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How my own car shows that the IoT is fulfilling its promise

Deploying the IoT using sensors ensures that a building is always in good condition. With fixed service intervals, the end result is often not the optimum. Scheduled maintenance can lead...

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BIM | Building Information Modelling

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a digital representation of the physical and operational components of a building to aid in construction and beyond.

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Office staff can still be productive in summer without wearing shorts

Discussion on whether to wear shorts or not, the speed of the fan, or introducing a tropical work schedule when it is extremely hot are not unfamiliar office topics in summer. One colleague thinks…

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Pay as much attention to your sensors as you do to your dog

Using sensors is a much discussed topic in the field of Facility Management. Sensors provide organisations with information on buildings or assets, and they enable areas such as…

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Is the Internet of Things a 'game changer' for managing buildings and building-related installations?

IoT developments are making real-time measurement possible for facility managers, enabling immediate intervention if the situation requires it.

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Does the generation gap really exist in the workplace?

The average workplace doesn’t connect very well with future generation of employees: the app generation. These are the findings of a recent study on the impact of…

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Planon group achieves a strong growth in 2015, and strengthens market-leading position in worldwide IWMS market

The past year has again been a highly successful one for Planon. In 2015 the company was able to continue its strong growth of the past 25 years, growing its total revenues by 20%.

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Planon named as a representative vendor in the 2016 Gartner Market Guide for Integrated Workplace Management Systems

Planon announced it has been identified by Gartner, Inc. in its Market Vendor Guide as a representative vendor in the IWMS space.

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The student as an engaged stakeholder in facilities management

For many years, considerable research has been conducted to determine what factors drive a student’s decision when choosing a school. Colleges and universities…

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Hur kan du som Facility Manager dra nytta av BIM?

Intresset för BIM ökar stadigt bland fastighets- och facility managers. Det är inte förvånande – BIM-modeller innehåller stora mängder information som är direkt relevant för förvaltning, till exempel om byggnadens struktur och egenskaper hos varje enskild komponent. Samtidigt väcker BIM många frågor, som till exempel: Hur kan BIM faktiskt hjälpa mig i rollen som fastighets- eller facility manager?

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What does the word ‘smart’ actually mean (and why a ‘smart meter’ isn’t ‘smart’)?

Some of my best friends in the profession work in marketing. Before you read any further: I am not just talking about the marketers who work for Planon. Some of them...

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Where will you meet in the offices of the future?

Picture the busiest day at work. Everyone is in the office and all the desks and workspaces are occupied. However, for the rest of the week many people are out of the…

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Choices when designing an IWMS

Once you have decided to move forward with an IWMS solution, many more choices await around the corner. The implementation process is a series of choices: What…

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Five reasons why you should implement an IWMS

The challenges for international businesses when deciding to carry out an international software implementation are great. These types of projects will encompass multiple sites, multiple countries, and therefore multiple cultures, specific legislations and local business customs add fundamental challenges to the project. Therefore the question “Why did we embark this international implementation project?” will pop up many times during the project.

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An Introduction to IWMS

An IWMS supports FM and Real Estate managers as they address new technologies, manage sustainability and cost efficiencies, all while ensuring compliancy.

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