Eindhoven University
Edwin Spanjaards, Manager Staff Services in the Real Estate Department: “Substantial utilisation improvements and more cross-faculty use of meeting rooms, workspaces and study places.”
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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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ETH Zürich
Walter Iten, Managing Director of the Real Estate department: "Compliant and in control with Planon software."
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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 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 IWMS
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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How can you benefit from BIM as a facility manager?
Discover what BIM offers facility managers: value‑add, IWMS integration, seamless data flow and strategic asset oversight. Free white paper.
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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
The field of Facilities Management (FM) and Corporate Real Estate Management (CRE) has evolved rapidly over the last two decades. Today’s Facilities Management…
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