Posts by brandpointsstg
Safety First: Ensuring Safety and Compliance in Facility Maintenance
Here’s the pattern: Facility maintenance runs like a to-do list that never gets shorter. Teams jump from emergency to emergency. Work orders pile up. Safety protocols get flexible when deadlines get tight.
Read MoreOctober Rundown: Starbucks Spends $150K Per Store While Your Grid Funding Disappears
After years of prioritizing mobile orders over in-person, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol wants customers back in-store and will spend $150,000 per store to make it happen.
Read MoreIt’s Not Just the Deals: Black Friday Traffic Is Your Facilities’ Real Test
Black Friday traffic exposes which retailers planned ahead and which ones hoped for the best. The difference shows up in conversion rates, safety incidents, and how fast your team recovers when something goes wrong.
Read MoreBeyond the Budget: Using Total Cost of Ownership to Drive Smarter Decisions in Multisite Operations
The real problem is making decisions site by site, project by project, with no visibility into what those choices actually cost your portfolio over time. Total cost of ownership fixes that.
Read MoreWhen Seasons Change: How to Manage Seasonal Maintenance Tasks Efficiently
In this seven-step framework, we walk you through building an efficient seasonal maintenance plan: from auditing needs to leveraging technology, coordinating teams, and integrating emergency readiness.
Read MorePlanning Ahead: 3 Steps to a Comprehensive Facility Maintenance Plan
That reactive maintenance hamster wheel you’ve been running on? You can actually step off of it: a big deal in an environment where reactive fixes cost two to five times more than planned upkeep.
Read MoreThe Real Cost of Managing Vendors Without a Partner
The truth about managing vendors solo hits hardest when you realize what you could accomplish if you weren’t constantly putting out contractor fires.
Read MoreThe Hidden Costs of Facility Projects: Why TCO Matters More Than Initial Price
Maintenance costs, energy bills, emergency downtime, and premature replacements are the four horsemen of facility costs that ride together, and always cost more than the original bid savings.
Read MoreThe Silent Cost of Brand Consistency Across Multiple Locations
The brand consistency tax follows predictable patterns: rework runs 5-9% of project budgets, downtime costs as much as $1 million per hour for major operations, and expedited fixes cost 12-18% more than preventive planning.
Read MoreWhy a Refresh/Remodel Schedule Goes Haywire — And How to Prevent It
Your regional contractor might be great, but multisite rollouts demand different capabilities. Look for national coverage that spans your footprint without gaps and can scale.
Read More