Blogs
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What are the implications for real estate managers of the changing role of the university campus

The role of the university campus is in constant flux due to the changing needs of its visitors. How should real estate managers respond to this?

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Assessments
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Assessment - Are you in control of your real estate?

It is increasingly important to have a solid real estate management strategy. Real estate managers must stay within budget and report accurate numbers for crucial and expensive decisions. So transparency in your portfolio is crucial to ensure that you are in control. Answer these six simple questions to find out whether you are truly in control of your real estate.

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Videos

Discover Planon's Lease Accounting

Organizations need to prepare for new lease accounting regulations from FASB and IASB, effective January 2019. Become compliant now with Planon's Lease Accounting. It's time to act right now and this short video will teach you how to become compliant. (03:40 English)

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News
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Planon to Sponsor a New IFMA Foundation Publication

Planon enables a new book that explores the future of the workplace. This second edition includes forward-looking case studies from around the world and provides practical tools facility professionals can use to take workplace strategies from idea to implementation and track their success.

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Videos
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What is an IWMS?

Master your operations with an IWMS. Planon's video explains what an IWMS is and how it can improve your workplace management. Discover the benefits.

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Videos
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How to build a business case for IWMS

Before selecting and implementing an Integrated Workplace Management System, we recommend creating a business case including internal and external costs along with monetary and non-monetay benefits from a three year perspective. (2:36)

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Case Studies
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Case Study: Eindhoven University

Edwin Spanjaards, Manager Staff Services of the Real Estate department: “Substantial utilization improvements and more cross-faculty use of meeting rooms, workspaces and study places.”

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Brochures
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Planon and AutoCAD®

Which department uses which spaces? Which offices will be empty next month? How many workstations are available on the second floor? What is the escape routing on the ground floor? In which areas are free network connections available?

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Glossary
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BIM | Building Information Modeling

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

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E-book
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Real Estate Management: ERP vs IWMS

Make informed decisions with our e-book about ERP and IWMS for real estate management.

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FAQ
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How can you benefit from BIM as a Facility Manager?

Both a BIM and IWMS systems use data for multiple processes throughout a building’s lifecycle. Facility and property managers are becoming increasingly interested in the benefits to maintenance and operations that integrating the two systems can bring.

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White Papers
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Building a Credible Business Case

Before selecting and implementing an IWMS, it’s recommended to build a business case including internal and external costs and monetary and non-monetary benefits from at least a three year perspective.

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White Papers
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How to maintain your maintenance

We all know exactly why, when, where, and how we maintain our car and for what costs. We make smart and well considered decisions in postponing, combining, or advancing maintenance based on our budget, the risk of engine failure, the projected lifecycle of the car, and several other factors.

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White Papers
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Next Generation Facilities Management Software

All over the world, forward-thinking facility management professionals have turned to facilities management software to efficiently manage their facilities and real estate portfolios. But many facility management professionals don’t realize that the next generation of facilities management software can also be used to strategically plan for the future of their businesses.

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Webinars
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Understanding FASB's impact on facilities

In this webinar you will learn more about FASB’s impact on facilities. New accounting standard from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are requiring companies and organizations to include lease obligations on their balance sheets, changing lease accounting to be more complex than it used to be. We'll show you the practical implications of this on your real estate and facilities. (24:16)

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