8:30AM – 9:00AM: Check-in

9:00AM – 9:45AM: Welcome keynote

9:45AM – 10:30AM: Product Roadmap

10:30AM – 10:45AM: Break

10:45AM – 11:15AM: Product & Customer Success

11:15AM – 12:00PM: Site & Product Tours

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Accomplishments & Activities

Company Growth

• AMS hired 8 new team members to reach a company record of 38 employees!
• 8 Employee Promotions
• AMS Company Reorganization
  • Product & Services, Solutions, Innovation, Customer Success, and Business Operations Departments
  • Department Directors & Leaders established

FMS Marketplace
With the launch of FMS Marketplace in 2023, AMS is proud have these items available:

• Plug-ins
• Dynamix
• Visual Asset Manager

Launch of FMS:Connect

Conferences & Events

• Presented
  • FMS Road Show – Allianz in Minneapolis
  • IFMA World Workplace in Denver
  • Campus FM Technology Association in St. Louis
  • Point32Health Case Study Online Webinar
  • FM:Systems Client Summit UK 2023 in London
  • FM:Systems Building Insights User Conference in Washington, D.C.
  • National Facilities Management & Technology Conference in Baltimore
• Attended
  • CoreNet Summit in Denver
  • ServiceNow Knowledge 2023 in Las Vegas

Verdantix Green Quadrant Recognition

New Partnerships

• iGUIDE
• Archilogic
• Xovis
• XY Sense

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Beta from our Innovation Lab

New FMPs

• Jeremy Owen
• Megan Machado

Wellness & Fun

• Wellness Day
• Team Week
• New Hybrid Workplace Policy
  • Our HQ-based employees average 1.5 days in the office or 3 days in the office per week depending on the workplace persona they choose
• In-Office Fun Events
• Out-of-Office Fun Events

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RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 12  2023 – FM:Systems, the provider of the most scalable and intuitive all-in-one workplace management platform, today announced its collaboration with AMS Workplace Technology, its Premier Certified Business Partner, to create FMS:Connect. FMS:Connect is an enhanced representational state transfer (REST) API that enables fast and secure bidirectional data transfers between FM:Systems solutions and a range of external applications. The new, powerful, and actionable insights gained from FMS:Connect will help organizations identify areas for improvement – such as streamlining HR, IT, and asset management tasks – laying the foundations for a future where data connectivity drives efficiency and success.

FMS:Connect will enable organizations using FM:Systems’ workplace management solution to integrate up-to-date data seamlessly with other applications, whether they are HR platforms like Workday, IT ticketing systems like ServiceNow, or asset management solutions. This eliminates the need for users to navigate between applications, reducing time spent on data management, and enhancing overall performance and efficiency.

“Instant access to real-time, quality data is swiftly becoming a must-have for businesses of all kinds. Managing and integrating data from different platforms is one of the biggest challenges companies face in preparing for the data-driven future,” said Ben Finney, VP of Global Partnerships at FM:Systems. “With FMS:Connect, organizations can access and manipulate information from different sources all in one place, making it much easier to gain new, impactful, and actionable insights.”

The FMS:Connect API uses OAuth 2.0 workflows that allow data in JSON format to be transferred in a modern, secure manner. FM:Systems and AMS have engineered this API to seamlessly integrate into existing systems, ensuring a hassle-free deployment and reducing the potential for disruptions.

“For us, FMS:Connect has been essential to integrate our core systems,” said Barbara Redmond, Senior Manager of Real Estate Technology for Point32Health. “The shift from flat file imports to experiencing a continuous flow of real-time data between multiple systems has significantly enhanced our operational efficiency.”

In benchmark tests, FMS:Connect performed exceptionally in both speed and efficiency, facilitating the retrieving of all space data from FMS:Workplace in less than 2.5 seconds, and allowing for the input of 50,000 records in just 60 seconds.

“FMS:Connect offers a simple and modern platform for efficient, fast, and secure data transfer with FM:Systems workplace management solution that is able to handle very large data sets,” said Rich Belar, Director of Innovation at AMS. “So, in addition to organizations being able to establish near real-time data exchanges, they can also configure scheduled transfers at intervals, providing the flexibility to optimize data workflows based on their unique needs.”

FMS:Connect is available to any cloud hosted FMS:Workplace customer. Please contact your account representative for more information or click here.

About FM:Systems

FM:Systems’ all-in-one workplace management platform helps more than 1,200 of the world’s largest organizations access, manage and measure every aspect of their real estate portfolio. With the most complete range of intuitive and scalable space management, hybrid work, workplace analytics and smart sensor solutions, FM:Systems helps customers gain the data-backed clarity and vision necessary to make strategic real estate decisions and deliver high-performance workplaces today and long into the future. For more information about FM:Systems, please visit fmsystems.com. FM:Systems is now part of Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings.

