What Does It Take to Practice LEAN Facilities Management

LEAN Facilities management is a process that optimizes physical asset life-cycle reinvestment by focusing upon best value outcomes among all participants and stakeholders. The consistent delivery of prioritized quality repair, renovation, sustainability, maintenance and new construction projects on-time and on-budget is possible for any real property owner with sufficient leadership and domain-specific competency. All the tools and services are readily available to support associated required change management, LEAN process implementation, and continuous improvement.

What is LEAN Facilities Management

LEAN Facilities Management is a process-centric framework that integrates People, Process, Information, and Technology to enable optimal capital reinvestment and associated project delivery. Associated planning, procurement, and project delivery strategies are driven by the following…

  • Focus upon mutually beneficial outcomes
  • Full financial and technical visibility and transparency (Example: Locally researched detailed unit price book fully describing granular tasks associate with projects/work orders, include labor, material, and equipment descriptions and individual cost components.
  • Mutual trust and respect
  • Long-term relationships
  • Mandatory initial and ongoing training
  • A reward environment supportive of continuous improvement
  • Key performance indicators, KPIs
  • Enabling collaborative technology (Program Management, Project Management, Estimate Management, Proposal Management, Work Order Management, Document Management, Issue/Task Management, Building Management, Asset Management, Contractor/Subcontractor Management, Workflow Management
  • Regular third-party program audits
LEAN Facilities Management

LEAN Facilities Management drives best value outcomes for all participants and stakeholders… architects, engineers, builders, owners, building users, and the community.

LEAN Facilities Management

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