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	Carrefour: Conquering Inner Space and Frequent Moves

Carrefour: Conquering Inner Space and Frequent Moves

Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Asset Management Systems (EAM) Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries	Retail
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Facility Management
Use Cases	Asset Health Management (AHM) Building Automation & Control
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	A dynamic organization, Carrefour faced a challenge when it decided to renovate its headquarters building and reconfigure space and people, a task that had been done manually using spreadsheets. The result was that the Carrefour facilities management department understandably suffered from low productivity, as well as an inability to estimate the true value of telecom and other assets. A team of consultants from PROCOS Group was given responsibility for the master planning, space planning and move coordination. The goal for PROCOS: introduce system and process standardization to automate and manage Carrefour’s operations. Read More
About Customer	Over the past 40 years, the Carrefour Group has grown to become one of the world’s leading distribution groups. The world’s second-largest retailer and the largest in Europe, Carrefour currently operates four main store formats: hypermarkets, supermarkets, hard discount and convenience stores. The Carrefour Group currently has over 12,500 stores, either company-operated or franchised. Read More
Solution	PROCOS chose ARCHIBUS Space Management as the most appropriate tool to support the project team’s space planning assignment. To support the personnel moves that accompanied the renovation, Carrefour implemented Move Management, which also helped improve oversight of the company’s traditionally high churn rate. Telecommunications & Cable Management was added after that. The integrated ARCHIBUS applications now provide more cost-efficient space allocation with real-time views that comply with ratios imposed by Belgian labor legislation. In addition, Carrefour has succeeded in being able to generate accurate reports on occupancy plans, automate moves and traces of people and equipment, perform departmental highlighting and floor analyses, and more. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Asset Management Systems (EAM)

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Applicable Industries

Retail

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Facility Management

Use Cases

Asset Health Management (AHM)

Building Automation & Control

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

A dynamic organization, Carrefour faced a challenge when it decided to renovate its headquarters building and reconfigure space and people, a task that had been done manually using spreadsheets. The result was that the Carrefour facilities management department understandably suffered from low productivity, as well as an inability to estimate the true value of telecom and other assets. A team of consultants from PROCOS Group was given responsibility for the master planning, space planning and move coordination. The goal for PROCOS: introduce system and process standardization to automate and manage Carrefour’s operations.

About Customer

Over the past 40 years, the Carrefour Group has grown to become one of the world’s leading distribution groups. The world’s second-largest retailer and the largest in Europe, Carrefour currently operates four main store formats: hypermarkets, supermarkets, hard discount and convenience stores. The Carrefour Group currently has over 12,500 stores, either company-operated or franchised.

Solution

PROCOS chose ARCHIBUS Space Management as the most appropriate tool to support the project team’s space planning assignment. To support the personnel moves that accompanied the renovation, Carrefour implemented Move Management, which also helped improve oversight of the company’s traditionally high churn rate. Telecommunications & Cable Management was added after that. The integrated ARCHIBUS applications now provide more cost-efficient space allocation with real-time views that comply with ratios imposed by Belgian labor legislation. In addition, Carrefour has succeeded in being able to generate accurate reports on occupancy plans, automate moves and traces of people and equipment, perform departmental highlighting and floor analyses, and more.

Impact #1	Integrated, automated, and easy-to-use system for key move, space, and asset planning/reporting with real-time views of information.
Impact #2	More cost-efficient space allocation with real-time views that comply with ratios imposed by Belgian labor legislation.
Impact #3	Ability to generate accurate reports on occupancy plans, automate moves and traces of people and equipment, perform departmental highlighting and floor analyses.

Impact #1

Integrated, automated, and easy-to-use system for key move, space, and asset planning/reporting with real-time views of information.

Impact #2

More cost-efficient space allocation with real-time views that comply with ratios imposed by Belgian labor legislation.

Impact #3

Ability to generate accurate reports on occupancy plans, automate moves and traces of people and equipment, perform departmental highlighting and floor analyses.

Benefit #1	Corporate HQ Brussels, Belgium, has 16,384 square meters of space.
Benefit #2	1262 employees.

Benefit #1

Corporate HQ Brussels, Belgium, has 16,384 square meters of space.

Benefit #2

1262 employees.

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Carrefour: Conquering Inner Space and Frequent Moves

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