Facilities Management News

Operating multiple retail, convenience store, and food service business locations comes with various challenges in reducing downtime and minimizing disruptions. Equipment breakdowns, maintenance and repair issues, and lack of access to skilled trade labor can put a dent in your bottom line when you consider these disruptions mean lost sales and costly expenses.  

Companies outsourcing their facilities management typically save between 10 and 15% annually. For c-store, grocery, and retail, this accounts for a sizable chunk of the operating budget. Finding the right facilities management partner can be a game-changer, providing access to skilled labor, consistent maintenance, project management, tailored services, and even help with scalability and expansion, all with transparent costs and an overall reduction in expenses. 

In honor of Earth Day 2022, Vixxo will be continuing our tradition of supporting global sustainability initiatives. We are excited to be supporting Carbonfund.org by making a donation for each of our key customer contacts that will be used for their energy efficiency, reforestation, and renewable energy projects.

In addition, we’re making a separate, general corporate donation to have 1,000 trees planted on behalf of all of our customers, Service Providers, and employees.

Every business wants to adopt and sustain a proactive maintenance agenda. Getting ahead of potential problems typically translates to a longer life for equipment, decreased maintenance costs and a lower risk of downtime. Those are all worthy objectives for any facility. Making the shift from reactive to proactive maintenance involves a complete transformation. 

Buy online, pick-up in-store (BOPIS) was already an established means of shopping pre-pandemic. However, as COVID-19 accelerated in March of 2020, so did BOPIS. All industry and consumer behavior data indicate that buy online pick-up in-store is going to have staying power far beyond the end of the pandemic.

Manufacturers often struggle with the operational challenges of a large portfolio rollout. When efficiency, costs and customers are on the line, companies can benefit from using an outsourced installation partner to manage those complexities – and, in most cases, deliver an even more efficient and streamlined installation process.

In honor of Earth Day and in support of global sustainability initiatives, Vixxo is excited to join the Canopy Project to support reforestation efforts across the globe. The Canopy Project has planted tens of millions of trees since 2010.