The firm has held an unparalleled reputation for specialized expertise, market intelligence, and performance data to help its clients formulate complex RE & FM business case and strategy decisions, implement cross-geography, multi service outsourcing initiatives, define supplier governance, conduct best practice assessments, and implement corporate services outsourcing.

UMS brings a wealth of experience and a forward looking perspective to how corporate RE & FM needs to develop the next generation of capability to transform their performance. The company’s differentiators are an in-depth understanding of RE & FM organizations and supplier markets, best practices, proprietary data, advanced tool-kits, and thought leadership from the UMS Journal and the UMS Strategic RE & FM Conferences and Events.

Company Profile

UMS’ RE & FM practice was founded over a decade ago when it was part of UMS Group, the global utility industry firm. At that time, UMS pioneered cost and service level benchmarking using activity-based tools that created a quantitative link between performance and operating practices. Using proprietary data from over 180 million SF across a wide range of services, UMS was able to pin-point savings and best practices to enable clients to cumulatively identify hundreds of millions in savings.

UMS also pioneered performance based pricing structures in outsourcing contracts which has redefined conventional RFP and contracting approaches. UMS methods have enabled the development of lasting supplier relationships that deliver savings, service levels, and continuous improvement. Our outsourcing tools and expertise incorporate advanced pricing strategies as well as practices from outsourcing deal-making practices from a broad range of business services. Over the last 7 years, UMS has supported RE & FM outsourcing contracts worth over $5 billion in value in some of the largest and most complex deals the industry has seen. UMS is an independent, privately held, minority certified company.

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