http://cafmblog.com/wordpress for All Things CAFM Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:08:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The cost of hosted solutions has steadily reduced to where they are being considered by more and more organisations. The main benefit seems to be outsourced IT resources. Room Booking and Help Desk systems can be "turned on" for users with little project assistance from corporate managers, and the number ... http://cafmblog.com/wordpress/?p=41 Many managers and consultants who have a great deal of experience in the preparation of PPM plan data, insist on preparing the base data for PPM systems (asset and procedure pairing, start date and cycle, service provider) in a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets are undeniably convenient, but most of the managers and ... http://cafmblog.com/wordpress/?p=37 The analysis to determine whether fully automatic PPM is beneficial, or "a good idea", runs the gamut from common sense to philosophy. "We won't have to do anything once it's set up!" cry the proponents, while the worriers wonder "if it's actually fully automatic, how will the users remember how ... http://cafmblog.com/wordpress/?p=34 All organisation refine their operations, so the search for better systems is non-stop. New software packages to automate time-consuming processes, improved software to integrate new techniques and operating system advantages, etc., are fairly common reasons to research new software. What usually happens? The best matching software systems are reviewed on ... http://cafmblog.com/wordpress/?p=29 [caption id="attachment_22" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Help Desk or PPM work location shown in MapQuest"][/caption] Helpdesk & PPM work locations can often be made clearer, by showing a map to operators and service providers alike. Existing technology means showing where a work location is on a street is quite straightforward. A number of ... http://cafmblog.com/wordpress/?p=19 Room Booking software not only provides automation for various types of room, desk and space booking, but can also be aimed squarely at cost reduction. Two of the clear ways are via hot-desking and tackling no-shows. A trusted hot-desking technique is to reduce the number of desks available to non-office-based ... http://cafmblog.com/wordpress/?p=17 The Fast Track series from iiS Ltd. provides software and service solutions in the areas of Room Booking, Help Desk and PPM (Planned Maintenance). iiS delivers both hosted solutions (Software as a Service), and systems based at customer premises. The Fast Track series sites are: www.FastTrackRoomBooking.com www.FastTrackHelpDesk.com http://cafmblog.com/wordpress/?p=8 Provision of dynamic documentation can enhance chances of winning business by tender. As the recession takes hold, it’s getting harder and harder to convince prospects and customers to part with their funds, even when it’s obvious that they’ll save much more money than the purchase of the proposed good and services. In ... http://cafmblog.com/wordpress/?p=6 In the recent budget shake up, UK civil servants have been told to make huge efficiency savings. Coming late to concepts like hotelling and hot-desking, the UK Civil Service will now be forced to rationalise space, along with all their desk-less office workers in the commercial world. Amongst iiS customers, some ... http://cafmblog.com/wordpress/?p=3