April 2024
30 Years of FM and SWG
Celebrating our 30th birthday, we look back over the last three decades of our history and the evolution of the FM landscape.
April 2024
Health and Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace
FMs should prioritise employee wellbeing by cultivating positive workplace cultures & utilising FM software to improve physical environments.
January 2024
Building a Sustainable Future: How FM Can Lead the Way
This blog creates a blueprint for improving sustainability in the FM sector, exploring how to identify and action sustainable business goals.
December 2023
2023: A Year in Workplace Tech
We reflect on 2023 - a year of workplace focused technology including AI, the Metaverse, retrofitting with BIM and Digital Twins.
August 2023
Overcoming Challenges for FMs in the Public Sector
Learn more about how the challenges facilities managers face within the public sector can be eased with innovative technologies.
July 2023
5 Top Tips for Better Maintenance
Our latest blog reveals 5 top tips and essential strategies to enhance asset performance, minimize downtime, and boost productivity.
June 2023
The Importance of Proactive Maintenance
Discover the types of proactive maintenance, the benefits of each strategy and why safeguarding with a digital model can prove vital.
May 2023
Integrating BIM and CAFM: Understanding the Benefits for FM
Discover the benefits of integrating BIM and CAFM software, including improved efficiency, reduced costs, and enhanced data management.
December 2022
2022 in Review – What Were the Priorities in FM?
As the year draws to a close, we’re taking a look back at what aspects of facilities management most interested those in the sector over the last 12 months.
November 2022
Your Checklist for Better FM Service Delivery
Data collection and analysis assist outstanding FM services, to help identify site and building user requirements. How can CAFM form and checklist functionality help?
August 2022
“I Don’t Have Time for More Systems!” The Myth of Time-Intensive Technology
How the ‘little challenges’ solved by tech can be magnified throughout a business, repaying the initial time spent on implementation manifold.
November 2019
Changing Times for CAFM Implementation
The important role of change management and communication to get the best our of your CAFM system and achieve staff buy in.
March 2019
Give Up Giving Up – FM Practices to Let Go
Giving up smoking for a month is good for self-control and health, but why not also consider giving up bad FM practices to form positive habits instead.
March 2018
QFM User Group Summary
A look at the QFM User Group held in London last week, including guest client speakers from Luton & Dunstable NHS Trust and Anabas.
January 2018
Work Smarter, Not Harder, in 2018
Forget new year's resolutions - get things done faster, cheaper and more efficiently in your facility by switching to CAFM software.
October 2017
The Art of Customer Satisfaction
With the right technology in place, satisfaction can not only be gained but also measured and analysed in order to increase its occurrence in the future.
October 2017
Productivity – the Workplace Challenge
43% of employees do not agree that their workplace allows them to work productively. What can facilities management team do to improve productivity?
September 2017
Demystifying Performance Based Contracts
Put simply, performance based contracts provide incentives and disincentives to achieve desired outcomes or results from contractors, with the aim of reducing costs and improving service levels.
September 2017
Centralising Communications Through CAFM
Smooth organisational communications and a productive work environment are reliant on FM and are key for blue chip competitiveness. These can both be aided using CAFM software.
July 2017
How is FM Technology Keeping Your Workplace Well?
Workplace wellness is currently high on the FM agenda, with many organisations now increasing their investment in the health and wellbeing of employees.
June 2017
ThinkFM 2017 – Is Facilities Management Ready for IoT?
Today’s FM customer has become more demanding, less patient and more technology-savvy - and it is FM’s responsibility to lead workplace change.
March 2017
Why FM is Turning to Systems Integration
Integrating CAFM with other systems brings far-reaching and powerful benefits and now is firmly on the agenda for the FM industry.
January 2017
Keep Your 2017 Resolutions With CAFM
Often New Year Resolutions are broken within a month, but we look at how facilities managers can keep theirs through 2017 and beyond.
November 2016
The Future Workplace – Sensors and IoT
The Internet of Things will revolutionise the FM industry, and SWG looks at how sensors and location-based technology can be used to do this.
October 2016
Making Space for Productivity
How to find 'hidden' space for office moves, flexible work areas or hot desks in order to improve productivity and reduce unnecessary occupancy costs.
October 2016
Five Ways CAFM Can Deliver ROI
CAFM can generate ROI quickly through time, money and efficiency savings across the whole organisation - read on find out how.
September 2016
Operative Management – How to Optimise FM Resources
Manage work quality, deadlines and profitability using QFM's simple Resource Scheduler tool.
June 2016
How to Keep Your Cool in British Summer Time
How to maintain productivity in the workplace during the summer heat using planned preventative maintenance strategies and automated asset monitoring.
June 2016
The Rise of Mobile & Productivity in Facilities Management
A look at how the rise of mobile and remote access to CAFM systems has contributed to increased productivity in facilities management and organisations as a whole.
May 2016
Three Ways Booking Software Can Improve Your Business
With space at a premium in many organisations, shared areas are high-value assets. Ensure these resources are used to maximum effect and save space, time and reputation.
May 2016
Help Desk Self-Service – The Key to FM Productivity?
Reduce your help desk's paperwork and improve its efficiency with QFM self-service FM software.
April 2016
Making Sense of CAFM
What is CAFM? Read on to see what CAFM software does, and how it can benefit the facilities management in your business.
