Resources
"When departments...want to achieve increased efficiencies, they need to benchmark themselves against other hospitals. They use our data to do this."
- David Doell
- Manager of Design and Construction
- Clarian Health
ARCHIBUS White Papers
2011
2010
- ARCHIBUS - SAP Integration
- The Federal Real Property Reduction Goal: Ensuring Successful Space / Cost Rationalization
- Telework Imperative in Federal Government
- From Lonely BIM to Social BIM: Moving Beyond Design to FM
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Facilities Managers
2008
- Moving Move Management Into The 21st Century
- How to Select a TIFM System
- ARCHIBUS Foundation Concepts: Extending ARCHIBUS throughout an Organization—from Needs Analysis to Value Proposition
2006
2004
2003
2002
- Creating an IWMS Implementation Plan
- Facilities Management Techniques, Inc. - Boston, MA
The right IWMS system can dramatically increase an organization's functionality and productivity. Find out how Facilities Management Techniques, Inc. can assess an organization's IWMS needs and then help assemble an implementation plan that will get users up and running quickly.
- ARCHIBUS - SAP Integration
This white paper provides an overview of ARCHIBUS application integration with SAP R/3 and discusses the potential benefits of such an undertaking. The same principles can be applied to SAP ERP, successor of SAP R/3.
- The Federal Real Property Reduction Goal: Ensuring Successful Space / Cost Rationalization
"For decades, the Federal Government, the largest property owner and energy user in the United States, has managed more real estate than necessary to effectively support its programs and missions."
"Both taxpayer dollars and energy resources are being wasted to maintain these excess assets. In addition, many of the properties necessary for the Government’s work are not operated efficiently, resulting in wasted funds and excessive greenhouse gas pollution."
- Telework Imperative in Federal Government
- The Telework Imperative in Federal Government: And the Technologies that Make It Possible
- From Lonely BIM to Social BIM: Moving Beyond Design to FM
- ARCHIBUS, Inc. - Boston, MA
While the process behind BIM is social in comparison to the "old days” where architects designed 2D or 3D models in CAD, engineers added drawings and spreadsheets, builders added more spreadsheets, with the goal being to present the final “deliverable" with all its corresponding documentation — BIM is, in reality, still a “lonely” process. The goal of this presentation is to demonstrate that communication between BIM systems and other corporate systems must increase even further in order for BIM applications to be recognized for their amazing ability to cut costs and raise profitability.
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Facilities Managers
- ARCHIBUS, Inc. - Boston, MA
An overview of how managers in a variety of sectors implement KPIs to improve organizational performance…and save millions.
- Moving Move Management Into The 21st Century
- ARCHIBUS, Inc. - Boston, MA
The right move management solution will keep the cost of Moves, Adds, and Changes (MAC) low, while keeping corporate productivity high. This white paper explains what move management functionalities a company needs to look for in a prospective move management solution, and provides several case studies demonstrating how cost-effective such solutions can be in analyzing and coordinating MAC projects for optimal efficiency and economy.
- How to Select a TIFM System
- ARCHIBUS, Inc. - Boston, MA
To ensure success, organizations realize they must use every information technology tool at their disposal to improve business efficiency, rationalize resource utilization, and reduce costs.
Too many firms, however, have overlooked what can often be a significant source of savings by not deploying a special class of software that improves management of real estate, infrastructure and facilities: Total Infrastructure Facilities Management (TIFM) software. TIFM and its earlier though less evolved software sub-sets (in order of appearance: FM, CAFM, CIFM, IWMS) have made life progressively easier for real estate and facilities managers.
But picking the right TIFM software can be a challenge. This white paper examines what to look for in a TIFM solution that leverages existing IT investments to improve organizational performance and profitability.- ARCHIBUS Foundation Concepts: Extending ARCHIBUS throughout an Organization—from Needs Analysis to Value Proposition
- ARCHIBUS, Inc. - Boston, MA
Once ARCHIBUS has been successfully implemented and proven its value to an organization, it is not uncommon for other departments to discover that they can also benefit by using other ARCHIBUS applications to access this “gold standard” of information.
This Foundation Concept white paper is intended to provide you with many perspectives on extending ARCHIBUS within your organization. It discusses various definitions, and factors that drive an expansion, as well as those that can affect an expansion.
It also reviews some of the tools and methods at your disposal that can assist with an expansion, including the expectations created by a Needs Analysis that ultimately drive and define the Value Proposition.- Moving from BIM to EIM
- ARCHIBUS, Inc. - Boston, MA
If we are to develop and deploy world-class total infrastructure and facility management systems (TIFM), we must embrace the opportunities afforded to us through the utilization of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Enterprise Information Modeling (EIM). BIM techniques have been in active, funded development for well over a decade, yet their practical impact outside of the design and construction professions has been limited. BIM has had surprisingly little impact on real estate portfolio management practice or effect on the bottom line as measured by organizations’ enterprise resource planning systems. This White Paper looks at BIM techniques and adoption, and BIM’s successes and challenges. It then examines how the traditional BIM perspective can be extended using more modern enterprise techniques, such as service-oriented architecture (SOA) approaches.
- TIFM Addresses Key Healthcare Issues
- ARCHIBUS, Inc. - Boston, MA
Using Facilities and Infrastructure Management Software to Address Healthcare Industry Trends
- Reinvent Yourself in Facilities Information Management
- ARCHIBUS, Inc. - Boston, MA
This briefing explores how individuals who have experience with the built environment—particularly those using drawing and design technologies such as Autodesk AutoCAD®, Architectural Desktop®, and MapGuide®—are well equipped to expand their career opportunities by adding a familiarity with Total Infrastructure and Facilities Management (TIFM) technologies to their existing skills.
- Developing a Winning FM Web Strategy
- ARCHIBUS, Inc. - Boston, MA
This briefing outlines some of the steps involved in developing a successful facilities management Web strategy. It includes both technical and non-technical considerations, as well as real-world examples of successful Web-based implementations. Whether your organization is a single-site operation or a global enterprise with hundreds of sites, a well-planned Web strategy increases enterprise-wide communication and reduces the workload of already overburdened facility managers.
- Solution Integration with Cyco Software AutoManager® Meridian
- Facilities Management Techniques, Inc. - Boston, MA
This white paper provides an overview of an ARCHIBUS solution integration with Cyco Software AutoManager Meridian and discusses the potential benefits of such an undertaking. AutoManager Meridian provides engineering and document management solutions for the department and divisional CAD and facilities management markets. Combining ARCHIBUS with AutoManager Meridian provides a robust solution for managing all your facilities infrastructure information; including data driven facilities CAD drawings, architectural CAD drawings, lease documents, equipment manuals, and more.
- In Control with Fleet Management
- ARCHIBUS Solution Centers Research Triangle and ARCHIBUS, Inc.
Whether you are responsible for managing corporate, government or institutional fleets, the ARCHIBUS Fleet Management solution helps you respond to mission-critical needs. Read how you can gain control over your fleets with tools to manage usage, repairs, preventive maintenance, and inventory, while integrating vehicle management with other facilities and infrastructure information to produce unified financial reports.
