Archibus in the Retail Sector

by | Nov 6, 2022

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Archibus in Retail – It’s not just about the Maintenance Management!

Archibus is renowned as a highly successful Integrated Workplace Management Solution (IWMS) in key vertical sectors such as Higher Education, Healthcare, and Banking and Finance. However, our success in the Retail Sector is less well known.

Eptura with Archibus, through the efforts of their business partners, is very much present in the Retail Sector. We would look to examine the success of Archibus in this sector through a series of brief blog posts.

The Challenges for Retail

The Retail sector is highly competitive. Anything that can enhance a competitive edge is held as confidential. Maintaining the image of a retail operation means having a visibility and control of a whole range of factors. These are the components that enable the company to stay ahead of the competition.

We know also that here are a series of common challenges faced by clients in this marketplace’ globally.

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As with many businesses the Retail Sector identifies a series of KPIs, which help companies monitor the health of their organisation. It is important to note that several KPIs correspond to the output of many functions performed by an IWMS.

Archibus Business Partners are very much aware of these KPIs when providing a solution. These KPIs fall into a series of broad groups that we will examine in detail, over subsequent posts. In summary they are:

  • Comparisons based on areas, e.g., sales per square foot/square meter
  • Analysis of facilities up time and availability, e.g., transaction volumes, footfall,
  • Analysis of how attractive or suitable retail facilities may be e.g., customer retention, dwell time and satisfaction
  • Analysis of asset use, costs, and time to cash, e.g., operating Expenses, net profit margins.

To see the whole picture comprising these and other KPIs a company needs to have a solution that covers many of the functions that feed these analyses.

 

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The contribution of Archibus Business Partners in Retail

Archibus Partners’ solutions offers a compelling combination of software features and functions, and an open and flexible integration platform.

They also offer Archibus in The Cloud. This allows for rapid deployments, managed and predictable cost of ownership, and access to the most up to date technology.

Add to this the market knowledge and expertise provided by Archibus Partners, and the result is a broad range of solutions for Malls, Retail Chains and Supermarkets on a global basis.

Integrated Workplace Management Solutions

IWMS software comprises a suite of applications that help companies support and manage the use of workplace resources and processes. They include those within a company’s real estate portfolio, infrastructure and facilities assets.

The implementation of IWMS benefits the client company by reducing costs, reducing risk, improving customer service, and maximising asset value. There can also be a beneficial impact on statutory compliance and the environmental agenda.

The following posts in this series detail the experience of Archibus Business Partners to illustrate why IWMS can be adopted broadly in the Retail Sector; and not just to manage maintenance. Watch this space!

Adopting the Cloud might sound complicated. But it does not have to be.

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