Facility Management

Integrated Workplace Management Systems

Property and facilities management are data-rich operating worlds. This is becoming even more complex as the Internet of Things (IoT) provides the capability to imbed sensors and diagnostic tools to monitor the use and performance of everything in real time. The property and facilities management service industries have over the years made use of a host of applications to deliver various control and management functions, including property management accounting, various CAD (computer aided design) platforms, lease modelling systems and CMMS (comprehensive maintenance management systems), as well as a range of help-desk request and work order packages.

Over the last decade the emergence of complex Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMSs) has promised to deliver one-stop shop solutions – the nirvana for property and facilities managers

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