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The fruits of a multi-year collaboration between the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) IT Community and the computer-aided facility management (CAFM) working group of the German Facility Management Association (GEFMA) have produced an updated edition of the popular book, “The Facility Manager’s Guide to Information Technology.” The second edition is now available for purchase online via Amazon and Create Space.
Co-edited by Michael May, Ph.D., and Geoff Williams, FMP, an international team of more than 20 respected authors produced the book’s content, making this comprehensive subject and textbook an authoritative resource for the FM profession. This edition was pre-released at the Third Annual Technology Symposium, a collaborative effort between the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter of IFMA and the North Texas Chapter of CoreNet, hosted at the Ericsson facility in Plano, Texas, USA, on Jan. 26, 2017. The editors also held a book signing at the INservFM event in Frankfurt, Germany, on Feb. 21, 2017, and will make copies available after a 9 AM session at the IFMA’s Facility Fusion Conference and Expo on April 6, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
“I am very proud of the effort and dedication of all the authors contributing to this important work. It is truly a best practice resource guide.” said Ted Ritter, LEED AP, president and Strategic Advisory Group leader of the IT Community of IFMA.
The second edition fully explores the latest IT trends impacting the facility management profession, including:
• Relationship between FM and IT
• Technologies and their impact on FM
• IT basics and security for facility managers
• CAFM systems, selection, trends, implementation strategies, data transfer/exchange and economic benefits
• Mobile technologies and IT interfaces
• Internet of Things
• Data-driven facility management
• Building information modeling
• IT-based strategic space optimization in FM
• FM application fields
• FM business processes and their IT implementation
• Information system strategies in FM
• CAFM/BIM case studies
The appendices include seven international case studies — such as Nokia and the Denver International Airport — along with a checklist for the successful implementation of FM technology. The publication gives a practice-oriented guideline for internationally active facility managers, CAFM developers, users and consultants. It also serves as a systematic textbook on FM and IT for international students.