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• October 2014
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maintenance procedures, and thus they are fearful of the unknown. Plus, the
facility management industry overall is shy on embracing new technologies
right off the bat.
While it’s true excellent facilities management can be delivered by well-
educated and trained technicians without the use of high technology, experts
agree that it behooves all of us and the facility managers to at least dip their
toes in the water and start familiarizing themselves with the different available
automation platforms and their capabilities. It’s not a must-do for everybody,
but at a minimum you need to be educating yourself on advancing technologies
and what their potential is for the future so you can be continually investigating
whether it makes sense for you, your company and your customers. The future
belongs to those who adopt digital technology and find ways to use it to help
our customers save money.
Every company wants the technology it uses to transform its business no
matter the size. Top management see the potential for using digital technologies
to achieve transformation, but they are unclear on how to get the results. They
look at high-profile examples of mega-corporations using technology to grow
their business profitably and wonder what they need to do to follow suit.
Even in a connected world, it takes money, time, effort and willpower to get
major transformative effects from new technology. Top management need to
lead the process and make sure they’re managing and coordinating across
the company. Employees know that technology matters. One study found
in large corporations a full 78 percent of respondents said achieving digital
transformation will become critical to their organizations within the next two
years. Less than 5 percent of respondents say digital transformation will never
become important for their organizations. Meanwhile, 81 percent said their
organizations were already trying to achieve digital transformation.
Next month read the rest of this article to learn about the benefits of digital
transformation.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
MIT Sloan Management Review – 2013 Digital Technology Global Executive
Study and Research Project; Andrew McAfee, MIT Center for Digital Business;
Alvaro G. Mendoza, Commercial Energy Specialists, Jupiter, Florida
