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Amazingly, despite the recent leaps in technology, we still see a lot of corporate real estate teams using manual processes and Excel spreadsheets to track space utilization. Here’s why it’s time to automate those systems.

In many organizations, the corporate real estate team is leading the effort to transform workplaces into more modern spaces that better support the workforce. However, to be successful your workplace transformation strategy must be about more than designing better spaces.

Technology firms have long embraced practical solutions and championed the latest automation. That’s why it’s so surprising to see some tech organizations still using Excel spreadsheets and manual processes to track space utilization. Now’s the time to change.

A couple of months back, Ian Morley discussed workplace optimization on the award-winning business program, Worldwide Business with kathy ireland®. He shared that many corporations are wasting 50 percent or more of the space in their real estate portfolios. Kathy wanted to know, “why is workplace optimization so challenging?”Here’s one of the key reasons

A space planning app is the means to a positive workplace change. Facility managers need to collect the right information and apply the right reasoning to get the full benefits from the software. That means breaking space planning down into a rigid framework.

FM internships are a low-cost, low-risk, low-pressure way to explore the benefits of better facility management. See why hiring an intern would be good for you and your business.

Space utilization plans keep companies focused on a single objective: maximizing the value of real estate. Learn how to make your utilization plan well-designed to ensure you reap the full benefits.