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What is Facility Management?
Who manages one of your organization’s largest assets with one of the largest operating budgets? Your facility manager. Facility management (FM) is a profession that encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure functionality, comfort, safety and efficiency of the built environment by integrating people, place, process and technology.
Facility managers (FMs) can have many different titles and arrive in their profession through a variety of career paths. They’re responsible for making sure systems of the built environment, or facility, work harmoniously. They are important because they make sure the places in which people work, play, learn and live are safe, comfortable, productive and sustainable.
FMs contribute to the organization’s bottom line through their responsibility for maintaining what are often an organization’s largest and most valuable assets, such as property, buildings, equipment and other environments that house personnel, productivity, inventory and other elements of operation. Here are some of the ways FMs contribute to an organization’s business strategy and bottom line:
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Impacting operational efficiencies
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Supporting productivity of facilities and personnel
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Managing risks to facilities and personnel
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Mitigating environmental impact
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Promoting sustainable tactics for long-term cost management
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Leveraging technological solutions
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Reducing or overcoming effects of natural disasters
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Guaranteeing compliance
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Leveraging security