About AMS Workplace Technology

AMS Workplace Technology (AMS) is an award‐winning Premier Certified Business Partner with FM:Systems of 21 years that specializes in consulting, design, and implementation of facilities management software and technology solutions. AMS is a full‐service, goals‐oriented CAFM/IWMS implementer that partners with customers to bring them best‐in‐class FM applications. Our innovative solutions combined with our industry experience have helped many of FM:Systems’ largest and most successful customers including corporate facilities, pharmaceutical/research companies, higher education campuses, and health care institutions. To learn more, head over to: amsworkplace.com.

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Transitioning from one facility management software to another can be daunting, but with the expert guidance from AMS Workplace Technology, your migration from INSITE Net-FM and Visual-FM to FM:Systems becomes seamless.

What makes FM:Systems the right choice?  FM:Systems is a seasoned and proven Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) that has been around for almost 40 years.  It has been a leader in Space Management utilizing Postsecondary Education Facilities Inventory and Classification Manual (FICM) for colleges and universities with its Higher Education Survey module capturing all space classifications, floor plans, Principal Investigator (PI) assignments, and surveyed space use for research.

Combined, the Space & Higher Education Survey modules align perfectly to support all the areas that INSITE featured, including:

• Indirect Cost Recovery (ICR)
• Tracking & Allocating Grants
• Space Data Change Requests
• Floor Plan Realtime Visual Queries

Upgrade from INSITE Net-FM to FMS:Workplace

Keep Your Existing INSITE Data

You’ve made the commitment and investment over the years to manage and report on your college/university space, assets, and research data.  You don’t have to lose this as FM:Systems offers a direct path migration over to its database and platform, including floor plan views!  The platform can easily be configured (not customized) to have the same look and feel as your INSITE system for ease-of-use familiarity and better user adoption.

Furthermore, AMS has over 21 years of experience in the industry.  We understand the intricacies of how to migrate data into FM:Systems. Being a leader in FM:Systems integrations makes us uniquely positioned to ensure a hassle-free migration.  From the initial planning phase to post-migration checks, AMS is there every step of the way.

Finally, learning a new system can seem scary, but AMS is here to provide comprehensive training to ensure your staff gets the most out of the software.  Our commitment doesn’t end there. We offer ongoing support services to ensure your software runs smoothly for years to come.

Read – Higher Education Survey Module
Watch – Why Wayne State University Chose FM:Systems

Cloud-Based Software – No Installation

FM:Systems software is maintenance-free and hosted securely in the cloud as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).  In addition, no client software installation is required, even for viewing floor plans and running reports!

Your company has limited IT resources already committed to providing services and expertise to multiple business units supporting many different existing technologies. Hosting with FM:Systems can provide the break your IT staff needs to focus on mission critical projects and strategy without having to add additional resources or headcount.

Network performance and availability are guaranteed in a standard Service Level Agreement (SLA). Rest assured knowing that your data is safe and secure.  Specific features of our hosting include:

• 24/7 monitoring and upgrades at no extra charge
• Industry-leading Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform
• High availability systems on the latest operating systems and hardware
• Dedicated support staff

Customers enjoy this safe and secure, cloud-hosted platform with no-hassle migration from AMS Workplace Technology.

“The value of having the FMS:Workplace system throughout this whole process—I just can’t stress enough how valuable that resource was, for us to be able to pull up to start with the list of rooms and the capacities; then, as we went forward, to identify what we call extra spaces and the capacities we could have there as well. I’m not sure we could have even gotten it done without FMS:Workplace.”
– Cheryl Benningfield, Space Planning Manager

Ready to Transition?

Get in touch with our experts today and embark on a smooth transition journey from INSITE to FMS:Workplace.  We will take you through how FM:Systems software manages all the areas of INSITE that you need and more!

Learn More – INSITE Net-FM
Read – University of North Texas Case Study
Watch – On-Demand Product Overview

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We are delighted to announce that Dan Lorenz, President at AMS Workplace Technology, will be presenting three (3) IWMS Customer Success stories featuring Fortune 100 customers who successfully implemented FMS:Workplace in the U.S., Europe, and worldwide.

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We are excited to announce that AMS Workplace Technology and iGuide are partnering together at the upcoming NFMT 2023 conference in Baltimore, Maryland!

The NFMT conference is the premier event for facilities management professionals, and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase our innovative workplace technology solutions to attendees.

AMS Workplace Technology is a leading provider of workplace management software and services that help companies optimize their workspaces and improve employee productivity. As a premier business partner of FM:Systems, our cutting-edge software solutions integrate seamlessly with their workplace management platform, enabling businesses to manage their workplace operations, from space planning to occupancy tracking and beyond.

iGuide is an industry leader in immersive virtual tours and property mapping technology. Their iGuide technology allows facility managers to create accurate, detailed, and interactive 3D virtual tours of their properties, providing a powerful tool for facility management and maintenance.

