A new
report has projected that the global facilities management industry will
register a compound annual growth rate of 12% by 2023 starting from 2019. From
2019, the report says the Internet of Things and other technology advancements
would facilitate a demand for smart FM solutions and drive industry growth
during the forecast period.
Suppliers who reacted to the report note that apart from the significant
influence new technologies would exert on the industry, “the war on talent and the
increasingly competitive landscape for recruiting and retaining talented
employees will lead to larger investment by businesses to keep their staff
engaged at work.”
In Nigeria…
This risk will be in two-folds. The first
fold is that key players in the industry are likely to lose their trained staff
to the new FM companies that would be established in 2019. Already, prospective
entrepreneurs are studying the industry with the intent of tapping from the
smart facilities management solutions that would surface ahead of 2020 Lagos
Smart City. Existing companies would also lose employees to key players with
better strategies for talent attraction.
In the absence of the core FM
professionals, who understand the nitty-gritty of FM solutions, many companies
will not have option than employing professionals from other built sectors. One
main consequence of this action is complexity in coordinating the hired staff
towards sustainable solutions delivery. Operations Managers have to devise
short term strategies for the integration in order to enhance value delivery
and separate the industry from other professions, claiming superiority over the
industry.
Already, analysis has shown that the
world’s interest in facility
management in the
last 5 years is incomparable with asset and property management, indicating
that the separation of FM from building management seems untangle. The second
fold is that knowledge-workers will play crucial roles in quality and
sustainable solutions individuals and businesses will demand in the coming
year. Clients will entrust their facilities in the hands of businesses that
have knowledge-workers, knowledge-driven process and solutions. The key remedy
is an aggressive investment in process, smart devices and training to attain
greater operational efficiency and productivity.
Comments
Post a Comment