Blogs
Facility Management Evolution Series: 1990s & 2000s
The early 2000s and the formal conception of IWMS. We analyze “The Evolution of FM” and gain some incredible insight on our technological journey in FM over several decades.
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Blogs
Facility Management Evolution Series: 1970s & 1980s
How did facility management evolve to become an official field? We analyze “The Evolution of FM” and gain some incredible insight on our technological journey in FM over several decades.
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Blogs
Facility Management Evolution Series: 1960s
Diving deeper into the evolution of FM and how we got to where we are today within the field. We analyze “The Evolution of FM” and gain some incredible insight on our technological journey in FM over several decades.
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Blogs
3 Trends That Will Change Facility and Real Estate Management
Technology and information management are playing an increasingly important role in facility and real estate management - but what challenges will we face in the coming years?
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Virtual Events
Webinar: Planon's Blue Ribbon Panel Discusses the Campus of the Future
The panelists presented their research during Planon’s 2019 User Conference in Chicago and took several questions from the audience. (42:53)
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Blogs
What is an asset for a facilities manager?
Industries are catching on that there are new types of untraditional assets (like sensors) that require time, effort, and money to manage and maintain.
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Blogs
What you need to do to prepare for GASB 87, the new lease accounting standard
Planon recently participated in an excellent webinar “Countdown to Compliance: How Public Universities Can Effectively Prepare for GASB 87” with NACUBO, the National Association of College and University Business Officers. The webinar speakers included Shea Bryant of Michigan State University, Charlene McNeil of Arazzo Solutions, and me. In this blog, I’d like to share some key takeaways from that webinar.
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Blogs
Closing the gap between real estate and C-level organizational goals with the power of analytics
Real estate and facility management teams need to shift towards data cross-referencing and look deeper into the relationship between real estate metrics and overall metrics to attract more attention from the C-suite.
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Blogs
Getting the C-Suite “on board” with corporate real estate strategy
This blog recaps our great discussion with real estate expert René Buck. He shares how societal developments are currently leading to companies revising their location policies, and how to get support from the C-Suite for these new real estate initiatives.
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News
Planon Announces Formation of Blue Ribbon Panel to define the Campus of the Future
Planon announced today that it has formed a Blue Ribbon Panel of higher education experts to help define the technology requirements of the campus of the future.
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Blogs
The air traffic control called Capital Project Management
If Project Management is like flying a plane, then Captial Project Management could be compared to air traffic control.
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News
Planon signs IWMS implementation partnership with Tjene
Planon announced today that the consulting and advisory services group, Tjene, has signed an Integrated Workplace Management System implementation partnership with Planon.
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Blogs
How to maintain control of capital projects in real estate and facility management
Corporate real estate and facility managers are often in charge of large capital projects. How do you stay in control of these type of projects? Discover in our blog what the 4 key phases of Capital Project Management are and what the role is of an IWMS in this approach.
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Blogs
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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White Papers
Capital Project Management
This e-book explores the topic of capital project management and takes a deep dive into the many aspects and phases that project teams must manage in order to stay in control, such as funding, budget management, financial commitments, cashflow, and forecasting.
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