organizations have a lot of Facility Management and Real Estate personnel. Although I wouldn’t argue the value of those individuals, some of their tasks can be automated by an IWMS. The system reduces the required human interaction and thus, reduces the need for Facility Management and Real Estate Staff.
6. Reduce of CO2 emissions
A more efficient usage of an organization’s space and resources has a direct impact on the CO2 emissions. As also cleaning, heating and waste are multipliers to the emission, a reduction in square feet automatically reduces the carbon footprint. In addition to that, IWMS’s can effectively monitor the CO2 emissions and indicate improvement potential.
7. Minimize Human Errors
Humans cause errors. It is as simple as that. About 80% of all Facility Management and Real Estate processes can be standardized and automated. Standardization and automation of processes in an IWMS ensures a reduction in human errors. Fewer errors also mean fewer costs involved with error recovery which has a direct impact on the bottom line.
8. Reduce IT Costs
A diverse IT landscape with countless applications is an absolute nightmare for every CIO. The costs involved in maintaining this landscape are huge; therefore reduction of the number of applications is something which thrills every CIO. IWMS systems can help a CIO reduce IT costs.
9. Enforce Organizational Policy
Every IWMS can enforce organizational policy. By enforcing organizational policies you ensure that people actually comply with your business goals and regulations instead of only considering them as guidelines.
10. Informed Decision Making
Through dashboards and reports an IWMS empowers managers in making informed decisions about Facility Management and Real Estate processes. They can intervene wherever they need to based on high quality information.
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