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7 Time-Saving Tips for Facilities Managers: Work Smarter, Not Harder

Seven time-saving tips to help facilities managers work smarter.

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Building a Business Case for FM Software: How to Get Stakeholder Buy-In

Make the case for FM software with ROI and strong stakeholder support.

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Five Ways Facilities Management Can Earn a Seat at the Leadership Table

Five proven strategies to elevate FM and secure executive buy-in.

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The “Naughty” and “Nice” of Facilities Management

Do you make the naughty or nice list of facilities management?

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Industry Insights: David Stedman

In this interview, hear from Facilities Manager David Stedman.

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Conquering Contractor Management

Lay these foundations to conquer your contractor management.

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Consequences of Poor Contractor Management

What can go wrong, if contractors aren't properly managed?

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Challenges in Contractor Management

Dive into common challenges of contractor management

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Whose Role is it Anyway?

What is the responsibility of the facility manager, vs contrators

Industry Insights: Ian Jackson

In this interview, hear from Asset Management expert Ian Jackson

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When Work Order Management Goes Wrong

Discover what typically causes work order management to go wrong

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What is a Work Order?

What exactly is a work order? And what is a work order's purpose?

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What is Single Sign-on (SSO)?

Single Sign-on solves the password paradox of having multiple logins.

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3 Considerations for Facilities Managers to Improve Disability Access

Here are three considerations to help improve disability accessiblilty

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The Perils of Paper

In this article, we look at why it's time to leave paper in the past

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Old Habits Die Hard

Some habits are hard to break, but it's time to move on

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Beating the Breach

In this article, we look at how data governance is critical in FM.

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Industry Insights: Kim Smith

Read our interview with an industry leader in asset management

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Net Zero and What it Means for Facilities Managers

What does a commitment to carbon-neutral mean for facilites managers?

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Rethinking Business as Usual

In this article we look at how FM had to pivot in response to COVID-19

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Selecting a Successful Maintenance Strategy

In this blog, we look at maintenance strategies and their differences

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Facilitating Success: Setting KPIs in Facilities Management

In this article, we look at what KPIs mean to facilities management

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Managing Assets or Asset Management?

A look into the impact of Asset Management Frameworks

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Employee Happiness Heroes

An ever-increasing emphasis on employee wellbeing means ever-higher...

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