Enterprise Space Management Restacking via Grouped Data Export
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current space management software lacks an efficient method for restacking large organizations' workforce within their real estate, making it difficult to update employee locations and optimize space utilization across multiple locations within the same or different buildings.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for restacking space management data by grouping records based on commonality of location, financial assignment, and occupancy status, allowing users to manually edit data in spreadsheet format and reimport it into the database, with automated computer executable instructions to facilitate the process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If space management software updates each atomic location individually to reflect division moves, then data accuracy is maintained, but the complexity and time required for restacking increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the restacking process into two distinct phases: (1) bulk operation phase where divisions are moved between locations in a single high-level operation, and (2) detailed update phase where individual atomic locations are updated. This segmentation allows the system to benefit from both high-level efficiency and low-level precision without the drawbacks of either approach alone.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by first identifying and grouping all atomic locations that will be affected by a division move before executing the updates. This preliminary grouping allows the system to prepare the necessary data structures and validation rules in advance, reducing the complexity of the actual update process while maintaining data accuracy.
2Reliability
If space management software manually updates each atomic location for restacking, then data integrity is preserved, but the time and effort required increases tremendously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual location update operations into a single bulk restacking operation. By combining the updates of numerous atomic locations into one coordinated process, the system maintains data integrity through centralized validation while dramatically reducing the time required compared to manual sequential updates.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates and uses templates or models of location data structures that can be replicated and applied across multiple atomic locations simultaneously. This copying mechanism allows the system to maintain consistent data integrity rules across all locations while avoiding the time-consuming process of individually configuring each location's data structure.
3Ease of operation
If space management software selects and reassigns each atomic location individually, then precise control over space allocation is achieved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal restacking interface that can handle multiple types of space allocation operations through a single unified process. This universal interface allows users to perform division moves, location changes, and space reassignments using the same operational workflow, significantly improving ease of operation while the system internally manages the complexity of different operation types.
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AI summary
Methods and systems for performing enterprise space management and for performing building restack operations are provided herein. A space management database system prepares and exports space management data for manual restacking by a user. The database system groups records by zone or by a commonality such as being located within a common divisible location, and exports the data in an editable format, e.g., as a spreadsheet. After a user edits the restack data to indicate a move within an organization's space under management, the data is imported back into the space management database, and then applied against one or more future planning periods to indicate a move of a cost center to or from a location.