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Notes on ERP implementations, integration patterns, data engineering and applied AI, from 22 years of shipping enterprise systems.

Workflow Automation Aug 2, 2026
Power Automate for Maintenance and Facilities Processes
Six Power Automate flows that earn their keep in FM and maintenance, each with triggers, connectors, failure modes and the licensing that ambushes budgets.
Workflow Automation Aug 2, 2026
Low-Code Governance: Stopping Power Platform Sprawl Early
Govern Power Platform without killing its speed: an environment strategy, DLP by tier, a three-tier model, the leaver problem and the five CoE artefacts.
Procurement Aug 2, 2026
Supplier Portals: Build, Buy or Extend the ERP You Have
Supplier portals compared: native ERP module, a supplier network, or a custom Power Pages build, with 400-supplier economics and a build-vs-buy scoring sheet.
Smart Buildings Aug 2, 2026
Building Commissioning Handover: The Cx Evidence Pack
What FM should refuse to sign at handover: a commissioning evidence pack, an accept/reject checklist and tying retention release to Cx evidence not completion.
SCADA Aug 2, 2026
From SCADA Screens to Reports: Killing the Excel Export
Replace the shift Excel export with a real SCADA reporting pipeline: what breaks, a target architecture and why OPC uncertain-quality values must be flagged.
Smart Buildings Aug 2, 2026
District Cooling and BTU Metering: Where Billing Goes Wrong
How district cooling billing goes wrong: the capacity and consumption charges, BTU meter measurement errors, low delta-T leak-by and capacity right-sizing.
Smart Buildings Aug 2, 2026
Chiller Plant Analytics: kW/TR, Staging and Low Delta-T
Chiller plant analytics from trend data: calculate plant kW/TR correctly, read six diagnostic signatures and why low delta-T is a building-side problem.
IBM Maximo Aug 2, 2026
IBM Maximo Pricing in 2026: Real Cost Ranges, Not List Price
IBM Maximo pricing in 2026 broken into five cost buckets, with defensible three-scenario ranges, AppPoints reality and the eight post-signature change requests.
Microsoft Fabric Aug 2, 2026
Fabric Capacity Sizing and What It Actually Costs You
Size Microsoft Fabric capacity properly: the CU model, three costed scenarios, the two levers that control spend and the metrics that predict an overrun.
Smart Buildings Aug 2, 2026
BMS Specification Clauses That Decide the Next Ten Years
The BMS specification clauses that decide ten years of lock-in: protocol conformance, tool licences, source files, export rights and commissioning acceptance.

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