What research or product innovations is FM:Systems working on that will help facility managers be more successful in their roles?

The 2023 acquisition of FM:Systems by Johnson Controls has opened new doors for product innovation and our vision for the future of Facility Management and smart building technology. FM:Systems comprehensive platform of facility and workplace management solutions is a valuable addition to the Johnson Controls Open Blue ecosystem, offering new streams of data and insight to power facilities and inform strategic decisions. The FM:Systems focus on data sources and multi-data-point analysis perfectly complements the Johnson Controls vision of smarter, healthier, more autonomous buildings. We are exploring integrations that automate work order ticketing based on faults and alarms in Building Automation systems and leveraging asset utilization data to inform preventive and predictive maintenance programs. We are diving into the possibilities of generative AI and machine learning to allow the built environment to become an active participant in the management and regulation of systems, driving efficiencies, delivering cost savings and reducing energy consumption in support sustainability and net zero goals. Our goal is a future state where the buildings are a partner to FMs, proactively providing data about potential challenges before they arise, and empowering FMs to strategically impact the growth and success of their business.

How is FM:Systems changing the FM industry?

FM:Systems is giving FMs new opportunities to reduce costs. realize environmental gains and work more efficiently. As our facilities move from traditional, manual management to smarter, connected solutions, FMs need powerful, intuitive applications that deliver accurate data and clear analysis for the more efficient management of the digitally enabled built environment. With FM:Systems, FMs have new ways to measure facility, workplace and portfolio performance, giving them an increasingly rich data set by which to evaluate needs and challenges. FMs can analyze facilities across their portfolio in a single analytics platform and set weighted KPIs to compare facility performance. They can leverage AI generated narratives to quickly understand complex data sets and identify problematic anomalies. We empower FMs to elevate their roles and expand their impact on the organization’s bottom line, leveraging objective, insightful business intelligence to inform strategic decisions.

At FM:Systems we believe we have a responsibility to empower our clients to do three things: create ideal workplace experiences, deliver high-performance facilities and optimized portfolios, and minimize their impact on the environment. We see the progression from traditional to digitally connected to smart buildings as an opportunity to revolutionize the way we think about facility management. FMs today have challenging directives to operate more efficiently, reduce costs and deliver on ESG and net zero goals, and in many cases, they are attempting to do it with fewer resources. We know the thoughtful implementation of smart building technology, and easy access to objective, real-time data is the key to achieving these goals and more. We are empowering FMs to deliver on a triple bottom line: healthy, productive workplaces for an ideal employee experience, optimized portfolios to reduce costs, and smarter energy management to improve and reduce the environmental impact. We are driven by our belief that employees deserve safe, healthy, inspiring workplaces and that buildings can be transformed from physical to smart, living entities that are not only responsive to the changing needs of employees, but themselves, and the environment.