Facility Management Services -Empowering Business Environment

In a technology enabled and networked environment equipped with world class infrastructure and

best of the breed applications, it has become extremely challenging for enterprises to ensure proper

functioning of all the elements, as this greatly affects their global presence and brand reputation.

Smooth functioning of the business is dependent on the proper and timely functioning of all the

operational, manufacturing, production and IT infrastructure of the enterprise. Further to ensure

that all these components are working in perfect coordination, every enterprise irrespective of the

industry has to ensure that the facilities are functional 24/7.

Facilities management is defined as an interdisciplinary and integrated multidisciplinary field that is

devoted to the coordination of space, infrastructure, people and organization and is associated with

the administrative functions of an organization. Facilities management today plays a major role in

providing enterprises with a competitive edge thereby enhancing productivity and minimizing

operational expenses. The FM services cover a wide range of non-core activities. The core

competencies of facility management services include communication, emergency preparedness,

business continuity, sustaining through environmental conditions, leadership and strategy,

operations and maintenance that ensures quality of the products and services rendered by the

enterprises.

However, with the increasing vastness of the global business world, maintenance of the

organizational requirements becomes more demanding. Thus most of the global enterprises tend to

outsource the services from third party service providers. Being specialist in facilities management

services, these providers helps enterprises to reduce costs by reducing the need for employing

skilled manpower and equipment. Besides these there are other benefits that the specialized facility

management services offer, such as:

Effective performance that assures further benefits for the business.

Increased productivity.

Enables enterprises to focus on core issues and functions.

Ensures optimum utilization of resources.

Facilitates effective decision making by using business intelligence.

Ensures compliance to agreements laws and contracts.

Improves customer loyalty and brand reputation. Effective facility management services therefore combine the resources and activities to ensure successful growth of the enterprises. While at the corporate level this helps to meet the strategic and operational objectives, on a day-to-day level this provides a safe and efficient working environment that enables the workforce to focus on the business activities. The customized FMS from leading service providers includes services such as, IT help desk, management of networks, desktop services, server administration, data center services and IT security. The FM services also facilitate database administration, asset management and vendor management so as to support their clients in their business process.