Driven by technological advances and changes in workplace culture, real estate and facilities management (RE&FM) responsbilities have changed drastically in the past few years. In addition to simple transaction and building management, today's smartest companies build real estate teams that stratecially approach RE&FM to achieve cost savings, enhance productivity and employee satisfaction, improve risk management and more. The strongest teams are comprised of both internal employees and external consultants, who work with many facets of the organization--from IT to human resources--to develop and execute these holistic RE&FM programs. To learn more and download the complete guide to how to build your strategic RE&FM team, and what to look for in a partner, visit: http://bit.ly/PZjqo5

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Redefining Real Estate &
Facilities Management
The quality and sophistication of real estate and facilities
services can affect many other departments:
Location of offices
Appeal of the work environment
Organizational Impacts of
Facilities Management
Human Resources
Procurement professionals are involved in
corporate real estate sourcing decisions at
Information Technology
The right partner with the right strategy can help your company
Characteristics to watch for in making sourcing decisions
The provider’s emphasis
on measurable goals
An atmosphere
of mutual trust
RE&FM now represents an opportunity for strategic
sourcing professionals to create value for the enterprise
through worker enablement — especially when coupled
with thoughtful IT and HR strategies.
Can Accelerate Enterprise Growth
Thinking Beyond
The Short Term
Real estate and facilities management (RE&FM), traditionally approached as a series of transactions coupled
with building management, has become much more. This function now represents an opportunity for strategic
sourcing professionals to create value for the enterprise through worker enablement. Pursuing the best
workplace, facility and location strategies, and working with the right vendors to carry them out, can help
companies improve on key metrics of success.
Recruitment and retention are affected by:
Employee productivity is affected by:
Result: Less space required
per employee
Mobile and in-office technology enables more
work to be done outside the office
Which facilities are most in need
of capital expenditures
Logistics
Location, design and management of
facilities are factors present in every
link in the supply chain
C-suite
The ability to prepare for contingencies
can be critical in a fast-changing world,
especially since real estate occupancy
is a long-term commitment
Finance
A partner can help with such important
decisions as:
Office layout and comfort
Flexibility of space to serve a range
of needs
Lease or own?
How to get the most out of
surplus properties
Risk Management
Facilities managers can:
Improve disaster preparedness
Speed up the recovery process
Maintain mission-critical facilities
Ensure safety and regulatory compliance
Unique Industry Needs
An outsourcing partner has to know not
just how to run facilities, but how to run
your facilities
of companies
but
15%
among companies where
procurement professionals
are involved,
have limited knowledge of CRE functions
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Enhance employee productivity
of the top
Optimize balance-sheet and P&L impact
The icing on the cake:
Reducing operational cost
Meet strategic goals in areas ranging
from M&A to sustainability
expense line items
AND
Real estate and facilities management is
RE&FM now represents an opportunity for strategic
sourcing professionals to reduce costs
or more on
facilities spend
within the first
few years
A first-generation
outsourcing
typically results in
cost efficiencies of
For more information, visit
www.us.jll.com/outsourcing
SOURCE
Jacobs, Bryan. “A strategic sourcing approach can accelerate enterprise growth.” JLL. United States: 2014.
Savings
come from:
Almost any good service provider can gain some level of savings without cutting facilities staff or compensation
Reducing energy
use and disposing
of or subletting
unused real estate
Renegotiating
vendor contracts
Implementing
ways to use
existing space
more effectively