Forever Forward - Facilities Management, Asset Operations, Maintenance and Beyond!

Welcome to a special episode on Net Zero - Opportunities and Challenges for Facility Management Companies. In the podcast episode, we are going to cover the next phase of opportunities in the facilities management space, as well as key areas to concentrate on as you begin your net zero journey.

We are also touching on Michael’s career accomplishments in various sectors including facility management space and discovering how building management system plays an important role in cutting cost and achieving net zero emissions. And ending this podcast episode with a rapid-fire round.

Would love to hear your views on Net Zero - Opportunities and Challenges for Facility Management Companies. Send me a message here, or connect with Michael or me on Linkedin.

Hello everyone, welcome to the latest episode on How FM Teams Can Demonstrate the Impact of Every Proactive Measure. In this episode, we'll begin by talking about challenging factors for facility managers in showing customers or other stakeholders, the value of the small proactive measure.

Let's start with some pointers from Umesh's professional experience. In addition, we go in-depth with six steps that expand a framework for establishing a baseline and enhancing those actions.

Would love to hear your views on How FM Teams Can Demonstrate the Impact of Every Proactive Measure. Send me a message here or connect with me on Linkedin.

Hello everyone, welcome to the latest episode on State of Asset Management in Australia. In this episode, Jeff Sharp discusses significant work throughout his career in various sectors including asset management as well as emerging trends in enterprise asset management in Australia compared to the rest of the world.

Addressing how the key drivers ‘Cost Saving’ and ‘Sustainability’ influencing change in the EAM markets in Australia.

We delve deeper into various sectors in Australia that have the most potential for transformation and provide some recommendations which are there for organisations beginning their transformational journey.

Would love to hear your views on the State of Asset Management in Australia. Send me a message here or connect with Jeff Sharp or me on Linkedin.

Hello everyone, welcome to the episode on What’s Missing From the Technology Stack of ESCOs and RESCOs? In this episode, Umesh Bhutoria discusses a subject that is slightly different from facility management space.

Let's start with how the majority of transformational movements—where ESCOs and RESCOs are playing a big role—are taking place in the areas of net zero and sustainability. We also go further into two distinct aspects that have been traditionally receiving the most focus.

Addressing core elements that ESCO and RESCO should have in their entire stack, as well as, at the end, how the technology stack is very similar to that of a facilities management or asset management companies.

I would love to hear your thoughts and additional points that you think I have missed. Send me a message here or connect with me on Linkedin.

Hello everyone, welcome to the episode on State of Facilities Management in UK. In today’s episode, Umesh Bhutoria highlighted the three key talking points which are reliability, energy and sustainability.

A deep dive into Umesh's visit to the UK as he condenses what he witnessed, including a huge linkage between operations, maintenance, and energy, FM companies might be prepared for Performance driven contracts over 24 months covering why they want to win rebids and avoid being market tested.

Understanding how the UK and UAE markets differ in terms of the discovery phase and how different sectors decide between build vs buy when considering the best option.

I would love to hear your thoughts and additional points that you think I have missed. Send me a message here or connect with me on Linkedin.

Welcome to the episode on It's difficult to look beyond incumbents, but here is why you should. Most of the FM leaders are familiar with the pros and cons of using the analytics packages from BMS or incumbents versus what's the best available in the market for the future?

In this podcast episode, we'll discuss how FM teams may prepare for the future by helping companies in cutting costs and running leaner, more efficient operations and maintenance while removing the strong disconnect.

Umesh Bhutoria addresses three pros and cons, including how there is no hassle in integration, why it's fundamental for FM leaders to communicate long term goals across the organisation, and how cost plays a vital role.

Would love to hear your thoughts and additional points that you think we have missed. Send me a message here or connect with me on Linkedin.

Hello everyone, welcome to episode on FM Service Delivery Tech Stack | Present & Future. In today's episode, Umesh Bhutoria and Bart Holsters discussed the importance of having a clear goal in mind and a roadmap in place before adopting more technological innovations.

Addressing the essential factors such as deploying solutions that improve operational efficiency while lowering costs, integrating multiple applications specialised in certain areas based on the needs of the client, and understanding that it's not about the technology stack but how people utilise it.

Would love to hear your thoughts and additional points that you think we have missed. Send me a message here or connect with me on Linkedin.

Hello everyone, welcome to the single episode on Moving beyond CMMS and CAFMs. In today’s episode, Umesh Bhutoria highlighted the transition facility management firms are going through and suggested ways to prepare to maintain their edge over emerging companies.

Addressing whether we still need to search for IWMS+ or IWMS 2.0? One that is an extension of the original version or the completely net set of tech stack as well as why FM can’t leave technology to service providers.

Understanding why is there need to rethink on Technology stack  and some challenges in business as usual processes.

I would love to hear your thoughts and additional points that you think I have missed. Send me a message here or connect with me on Linkedin.

Hello everyone, welcome to single episode of BUILD, BUY or BOTH 'Reading #CXOs Mind'. In today’s episode, Umesh Bhutoria and Paul Bogan are trying to understand what’s really brewing in the minds of CXOs and how to approach the applications and tools while building a tech stack.

Addressing the key aspects which are leveraging technology to draw value across the supply chain as a key differentiator and how industries and end customers both are driving the demand for the digital transformation.

Understanding the major aspects of the idea Tech stack, including mobile capabilities, lifecycle modelling, and built-in or plugin options for asset performance management.

I would love to hear your thoughts and additional points that you think we have missed. Send me a message here or connect with me on Linkedin.