There is no doubt that facilities management has emerged as a key expenditure for many modern, successful businesses. Corporate resources always need to be effectively utilised, and facilities management is just one example of this. So, we thought we'd christen our blog with a few thoughts on how facilities management can help your business.
1. Cost savings: Building, land and facilities maintenance are some of the biggest expenditures for a business, so facilities management can potentially reduce your utility, security, engineering and equipment costs. Additionally, in a world where companies are often more open to litigation and legal action, so facilities management can often go a long way to making your business more compliant. So, in short, facilities management can make a positive impact on a whole range of other business concerns: productivity, risk management, reputation and corporate social responsibility.
2. Customer retention: It's very simple: customers and clients are more likely to re-visit corporate premises which are well-kept, pays attention to detail and takes pride in its appearance. Similarly, if you are running business premises which house other occupants and businesses, then effective facilities management will allow you to retain occupants (after all, that's preferable to having to find new ones)
3. Personnel retention: Employees are much happier working in a safe, comfortable environment. In an increasingly diverse and high-skilled workplace, workers want a lot more from their employers when it comes to facilities in the workplace. So a workplace that is more conducive to health, safety and a happy and fulfilling working day is more likely to lead to employee retention, and can be made a lot easier with the help of an effective facilities management company.
4. Safety: We have alluded to this in the previous three points, but a sound and effective facilities management is a big contributor to making your premises safer for occupants and employees, and this also improves your business's image and reputation. No business can afford to not take employee safety seriously.
5. Property value: Remember that a well-kept property can only increase in value, and means that you are more likely to successfully sell a property on should the time ever come; you won't have to drastically clean or spruce up a property prior to potential buyers coming to inspect it.
1. Cost savings: Building, land and facilities maintenance are some of the biggest expenditures for a business, so facilities management can potentially reduce your utility, security, engineering and equipment costs. Additionally, in a world where companies are often more open to litigation and legal action, so facilities management can often go a long way to making your business more compliant. So, in short, facilities management can make a positive impact on a whole range of other business concerns: productivity, risk management, reputation and corporate social responsibility.
2. Customer retention: It's very simple: customers and clients are more likely to re-visit corporate premises which are well-kept, pays attention to detail and takes pride in its appearance. Similarly, if you are running business premises which house other occupants and businesses, then effective facilities management will allow you to retain occupants (after all, that's preferable to having to find new ones)
3. Personnel retention: Employees are much happier working in a safe, comfortable environment. In an increasingly diverse and high-skilled workplace, workers want a lot more from their employers when it comes to facilities in the workplace. So a workplace that is more conducive to health, safety and a happy and fulfilling working day is more likely to lead to employee retention, and can be made a lot easier with the help of an effective facilities management company.
4. Safety: We have alluded to this in the previous three points, but a sound and effective facilities management is a big contributor to making your premises safer for occupants and employees, and this also improves your business's image and reputation. No business can afford to not take employee safety seriously.
5. Property value: Remember that a well-kept property can only increase in value, and means that you are more likely to successfully sell a property on should the time ever come; you won't have to drastically clean or spruce up a property prior to potential buyers coming to inspect it.