Together, our partnership offers a powerful suite of workplace technology solutions that can help businesses optimize their facilities and improve their bottom line. At the NFMT 2023 conference, attendees will have the opportunity to see our solutions in action and learn more about how they can benefit from them.

If you’re attending the NFMT conference, be sure to stop by our booth # 725 and say hello! We can’t wait to share our technology with you and help you take your workplace management to the next level.

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In this webcast, Point32Health and AMS Workplace Technology will share how their facilities team navigated a merger, a pandemic, a new campus and modifications to their hybrid work strategy.

In our post-pandemic world, many organizations across the world are grappling with how to best use their workspace and they’ve had no roadmap to follow. Many return to office initiatives stalled at the side of the road. While hybrid, hot desking and work from home existed long before the pandemic, they were destinations organizations could plan to visit, but the pandemic caused organizations to implement these strategies overnight.

Though it has been a complicated journey with a few unplanned pit stops, in our next webcast, our customer, Point32Health and partner, AMS will share with us how their facilities team navigated a merger, a pandemic, a new campus, a move as well as modifying their hybrid work strategy and impacts to utilization.

Key Takeaways:

• • The Challenges, Big wins! and unexpected outcomes of these transitions over 4 years
  • How Point32Health used data to create initial workspace configurations and hybrid work policies
  • How Point32Health continues to use multiple workspace data points to analyze utilization and evolve their go forward strategy

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You know you need a new hybrid strategy with a new workplace to accommodate it, but are you prepared from a technology standpoint? Technology can assist in planning and forecasting through execution and the employee experience. Returning to the office will be different for employees, and you’ll need to make sure they are well-supported in the transition. After all, they may no longer have an assigned seat or be able to use amenities and space the same way. In this session you will learn 5 distinct ways technology can support your new Hybrid Workplace model. You will also hear about what other companies are doing to leverage technology for a better employee experience. With this information, you’ll be better informed to work with HR and IT to plan a hybrid model that works for your organization.

Speakers

Ibrahim Yate
Senior Analyst, Verdantix

Ibrahim is a Senior Analyst in the Verdantix Smart Buildings practice, which he joined in 2016. His current agenda covers innovation in software and hardware solutions for space management, workplace management, and workplace systems integration. Ibrahim holds an MSc from Imperial College London and MA from Cambridge University.

Dan Lorenz
President, AMS Workplace Technology

As the President of AMS Workplace Technology, Dan leads a team of highly qualified professionals who provide consulting, project management, implementation, and training on FM:Systems Integrated Workplace Management Software.  Dan helped build the FM solutions division at AMS 20 years ago to now include some of FM:Systems largest and most successful customers.  He plays an important role in business development at AMS, bringing cutting-edge Facilities Management software and technology solutions to the FM market.  Dan is a certified IFMA Facility Management Professional who is an active member of the New York City IFMA chapter and IFMA IT Community and has presented at several Autodesk, IFMA, and FM:Systems events and webinars.

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FAIRFIELD, NJ Mar. 17, 2022 – AMS Workplace Technology (AMS), a leading Certified Premier Business Partner of FM:Systems for 20 years, announced today that the company had released their FM Systems Integration Engine application in the ServiceNow Store. The app is a certified engine that supports automatic bi-directional workflows between FM:Systems and ServiceNow to increase efficiency and communicate seamlessly between different teams and groups. As a ServiceNow Technology Partner, AMS has worked diligently to meet ServiceNow’s requirements for development and uses standard ServiceNow features and methods to facilitate the exchange of information with FM:Systems. 

The integration allows for any FM:Systems modules such as Move Management, Maintenance Management, etc., and any ServiceNow ticket types, including Requests, Incidents, etc., to be created and updated as needed to allow for complete synchronization between the applications. A classic example of this is to automatically create a ServiceNow ticket for telephone or IT services from a move request created in FM:Systems. This allows ServiceNow to continue to be used for ticketing as needed by providing automation of the Move Management module in FM:Systems to act as a one-stop-shop for processing move requests.

Owner and President Dan Lorenz stated “This integration app allows customers with both FM:Systems and ServiceNow to seamlessly work as needed in both applications. It supports starting a request in either application and makes for a more efficient workflow process. With this engine, we can do just about anything in either application based on a customer’s needs.”. 

The FM Systems Integration Engine app is available now at the ServiceNow Store.

About AMS Workplace Technology

AMS Workplace Technology (AMS) is a leading Premier Certified Business Partner with FM:Systems of 20 years specializing in consulting, designing, and implementing facilities management software and technology solutions. AMS is a full-service, goal-oriented CAFM/IWMS implementer that partners with customers to bring them best-in-class FM applications. Our innovative solutions combined with our industry experience have helped many of FM:Systems’ largest and most successful customers, including corporate facilities, pharmaceutical/research companies, higher education campuses, and health care institutions.

For more information visit www.amsworkplace.com.

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