What is Facility Management Resiliency?

Facility Management Resiliency is the process through which an organization identifies the overall strategies and specific mitigation tactics it can employ to improve the capacity of its facilities to accommodate changes over time and maintain functionality- FMJ

Facility management resiliency helps to select the actual site for the facility, emergency plans, and procedures, as well as maintaining a safe and healthy environment, the expertise of the facility management staff needs to be included what developing a resilient organization. It is worth keeping in mind that creating and maintain a resilient organization is a cross-functional effort and does not depend on one functional area by itself- SAP

The facility management plays a unique role in business resiliency, specifically in helping the organization create workplace environments that aid the mission and help the business continue in the case of disruptive events.  The facility management team can become facilitators of the resilience process by preparing the facilities and the workforce with the right amount of preparation, resources and processes to reestablish business-as-usual as quickly and safely as possible- FMlink