Computer-Aided Facility Management (CAFM) is a boon
to all the Facility Managers which incorporates Facility Management with the
help of computer technology .With the advent of technology, Excel spreadsheets
have been replaced by CAFM software which fulfils the task of facility
management. CAFM is a wide field covering various fields such as space
management, sustainability, asset management, employee details and their
scheduling according to the project requirements. It assists Facility Manager
with the monetary details and helps to maintain the co-ordination between the
people to increase the affectivity.
CAFM performs the following core activities:
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Strategic Planning – It helps to
manage space requirements, future scenarios related to portfolio savings, staff
detailing and a complete view of the space and occupancy details.
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Space Planning & Management – It deals with the allocation of
the space according to the usage including the space types, Space standards,
building codes and addresses and employee details which lead to an overall
portfolio of the organization.
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Resource Management – This facilitate FMs to organize
and co-ordinate employee details and their scheduling to give an optimized output.
It consists of Occupants, Staff people and other vendors.
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Maintenance Management – This encompasses the preventive
aspects regarding the maintenance and demands of the supply according to the
schedule of the building process.
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Emergency Management – It deals with precautionary aspects
such as disaster management, recovery methods, system and employee safety
information.
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Capital Project Management – Capital management focuses on the
most important field related to Construction, Renovation and Move Management
which is the movement of cross functional groups to other offices thus reducing
move cost and time.
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Lease Management – IT centralizes all the data
related to financial aids of the organization keeping all the records of the
lease papers, transactions, and renewal periods of the leased properties.
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Asset Management - Asset Management
enables the facility to keep records of the multiple assets classes such as
office furniture, labs equipments, CAD symbols on flooring, telecommunication, cabling
fixtures etc.
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Sustainability -It facilitates
the real estate developers to analyze the impact related to the environments phenomenon’s
like recycling, emissions, energy. It also manages the certification related to
building assessment such as LEED.
Thus CAFM is a beneficial and prominent
aspect of the facility management which enhances the production efficiency by managing
multiple properties, locate assets and control costs of the assets, synchronization
of workplace, space management, environment and financial issues etc.
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