Fri, 24 May 2013
MP Group expands operations in Mumbai
Published on 16 Apr, 2013 at 15:07 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
MP Enterprises & Associates Ltd, a leading facility management company in the Western region based in Pune, has expanded operations in Mumbai with the setting up of its new office “MP House”. Speaking to Clean India Journal at the inauguration, Director Abhishek Pathak, said, “We had been planning on setting up a new office with
MP Group opens office in Mumbai
Published on 15 Mar, 2013 at 14:15 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
MP Enterprises & Associates Ltd, a leading facility management company in the Western region based in Pune, has opened a new office “MP House” in Mumbai. Speaking to Clean India Journal at the inauguration, Director Abhishek Pathak, said, “We had been planning to open our office in Mumbai for a long time now. With the
Effectively Realising Synergies in the Supply-Service Chain?
Published on 11 Dec, 2012 at 14:27 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
In the supply-service-serviced chain, identifying, quantifying, executing, and tracking synergies across the portfolio of deals and deeds among the three, increase the profitability of the companies involved. To provide industry players opportunities to learn best practices through effective synergies in successful models, Mohana M discusses the successful collaboration between equipment supplier & service provider and service provider & end...
What are Facility Costs?
Published on 11 Dec, 2012 at 13:10 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
Let’s face it, the cost associated with employees, payroll, and benefits are the largest operational cost for most businesses. Then what are these facility costs which add to operational expenses?
Outsourcing Experience
Published on 16 Oct, 2012 at 17:25 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
Understanding the contractor, defining the contract and implementing the contractual terms are vital for the success of an outsourcing model. The right handling of the outsourced contractor is an evolving experience for any FM head of a facility. Here are a few points to ponder…
Balanced scorecard to measure FM Performance
Published on 14 Sep, 2012 at 14:40 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
For nearly 20 years, leading organizations have been using balanced scorecards to strategically measure the financial and non-financial performance of different operational functions within their firms. More recently, they have begun leveraging them to measure the performance of their third-party service providers.
Building maintenance is a sustainable feature
Published on 20 Aug, 2012 at 16:25 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
Maintenance contributes to sustainability in different ways: It ensures reduction in energy and resource by ensuring durability and reduces life cycle cost. Even all the internationally recognized systems for assessing building environmental performance like LEED (USGBC), BREEAM, HQE, etc. include building maintenance as an important part of the assessment criteria.
Hygiene in Housekeeping
Published on 20 Aug, 2012 at 14:41 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
In common parlance hygiene in housekeeping denotes general care, cleanliness, orderliness and maintenance of business property. But hygiene is much more than just maintenance of premises. Clean India Journal speaks to some experts in the hospitality and other industries, where hygiene in housekeeping plays a very important role.
Permit to Work
Published on 19 Jul, 2012 at 12:54 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
Companies rely extensively on contractors for manpower and specialised skills when it comes to facility management. Service providers are contracted for a wide variety of tasks including maintenance, facade cleaning, soft skill services, landscaping and others. But are these service providers taking care of the Occupational Health and Safety? It has been noticed many a
Selecting a FM Service Provider
Published on 15 Jun, 2012 at 14:29 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
Selecting the right facilities management (FM) service provider is far more complex than simply awarding the business to the lowest bidder. As per Steve Silen, Director, KPMG Advisory Services, one needs to closely evaluate and analyze, from many different perspectives, the capabilities of each provider to ensure that the company’s business requirements are met at the right price.
