With the advent of the pandemic in the past year, businesses worldwide have had to adapt and evolve continuously to succeed. Safety and hygiene have taken center stage. Additionally, budgets have decreased, making it more imperative than ever for facility heads to find new cost-effective ways to ensure business continuity. With the workforce becoming leaner by the day, how do you fulfil your premises’ growing facility management demands?
Although the pandemic has impacted businesses severely, it has also accelerated digitization. Automation is inevitable, and the sooner organizations adopt it as an integral part of facility management, the better. Yes, there might be a cost overlay when choosing automation; however, the cost reduction comfortably counters the money invested upfront in the long run. The pandemic has shown us that even with a fewer body count in the workforce, with automation, organizations aren’t just able to achieve their goals rather exceed them.
With the ever-changing goalposts of your business, you must ensure the involvement of automation in the workflow. Depending on the industry your organization operates in and the budget you have at your disposal, you must, in coordination with your FMS provider, find the right balance between man and machine.
Mechanization in facility management focuses on putting services on autopilot. The system works through triggers with every action resulting in a reaction. All of this works towards decreasing human effort required to complete the task and implementing a standard procedure in place. The standardization leads to uniformity and better coordination of work.
Additionally, mechanization results in streamlining of services. It improves decision making tremendously and reduces delay and error. Along with reducing costs, mechanization helps increase operational efficiency by doing the work equivalent of 2 or 3 employees on average.
To reap the benefits of mechanization, it is essential to train the human resource involved in the process which includes:
Mechanization in facility management also enables enhanced customization of services and lifer cycle management meaning you get a better return on your investment in the long run.
Before you decide on the technologies you’d want to implement in the FM workflow, you must first develop a strategic plan. The plan should essentially include FM services that can be automated at optimized costs and the share of workforce present on the premises to put the plan into action. Once you have the strategic plan ready, you can put the wheels of automated technology into motion and reap the rewards.
Not only does mechanizing FM services reduce downtime and maintenance costs by 30% on average, but it also ensures that workload is distributed efficiently amongst man and machine. This is key to your business’ success in the post-Covid world.
With so many technologies available at your disposal, you must implement the ones that empower your facilities to achieve maximum optimization. Here’s what the FM industry is embracing when it comes to implementing automated technologies.
When it comes to digital FM services, the core technologies involved are the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and smart building sensors. Implementing these digital services at the premises means the way facilities are developed and managed is changing altogether. In addition to helping organizations identify anomalies at an early stage, digital services reduce the downtime of assets.
For instance, instead of manually reporting an anomaly at a premise, a cost-effective IOT and AI-aided Cloud-based Management System (CMS) collects data of the operational assets, analyses it, identifies the faults, and suggests appropriate repairs. Click Here
While soft services may have been overlooked in the past as just a cleaning process, today, businesses cannot ensure operational continuity without a proper soft service plan. And, with safety and hygiene becoming an integral part of the business, automation of cleaning processes would only benefit your organization in the long run.
Say, as a facility head, you want to automate certain aspects of the housekeeping services at your premises. You could easily get in touch with an FMS provider and mechanize the repetitive tasks involved in housekeeping with robotic solutions. With the right mix of machines, you free up redundant manual work and have the opportunity to analyze actual cleaning performance data. The analysis enhances employee and resident experience at the premise while at the same time lowering costs.
As a facility head, you know how crucial compliance is to the success of your business. Whether it be ensuring that everything in and around the building complies with government regulations or taking care of security at the premise, automation is key to preventing disruptions.
Say you want to track the entry and exit of visitors in a gated community comprehensively. What do you do? It’s simple. You create a Visitor Management System (VMS). The VMS replaces the traditional security guard, saves cost, and prevents any potential roadblocks to the continuity of your business.
Current facility management software is encompassing automation far beyond visitor management. VAR’s proprietary software can help your business with the following services: Click here
The pandemic has changed the equation between FMS providers and businesses. From being on the periphery of the client’s business to become an integral part of the operation, providing quality Facility Management Services (FMS) is crucial if your organization wants to achieve its set objectives. Automation will happen, and it will only be successful if the FMS providers and businesses work together in tandem, and we at VAR understand that.
With over a decade of experience in the facility management industry, we know what it takes to manage your business. Our state-of-the-art proprietary mobile application can remotely monitor the assets and analyze their performance, meaning you can see the past and predicted numbers on a single screen. Our soft services understand your exact requirements and provide your business with the right mix of machines to achieve operational efficiency. Our compliance consulting allows you to leverage Subject Matter Experts’ (SMEs) years of experience to understand and adhere to all regulatory checkpoints.
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