FM:Systems Provides The MathWorks with Time-saving Advantages

Streamlining move processes reduces churn and increases company productivity

RALEIGH, N.C. – February 27, 2007 –FM:Systems, a leading provider of integrated workplace management systems (IWMS), announced today that The MathWorks has used FM:Interact to realize significant improvement in move processes and productivity. The MathWorks is a principal global developer and supplier of software for technical computing and model-based design.

The MathWorks deployed FM:Interact in 2005 to manage 300,000 square feet and over 1200 employees. Prior to FM:Interact, moves were handled manually and took months to accomplish and required extensive resources.  With the implementation of FM:Interact, a team of two facility professionals recently moved over 500 employees with zero errors in only two weekends. 

”Due to old, archaic processes, the entire move process used to take months,” stated Bob Donahue, space planning manager at The MathWorks. “Now we are able to enter data and complete a move in a matter of days.  FM:Interact also gives us the opportunity to be much more strategic and make projections months in advance which could help avoid large moves altogether.”

A key advantage to using a web-based facility management solution is instant access to workplace data, allowing facility professionals to share critical information with executives, other departments and internal customers through easy-to-use reports, floorplans, and data forms and views. This access allows facility departments to produce instant reports highlighting exactly where available space is low, which groups occupy the space, and how much space the organization will need.  This frees up the team to focus on more strategic work for the organization. 

Adds Donahue, “The bottom line is that productivity has been greatly increased since implementing this technology. The ratio of time saved is 10-to-1, for every ten minutes we spent prior to FM:Interact we now spend only one minute. I think that speaks for itself.”

FM:Interact, FM:Systems’ flagship product, enables customers to improve customer service, reduce costs, and increase the productivity of their entire organization. Key capabilities of FM:Interact include: space management and chargebacks, lease and property management, strategic planning and restacking, move management and onboarding, service requests and maintenance, and seamless AutoCAD integration.  Designed to be configured to customer processes and integrate with existing solutions, FM:Interact can be rapidly implemented and is easy to learn, use and maintain. 

About FM:Systems, Inc.
By connecting people, place and process, FM:Systems, Inc. helps facilities and real estate professionals improve customer service, reduce costs, and increase productivity enterprise-wide. Customers take advantage of FM:Systems’ web-based software to improve facilities and space management, real estate and portfolio management, and maintenance management.

Many of the world’s leading organizations rely on FM:Systems solutions such as CA, Devon Energy, GMAC Financial Services, Lockheed Martin, NASD, Northwestern University, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Progress Energy, Target Stores and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. 

FM:Systems is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina and conducts business in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. For more information about FM Systems, please visit www.fmsystems.com or call 1-800-648-8030.

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