Purpose

The facility decision-making process (FDMP), as described in this paper, is a framework based on decades of proven effectiveness in analogous military applications. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate key factors which justify the need for the FDMP before describing the FDMP.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper conducts a literature review as it relates to facilities specific decision-making, puts forward a new concept for those processes and provides an abridged case study of the concept in application.

Findings

Facilities management is a key function for nearly every type of business or enterprise. As part of facilities management, many decisions are made about physical assets that a business or enterprise owns or maintains. Currently, there is no uniform decision-making framework, in literature or in practice, which enables consistency, robustness and scalability for facility management decisions. Such a framework would enable facility managers to effectively justify decisions related to capital and operational expenses.

Practical implications

The FDMP provides a robust procedure for facilities managers and engineers that enables enhanced strength in the face of business enterprise scrutiny as compared with the often-intuitive decision-making processes currently used in practice.

Originality/value

This novel conceptual process articulates the opportunity to provide for a comprehensive facilities decision-making process that enables better decisions especially as it relates to what are often ill-defined problem sets in facilities management.

中文翻译：

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需要一个全面的设施决策过程

目的

如本文所述，设施决策过程 (FDMP) 是一个基于几十年来在类似军事应用中证明的有效性的框架。本文的目的是在描述 FDMP 之前评估证明需要 FDMP 的关键因素。

设计/方法/方法

本文对与设施特定决策相关的文献进行了回顾，为这些过程提出了一个新概念，并提供了该概念在应用中的简要案例研究。

发现

设施管理是几乎所有类型的企业或企业的关键功能。作为设施管理的一部分，许多决策都是关于企业拥有或维护的有形资产的。目前，无论是在文献中还是在实践中，都没有统一的决策框架来实现设施管理决策的一致性、稳健性和可扩展性。这样的框架将使设施管理人员能够有效地证明与资本和运营费用相关的决策是合理的。

实际影响

与目前在实践中使用的通常直观的决策过程相比，FDMP 为设施经理和工程师提供了一个强大的程序，可以在面对企业审查时增强实力。

原创性/价值

这种新颖的概念过程阐明了提供综合设施决策过程的机会，该过程可以实现更好的决策，尤其是当它与设施管理中通常定义不明确的问题集相关时。