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Volume 12, Issue 6
1 June 1994
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Technical Paper| June 01 1994

IT Facilities Management: Why Companies Are Losing Their Competitive Edge Available to Purchase

Elizabeth M. Coyle‐Camp
Elizabeth M. Coyle‐Camp
Director of London‐based publishing company,Cathedral Communications Ltd, and runs her own PR/marketing consultancy E = MC2. She is also a writer with a specialist interest in business IT systems technology.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7131
Print ISSN: 0263-2772
© Company
1994
Facilities (1994) 12 (6): 8–12.
https://doi.org/10.1108/02632779410060247

Business′ most vital resource has become its biggest cost liability. Companies which continue to let the uncontrolled IT tail wag the facilities management (FM) dog are losing their competitive edge. Examines cause and effect as well as implications for businesses and managers. Discusses why FMs must assume proactive responsibility for cost control. Examines key FM asset management issues, methods of approach and available IT management solutions.

Keywords:
Computers, Costs, Disaster planning, Facilities management, Information technology, Objectives, Strategy
© Company
1994
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