Case Study: Dow Chemical Company boosts facility utilization with IBM TRIRIGA

IBM Tririga integrated workplace management system solution streamlines facility planning

The Dow Chemical Company, a global enterprise, faced challenges in managing its vast portfolio of lab and office facilities due to a decentralized business structure. This led to reactive, inefficient processes for space and asset management, hindering global initiatives to improve capacity use and capital planning. To address this, Dow engaged vendor IBM and its partner CFI to implement the IBM TRIRIGA integrated workplace management system (IWMS).

The IBM TRIRIGA solution provided a single source of truth for facility data, transforming processes from reactive to proactive. This enabled Dow to increase facility use by 20%, saving approximately $4 million annually, and uncover $200 million in cost avoidance on a single project. The implementation also drastically reduced report compilation times and improved strategic planning for capital projects and maintenance.

Dow Chemical Company

Frank Kayden

Director of Global Portfolio Planning and Real Estate