Strategic facilities planning: Keeping an eye on the long view Available to Purchase

As companies increasingly face the challenge of aligning their real estate and facility assets with their business goals, strategic facilities planning (SFP) has grown as an area of expertise and discipline which provides increasingly sophisticated tools for supporting complex decisions. This paper provides an insight into SFP: what is it, what is the process, what are the major tools, and what can it deliver? It provides a template for facility managers and real estate consultants to prepare a Request for Proposal (RFP) for strategic real estate initiatives. In addition, it explains how SFP helps facility managers leverage their knowledge and increase their visibility within their organisation.