Expanding Computer-Aided Facilities Management with Mobile Apps
Published 7-2-2014
Mobile technologies are rapidly changing the way corporate, healthcare, educational, and other large facilities are maintained and managed, according to Dan Lorenz, vice president of AMS CAD + CAFM Solutions, and Brian Haines, director of marketing at FM:Systems. Rather than waiting for mobile technology to catch up to the needs of technicians in the field, companies are taking a more proactive view: creating wish lists of typical activities that their near-ubiquitous mobile phones and tablets can expedite, and commissioning mobile solutions to fit those needs.