DuPont Facilities Services and Real Estate Team Leverages Facility Data from FM:Systems Products to Decrease Expenses and Become a Strategic Resource for the Corporation

FM:Interact ensures accurate, real-time data available to aid important decision making

RALEIGH, N.C. – July 21, 2009 – FM:Systems, a leading provider of integrated workplace management systems (IWMS) and computer-aided facility management (CAFM) software, today announced that DuPont, a science-based products and services company operating in more than 70 countries, is using its Web-based software product FM:Interact to manage its worldwide real estate portfolio. By gathering global data, the facilities team has helped decrease operating expenses and become a strategic resource for the corporation.  

FM:Interact is helping DuPont track and report on critical workplace information such as space costs and use, enabling facilities managers to view their entire portfolio and get real-time data from any location. Having quick access to this information is enabling the DuPont facilities team to deliver competitive real estate solutions that have generated income, reduced energy use and saved on maintenance costs.  

“With FM:Interact, there is no questioning the accuracy of our data,” says Susan Duncan, Manager, DuPont Space Planning and Relocation  “For facilities professionals, having access to accurate data is powerful.  We can make the business case to improve space utilization and support changes to our portfolio with data based business cases.  If someone asks a space-related question I know we have the answer.”  
     
The global nature of DuPont business was the catalyst for looking for a robust, single CAFM product. Previously, DuPont used several different systems to manage their facilities, and it would take days or weeks to consolidate information worldwide.  DuPont needed more visibility into their space portfolio and a single, centralized system that could easily integrate with other enterprise systems.    
“FM:Interact is the best solution for our business requirements and is user-friendly enough to manage our global portfolio,” said Duncan.

Duncan concluded, "It has not taken long for the regional offices to configure the system and migrate data from existing point solutions. With FM:Interact, our facilities team is contributing to company cost savings by bringing readily available information to the table that helps our business leaders make critical and informed decisions about our space.”    

About FM:Systems, Inc.
By connecting people, place and process, FM:Systems helps facilities and real-estate professionals improve customer service, reduce costs and increase productivity enterprise-wide. FM:Systems Web-based software improves management of space, occupancy, moves, maintenance, leases and property. Customer results include: real-estate costs reduced by 15 percent, move spend reduced by 83 percent, enterprise productivity savings of $1.5 million and an internal customer satisfaction rate of 97 percent.

Many of the world’s leading organizations rely on FM:Systems products, including CA, Devon Energy, Freddie Mac, GMAC Financial Services, Herman Miller, Indiana University, 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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