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How technology is changing real estate management

Technology will reshape real estate into Real Estate 4.0; buildings with a focus on technology that enable organizations to use and share workspace in ways we can barely imagine!

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How real estate managers take control of their real estate portfolios

Real estate can now be regarded as an organization’s fifth production factor. This makes the role of the real estate manager increasingly important.

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Tips for creating a compelling business case for IWMS

In this blog, Geert-Jan explains how you can create a convincing, numbers-driven business case for the implementation or extension of an IWMS.

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Looking to the future with computer vision and artificial intelligence

Computer vision is a particularly interesting category of artificial intelligence for facility management. Cameras not only stream images, they are able to augment those video streams with streams of data describing the things that are seen.

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If you’re talking to the CFO, be sure you’ve got your numbers

The challenge in creating a business case for IWMS that will appeal to a CFO is in using numbers-based arguments to answer the question “So what?”

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An unexpected IWMS implementation is hard to digest

During an IWMS implementation, organizations need successful change strategies to help the organizational structure, culture, and people deal with change.

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More than numbers: Understanding the value of an IWMS

If you are interested in a high-quality analysis of how to create a numbers-based business case for IWMS, I highly recommend downloading the recent Verdantix report. But there is more to an ROI than financial return.

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ERP software vs. IWMS: Do you know the differences?

Both ERP and IWMS solutions strive to reduce costs, integrate business processes, and increase the efficiency of these processes.

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Managing expectations when implementing space management software

How to ensure a smooth-running project and a swift implementation of the space management software? In this blog post you find some key questions to ask beforehand.

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How to discover the maturity level of your space management

To assess the way your space management is organized and understand how to improve, there are six organizational elements you need to consider. Read more about them in this blog.

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CAFM vs ERP: What’s the difference for facility management service providers?

Although many service providers use separate systems for their business processes, they should have an 'enterprise operations platform'.

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How facility and space managers can use real-time occupancy to optimize space strategy

By measuring real time space occupancy, facility and space managers can develop more effective space management strategies.

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What Integrated Facility Services CEOs say about their technology stack

Last year, Planon partnered with Panorama, a consultancy firm dedicated to the facility management ecosystem, to better understand the trends disrupting the facility management service provider industry.

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How insight into capacity utilization makes a sunny day on vacation give me flashbacks to working in the office

In this blog post we show the comparison between a ‘holiday around the swimming pool’ in Egypt and meeting rooms in the office.

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Why data and lease accounting compliance are inseparable

Planon hosted a webinar on the relevance of including property departments in the process of becoming ASC 842 and IFRS 16 compliant. Some startling research in this area sparked our interest in this topic and we really wanted to hear the perspective of our webinar attendees.

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