Today, facilities are viewed as strategic resources... elevating the facility manager to the role of asset manager supporting the organization"s overall business goals. Richard Stievert Jr., in this well-articulated guidebook, sets forth operational standards for the facility manager"s emerging role... a comprehensive program for managing facilities as a true profit center to:Achieve business goals by optimizing facilities resourcesImplement best practices through benchmarking, evaluation and project managementIncrease your value to the organization