5 game-changing technologies to manage biopharma facilities

Start by creating a technology roadmap that supports your business goals and simplifies your FM systems. With the exploding tech landscape and proliferation of point solutions, a thoughtful technology strategy has never been more urgent. Companies with a history of M&A activity often create unnecessary complexity via redundant systems plus numerous specialised tools. A roadmap streamlines the technology ecosystem and targets your capital investments where they matter most.

By identifying and integrating duplicative systems, reducing unnecessary tools and adding technologies that advance your CRE vision, you can reduce software licencing costs and maintenance needs. This streamlined approach also consolidates data to better inform decisions.

Software automation, preventive maintenance and cutting-edge technologies help FM teams boost efficiency despite budget constraints. The following are the must-have technologies to elevate your FM practices:

Your technology roadmap should include plans for using your data and analytics across your FM operations. Best data management practices provide insights into areas like energy consumption, carbon emissions, space utilisation, maintenance outcomes and more, ultimately reducing costs, improving performance and enhancing the workplace experience.

Your systems may generate a great deal of data that becomes valuable only if you can easily access and analyse it. Create a central data repository with governance procedures to ensure that data is accurate and consistent. With access to comprehensive real-time facilities data, your FM team can use AI-powered analytics tools to make sense of it all. These tools help turn complex data and measurements into clear, practical suggestions that your team can use to make improvements. For example, in a work-order platform, analytics tools can reveal which vendors are providing the highest-quality, most cost-effective services, thereby supporting vendor management decisions.

To maximise ROI on your technology purchases, invest time and money on helping your FM team learn how to use them properly. Many of these FM systems have powerful capabilities that go unused simply because they’re too complicated to figure out. The time spent in training will pay off by making operations run more smoothly and helping your employees get more done.

For the complex, diverse CRE portfolios of today’s major biopharmaceutical organisations, FM technologies are essential for keeping everything running smoothly. With the right tools and platforms, your FM operations can benefit from automation and valuable information that ultimately supports your company’s mission of developing new treatments.

Ready to transform your biopharmaceutical facilities with smart technology? Connect with our FM specialists today to create a tailored roadmap that makes your buildings more efficient, helps you meet regulatory requirements and brings impactful solutions to your entire portfolio.