This report explores recurring facilities management and janitorial challenges and what it will take to break that cycle. Effective facilities management leaders understand the balance between providing high-quality service and managing costs. But maintaining control over day-to-day operations is no easy feat when faced with chronic issues: competing priorities, stretched labor, unpredictable budgets, fluctuating inventory, saturated vendor landscapes and more. In this survey report, explore how more than 150 facilities management leaders are managing daily operations while balancing strategic priorities like cost control, labor optimization, and smarter sourcing. Explore which improvements leaders say they need most, and uncover key trends in cleaning and janitorial supply procurement. You’ll learn: The top facilities management challenges leaders say they are battling now and expect to face later. The weak spots in current cleaning and janitorial purchasing models that are keeping problems in place. Three priorities leaders must address to better control cleaning and janitorial procurement.
