Page 8 - CIJ July 2024 Digital Edition

EDITORIAL
s we cover every aspect
of professional cleaning
across segments and
how cleaning processes
Aare changing with
technological, social and economic
developments, we inevitably come
back to look more into the core
aspect: How facility management is
getting smarter keeping pace with
smarter buildings that are automated
and responsive. In this issue too,
we have experts talking about how
sustainability continues to be the
common thread in managing an
office or large complexes. Facility
Management is driven by IoT devices,
cloud based platforms, AI, sensors,
mobile apps, real-time data and more. Mangala Chandran
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However, the FM leaders also
caution that along with technology,
it is also important to put in place a
people centric and relationship focused
approach to achieve the desired result.
One segment that is expected to
optimise its Facility Management
is warehouse operation. This issue
of Clean India Journal brings
to focus the need to leverage
technologies in streamlining
processes for maintaining safe and
clean environments in warehouses,
along with the larger picture of
logistics & supply chain, and direct
home delivery to the customers
that has become the norm. The
cleanliness, hygiene and storage
are so very crucial for getting the
articles, especially perishables in
good condition. Yes, we do hear of
occasional bad deliveries!
Month after month, the magazine
is packed with varied content related
to cleanliness and sustainability.
One will get to read the advanced
approaches to pest management
(today, even bedbugs are managed
with the help of IoT, sensors, big
data and electronic monitoring and
detection systems!), upcycling of
waste and an informative interview
with the CEO of Noida International
Airport that is setting new standards
of sustainability. And not to miss the
Editor’s note on the agony and ecstasy
of using escalators at the suburban/
Metro rail stations.