The purpose of this paper is the introduction of a best practice tool in order to analyse operating costs in the health care sector. Researcher present the findings by using a new innovative benchmarking tool to analyze operating costs, identify cost drivers and illuminate the savings...

Since the 1990s Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM) has been providing efficient IT tools for the illustration, evaluation and controlling of Facility Management structures and processes. In these years numerous software systems with various systematic approaches, functions and varying...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a process capability assessment tool to identify process maturity levels in the “built environment management” disciplines in various industries. Design/methodology/approach – The researchers investigated and evaluated current FM/RE...

Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM) means the support of Facility Management (FM) activities by modern information technology (IT) during the life cycle of real estate. The purpose of this paper is to describe the relevance of Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM) as a new decision...

Market dynamics are an authoritative factor in real estate valuation. Assessing and exploring market based adjustments is imperative for obtaining the value of an object. This analysis offers insights into market adjustments by evaluating 1,000 valuations of single family homes in Austria based...

Optimizing service charges has become an important task for enterprises. Since these costs represent a major share in a companyís cost structure it is very important to be aware of the origin and cost drivers of this factor. Therefore the analysis of service charges is inevitable but often...

Purpose – After salary and wages, facility and real estate expenditure are the largest cost items in the semi‐public sector. Especially, for long‐term care facilities, there is high‐saving potential from more efficient and effective use of property. The main purpose of this paper is an...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is the introduction of a best practice tool in order to analyze operating costs in the health care sector. This study presents the findings by using a new innovative benchmarking tool to analyze operating costs, identify cost drivers and highlight the...