We originally thought, that fundamental subjects such as ‘Occupancy Planning’, don´t require further explanation in the CAFM / IWMS business. Since we received many requires regarding this subject though, we thought to share some wisdom on our Blog.
The users have the possibility in speedikon FM Enterprise to link areas to respective cost centres (graphically / as a percentage) and to plan employee occupancies in form of icons which are created in the graphics.
In the past and also present, however, many Swiss and individual German customers have used a different approach to this subject: the Workplace Management.
We have decided, after careful consideration, including multiple meetings with clients and experts in this field, to implement this method as a standard in speedikon© C.
There are many advantages to be mentioned: Every workplace is a unique object and thus obtains a precise time stamp. The workplace holds its own history which enables evaluations regarding who occupied this workplace from when till when. Also, instead of relocating the workplaces we now relocate the employees. Initially, this technique was a bit more challenging in the development than a simple ‘Drag and Drop’. This is due to the complex processes, which run in the background, that had to be considered.
One of the most important aspects of the workplace management is the correct representation of half-time staff, double occupied workplaces, workplace sharings and further particular constellations. These were usually only representable in very limited manner, if at all.
We previously created so-called ‘Dummy Workplaces‘ or Noname employees to represent these particular constellations, which are used in many projetcs today.
This is now smartly solved in the speedikon© C standard.
Customers can still use the ‘old’ method after migrating from FM to C, if they want to. We are convinced, however, that the above mentioned method is, in consideration of changing frameworks in the working environment, a future-proof concept.