Northern Illinois FM Roundtable

Regional Roundtables provide a forum for benchmarking participants at the member's sites to share best practices and benchmark their facility management functions. 

The Northern Illinois Facility Managers Roundtable Group meets two times per year to share best practices and benchmark their facility management functions. Some members also participate in the Facility Managers Roundtable Benchmarking Studies.

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PURPOSE

The purpose of the Northern Illinois Facility Managers Roundtable is to develop business relationships in the facilities area where common concerns can be discussed in an open forum. The group is dedicated to share information and identify "best practices" that reduce the cost of facilities and administrative services while improving service.

To be the preeminent organization of Northern Illinois area facilities management leaders we will:

1. Meet two times a year for exchange of information. Each meeting is expected to be scheduled for approximately four hours.
2. Participate in the annual Facility Managers Roundtable benchmarking study. This benchmarking activity will increase knowledge of facilities management "best practices" that lead to reduced costs and improved customer service.
3. Seek opportunities to interact beyond the meeting such as purchasing / consulting synergy.
4. Share information by presenting topics for discussion. Presentations should be approximately 15 to 20 minutes duration with time for follow up discussion.

1. Facility Managers Roundtable Benchmarking Report: Total participant report and Northern Illinois Facility Managers Roundtable regional report (a subset of the total report).
2. Meeting scheduling, planning and coordination.
3. Meeting minutes.

1. Host a semi-annual meeting at their facility (rotated equally among all participants).
2. Provide benchmarking data per published schedule.
3. Provide agreed upon presentations.
4. Attend all meetings.

Membership is limited to larger, suburban, corporate facilities in the NW Northern Illinois area. The initial members are limited to the following organizations: Abbott Labs, Allstate, Kraft, Discover Card Services, Motorola, and Sears. Additional members may be added to the group only by unanimous consent of the initial members.

The participants agree to the following Code of Conduct:

• Conduct yourself within legal bounds
• Participate by exchanging information
• Respect confidentiality of information
• Use information only for the intended purpose
• Initiate contacts with designated individuals
• Obtain permission before providing contacts
• Be prepared for each benchmarking event
• Follow through with commitments to partners
• Understand expectations
• Act in accord with expectations
• Treat information from others as they desire

All benchmarking data will be coded. For the Facility Managers Roundtable Benchmarking Report, participants have the option of remaining confidential or releasing their code to the participants.
 

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