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FMTech Insights: Visibility Into Building Operations Is Anything but Straightforward, Here’s Why

Dec 12, 2022

FMTech Insights is a series where subject matter experts and thought leaders in FMTech share their knowledge and opinions on the topic of their expertise; helping the industry learn, innovate and grow. The series will cover every sector in FM – from workplace management, operations and maintenance, energy management, waste management and everything in between.

Raj Subramanian is the Co-founder of Facilio, an AI-driven property operations platform that helps real estate owners and operators aggregate hard-to-access building data, optimize performance, and control portfolio operations - all from one place.

 

With the world returning to the workplace either partially or fully, commercial building owners are vying with each other to differentiate using technology. Which technology to adopt, do our current solutions support delivery of optimal tenant experience and meet the evolving needs of the post-pandemic workplace seem to be the top questions running in the...

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Beyond Data-driven, Intelligent Maintenance Solutions for Facility Management

Dec 05, 2022

Cost control, climate action and digitalisation of systems are the most critical challenges that maintenance specialists have been facing since the beginning of 2022.

Going digital in maintenance activities means going paperless and working with data to automate workflows within the building and its value chain. In this way, corporate facilities and asset managers can focus on tasks that need human intelligence and efforts to get energy costs under control and work towards net zero.

Industry 5.0 has already started, and its intention is clear: to bring humans back to the forefront, to use technology for the greater good, improve the way we interact with it, and achieve a greater work-life balance. Maintenance and Facility Management, which share responsibilities in creating safe and comfortable environments for people, must be included.

“It might be too early to tell which emerging technologies will revolutionise our industries for good, but there’s no doubt that they...

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FMTech Insights: Why Messaging should be at the Heart of Smart Facilities Management

Mar 14, 2022
 

FMTech Insights is a series where subject matter experts and thought leaders in FMTech share their knowledge and opinions on the topic of their expertise; helping the industry learn, innovate and grow. The series will cover every sector in FM – from workplace management, operations and maintenance, energy management, waste management and everything in between.

Patrick Sim is the Co-founder and Director at FacilityBot, the messaging-first CMMS that allows requestors (building users and FM teams alike) to use their preferred messaging app instead of calling a hotline to report faults, requests for services, requests for desks (hot desking), book common facilities, and many others.

 

Why Messaging should be at the Heart of Smart Facilities Management

In recent years, terms such as Smart Cities, Smart Buildings and Smart Facilities Management have become popular. These terms evoke visions of artificial intelligence, data analytics, physical robots, ubiquitous sensors,...

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