News on 02 December 2000
The first Johnson Controls Student Award for those studying
on the Facility & Environment Management course at the Bartlett School
of Graduate Studies,University College London was presented on Thursday
night.
John Amos, a consultant with Bernard Williams Associates, was given the
award by Ian Fielder, current Chairman of the BIFM and sales director
for Johnson Controls IFM.
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| John Amos (right) receives his award from Ian Fielder |
John set out to test a number of hypotheses about facilities
management in the motor industry:
l That closer relationships will develop between service providers
and manufacturing operations to form production partnerships.
l Common maintenance functions
in core operations and in support operations
l The management of support operations
will be increasingly delegated to the service providers so that company
management can concentrate on core business strategies.
Using a combination of detailed questionnaires and interviews John reached
the conclusion that there was great potential for facilities management
in the automotive business: "Outsourcing is set to increase as car
companies and component manufacturers, which already have stronger relationships
with service providers, increasingly concentrate on core business."
