How can facilities management successfully affect the corporate mission?

• A. by cutting costs in maintenance
• B. by linking asset planning to corporate goals
• C. by outsourcing all operations
• D. by expanding real estate holdings

Answer: (B)

Linking asset planning to corporate goals ensures facilities management contributes directly to the organization’s mission. When asset planning is aligned with strategic objectives, decisions about where to locate facilities, how space is used, what equipment is funded, and when assets are replaced are evaluated for how they advance the business's aims. This creates a lifecycle view that balances cost, risk, and performance, so maintenance, capital projects, and portfolio decisions support reliability, safety, and continuity of operations that the mission depends on. It also helps prioritize investments that deliver strategic value, improve energy efficiency, and strengthen resilience, keeping the organization focused on long-term outcomes rather than short-term savings. Other approaches tend to miss this alignment: cutting maintenance costs can undermine uptime and safety; outsourcing everything can erode control and misalign FM with core objectives; expanding real estate without a clear link to demand or strategy wastes resources and raises ongoing commitments. By tying asset planning to corporate goals, facilities management becomes a strategic enabler of the mission.