A tool for Facilities Management and the efficient management of surplus and underused resources #FMto set a title.

WARPit is a management tool for an organisation’s resources.  The system finds new owners for surplus resources, such as furniture, equipment, consumables, supplies, fixtures and fittings- whilst dealing with issues such as liability, duty of care and security.

Through a system of sharing networks- the system finds new owners within the same organisation in the first instance, or if not available in partner organisations. This reduces disposal costs and risks as well as freeing up space and provides a legal auditable traceable system for the management of resources- as well as other benefits.

 

Freeing up space

 

WARPit also helps to free up badly used space, as WARPit encourages staff to upload and redistribute surplus resources- it encourages de-cluttering, which increases space efficiency.

 

Furthermore the loaning facility allows organisations to free up space by loaning out resources they might only use once in a while which they normally have to store. A great example of this is a University who usually stores exam desks between usage. WARPit provides the legal framework to loan the desks to schools when not in use- saving on warehousing. 

 

Storage solutions

If an organisation does have the luxury of storage WARPit acts as a stock management tool- so that resources which are surplus to one staff member can be efficiently collected, stored and via the system, redistributed.

There is usually a problem with storing resources in large organisations. See here: Additional there is  only usually one person (if any) who knows what is in the store, this can be a drain on time and effort. WARPit solves this. Using WARPit search facility- staff can view the stored resources online which means they don’t have to visit the store, saving time and risk.

Another common problem in organisation stores is that convenient space can often get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of resources being stored which can lead to a mismanaged store. As there is no easy way of knowing what is in the store, the resources in the store do not get redistributed efficiently. The resources then are stored over time becoming obsolete- and then have to be thrown in the skip. In effect some organisations are actually paying to store waste before paying to dispose of it- with all of the human effort this entails of loading the store and then transferring to skip.

Bulky waste management

There are also some other features of WARPit which makes it a good FM tool- users can upload details of bulky waste and WEEE and the details can be sent directly to the responsible disposal person or contractor- acting as a bulky waste management system

 

Efficiency

The obvious environmental benefit of WARPit is that it keeps stuff circulating, maximising use and extending the life span of equipment. The big environmental saving is that organisations do not have to buy new products- saving waste carbon emissions and of course purchasing costs.

However because the system finds new owners feeing up space- then waste disposal costs and risk are avoided. Furthermore space is used more effectively which saves costs also.