Even facility executives who have t...

Even facility executives who have the best relations with top management have frustrations. Access to senior managers does not make secure adequate funding or support for important initiatives.

Things are all the more difficult for facility executives who don't have links to top executives. in such a manner it's understandable if these facility executives end that trying to get top management's attention is a waste of time. Frustrating, ye nevertheless not a waste of time.

A case in point: a corporation where CAFM software extracts data about the number of employee from the enterprise asset management plan The problem is that the CAFM scheme can generate a more accurate employee census. 'Their number is generally 10 to 12 percent off" says the facility executive.

The day is approaching when the CAFM will be exporting headcount data to the enterprise resource management theory "It's a slow process," says the facility executive. "We're going to have a hard time convincing the bean calculators But it's coming."

That facility executive many times finds himself denied access to important information and left to address emergencies that could have been intercepted But he's a perfect example of the doggedness that is an important characteristic of prosperous facility executives. He is not solely determined; he is enthusiastic.

"Facility management is a young profession," he says. "We have not made it into the boardroom still we've made great strides." It's not always easy to think of the glass as being half abounding But in a field as well stocked [i]or[/i] provided of frustration and opportunity as facility management, optimism may be as important to succes as any other quality.

Edward Sullivan

Editor-in-Chief

edward.sullivan@tradepress.com

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