Benefits constitute the non-core services of a corporation or an organization. Non-core services may include administration operations, property management and contracting services such as cleaning and security management. A large part of an organization's resources is in the form of infrastructure, such as buildings and equipment. Thus, maintenance of physical assets is a major function of facility management.
The role of facility management is to help businesses focus on their core competencies. Facility management routinely plays the role of providing non-value-added services that are essential and important for the effective management of an organization.
Facility management in its broadest sense can be applied to any industry. The industry ranges from public services such as schools, universities and parks to personal services such as manufacturing. Something that can be outsourced to a third party can be termed as an advantage.
Since most of the functions of the facility are routine, the role and capabilities of IT are well suited for that function. IT provides end-to-end solutions for an enterprise. ERP and EAM systems take on the role of MRP systems to help streamline activities and reduce costs.
Physical resources such as buildings, equipment and IT installations require regular maintenance; Therefore, the role of IT in providing maintenance solutions is a major part of the portfolio of ERP providers. Maintenance is a major function of facilities. According to a survey, properly designed and maintained services can reduce a firm's operating costs by 20 percent.
The level and scope of effectiveness in the maintenance management system varies according to the type of industrial and physical resources. Therefore, without standard functions such as maintenance audits and down-time calculators, most software functionality should be customized.
These are available to many software vendors, each of whom has an internet presence. The future vision of maintenance management systems has already been implemented by some vendors who provide on-demand remote maintenance services, further reducing the cost of installing maintenance systems.
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