TOTAL FM BEYOND THE SHED It is important for industrial facilities management providers to consider the
needs of the entire plant eco-system when developing an effective FM strategy, says Phil McClennon, CEO of Leadec UK.
Traditionally, the facilities management (FM) provision available to industrial sectors has been delivered as one of two rigid operational models.
The first is the generic Integrated FM model with a single provider self-delivering each element of the scope, but that doesn’t normally extend to more specialist areas. The second is a managing agent model, where a supplier manages third party companies in the provision of services.
“The working environment of
the modern plant is continually developing, and so the
corresponding FM processes must be similarly adaptable.”
While both solutions are commonplace across several sectors, either the necessary expertise or the cost benefits required by manufacturers are often compromised in these models. For example, when you attempt to implement either model into a manufacturing environment, provision typically focuses on the factory building itself, rarely extending to the ancillary equipment surrounding the client’s production. Therefore, it is important for industrial facilities management providers to consider the needs of the entire plant eco-system when developing an effective FM strategy that delivers both the technical performance and economic benefits to clients.
To meet these needs, manufacturing companies benefit from opting for a bespoke FM operating model, which goes ‘beyond the shed’. These solutions cover every area of a manufacturing business’ facility needs, encompassing infrastructure maintenance, plant cleaning, integrated waste management, and complemented by non-core equipment maintenance and project support on plant installation and automation.
In practice, this means all aspects of FM are coordinated by a single supplier with considerable experience in each area of provision, and that know-how minimises third party support costs, keeping total costs down. Leadec works with a variety of leading manufacturing companies who recognise the value of this customised industrial FM service offering. Here, Leadec manages everything from the non-core production equipment maintenance and the traditional soft and hard FM tasks through to segregating, reducing and recycling waste; optimising this through our familiarity with each point at which the waste is created.
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One of the key reasons this approach has been so welcomed by the manufacturing industry is that it’s as flexible and responsive as a specialist site needs it to be. No two manufacturing facilities are the same, so the FM strategy has to be adapted to meet the specific requirements of each site. In the industrial marketplace, the development trend is that the FM needs of manufacturing clients are growing towards their production processes, not the grass.
Few sectors are as embracing of new approaches, or evolve as rapidly, as the manufacturing sector, given their deeply competitive marketplace. The working environment of the modern plant is continually developing, and so the corresponding FM processes must be similarly adaptable. Whether its upgrades to machinery, developing a more ergonomic shop-floor, or improving the working environment, FM must work with these changes or ideally be involved from the very beginning in creating them.
To achieve this kind of seamless FM integration, suppliers must ensure the buy-in of operations and manufacturing managers to eradicate any potential risk to productivity and plant efficiency. These often act as the gatekeeper to the wider teams on the production floor, so it is important that senior personnel are engaged in the roll-out of FM operations from the beginning. Consulting operations and manufacturing managers on the daily challenges faced by workers on the shop-floor can also help further streamline the FM strategy.
“Consulting operations and manufacturing managers on the
daily challenges faced by workers on the shop-floor can also help further streamline the FM strategy.”
It’s clear that the role of FM in specialist industries is becoming more important, but there is always an opportunity to provide even greater value beyond that included in the terms of a standard FM contract scope. By working with an FM partner that deeply understands manufacturing, additional value can be delivered through this more comprehensive facilities management provision.
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