Manhattan Software has developed integration with Esri® ArcGIS® Server and Esri® Business Analyst™ software. This integration enables visualisation of the geospatial data in the Manhattan system throughout the entire lifecycle of an organisation’s real estate portfolio.

A variety of business processes and workflows, coupled with GIS capabilities, can positively affect the planning and management of an entire location lifecycle, from identifying the right opportunity, to selecting the right site, to designing, constructing, renovating or leasing the right building, and finally to effectively managing that location until its final disposition.

The integration of Manhattan’s leading real estate, asset and facilities management software with Esri GIS technology offers substantial benefits such as:

Site Identification and Selection

The ability to visualise and analyse multiple layers of geographic information related to facilities supports effective decision making for large organisational initiatives like consolidations, acquisitions, moves and renovations – all while helping managers better mitigate many of the risks associated with major capital expenditures for new construction or renovations.

Design and Construction Planning/Management

BIM integration with GIS and Manhattan incorporates building information into an integrated database with spatial analytical models that reveal query results across an entire campus, city or global portfolio. Information collected in the design and construction phase of a building is thus made available for on-going facility operations.

Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management

Manhattan maximises strategic plans by comparing the existing space supply to potential space demands in the portfolio. Whether growing or shrinking, GIS analyses portfolio patterns of occupancy and utilisation across a campus or region to determine locations to fill gaps or excesses of space.

Geo Mapping Project Management

If an organisation has fast-track construction or renovation projects occurring across the real estate portfolio, GIS integration with Manhattan helps determine which areas can logistically support the workflows essential for projects being completed on time and on budget.

Space and Occupancy Planning and Management

Space and occupancy planning and management, space optimisation and rationalisation, space utilisation, and move management processes and analysis are all enhanced by the integration of GIS with Manhattan. For example, in a headquarters campus or cluster of buildings, a GIS map allows a facility planner to view the distribution of business units and space utilisation or vacancies in 3D across multiple buildings rather than floor-by-floor in a CAD system.

Operations and Maintenance Management

There is tremendous value for operations and maintenance in GIS and Manhattan integration.  Some ways in which the integration works for operations and maintenance are:

• Tracking and notifying maintenance staff at various locations about weekly, monthly and annual schedules
• Coordinating and optimising travel time and distances of maintenance activities on a campus with various building locations
• Tracking the location of assets which require maintenance and consolidating work orders from disparate schedules with identical or nearby locations
• Real-time coordination of resources for emergency or unexpected maintenance and repair operations which require rapid sharing and dissemination of location-based information

Financial Analysis Tied to Locations

Financial analysis can be performed using the Manhattan system to predict operational performance based on revenues generated from similar locations in the portfolio. Manhattan’s cutting-edge Strategic Performance Management (SPM) module allows a business analyst the ability to tie financial data to geographic site analysis.

Better Environmental Management: GREAT Initiative

Manhattan’s GREAT Initiative (Green Real Estate and Asset Technology) is designed around the integration of Manhattan and GIS. The spatial location information adds value by providing applications for such areas as:

• Sustainable portfolio planning and optimization
• Energy management and carbon footprint reporting
• Eco-counting: energy billing, metering, procurement and financial analysis
• Sustainable design and construction/renovation (interfaced with BIM)
• Emergency Action Planning
• Storing data in a centralised geo-database server environment provides quick, accurate and coordinated data dissemination to multiple groups resulting in a safer, more effective emergency response.