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According to IFMA fellow Marshall MacFarlane, facility management is perfectly positioned to impact the operating expenses of your company

Over the past years we’ve slowly been changing the definition of what a workplace is, and that also changes what it means to visit the workplace. Today everyone who comes to the office is a visitor in one way or another. From contractors, consultants and service providers to external meeting participants, clients and even employees, they’re all visiting. But what does that mean?

The days of visitor management systems are over. Is your visitor management system able to handle the challenges of a modern workplace?

Keeping your visitor management separate from your meeting scheduling slows down your workflows and could potentially be costing you thousands of dollars in lost labor. But what can you do about it?

The challenges we as facility management face today are surprisingly different from the challenges, we faced a year ago. Luckily, there’s plenty of smart office solutions that help overcome those challenges. But where do you begin?

Nearly 75% of European buildings aren’t energy efficient, and in the US buildings account for about 40% of all energy consumption, so now is the time to talk about energy efficiency and how to build more energy efficient offices.

With 40% of the energy consumption in the EU coming from buildings sustainability has made it to the top of many FM agendas, and facility managers are in a unique position to impact ESG but where do you start?

Conference room touch screens, room schedule displays, meeting room screens – no matter what you call them, they are an integral part of the meeting room environment, but do they pose a potential threat to your organization?

With real estate prices soaring, empty meeting rooms can become a costly affair, but how much does unused space cost you? In this article, we’ll look at how much empty meeting rooms can potentially cost your organization, and we’ll give you four tips on how to make sure you get the most out of your meeting rooms