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6-Steps on How to Build a Global Spec Management System That Keeps Products, Pricing, and People Aligned

Specification FF&E Data Management Collaboration Digital Materials Library Brand Standards Approval Management DesignOps

Feature Releases

Smarter Tracking, Sharper Access, and QR Code Item Sharing

Feature Releases

Specification

The Spec Book Is a Financial Document: Here’s Why It Needs Real-Time Data

Specification Design Cost Management Budgeting

Procurement

Hotel Development in 2025: What to Get Right, What to Watch Out For, and How to Stay Ahead

Procurement Hospitality Budgeting

Data Centers

Why Data Center Project Designs Spiral—and How to Take Back Control

Data Centers

Healthcare

When Healthcare Meets Hospitality: Design, Procurement, and the New Standard for Wellness

Healthcare

Specification

Where Design Ops Break Down: 7 Hidden Bottlenecks Sabotaging Large Interior Design Firms

Specification DesignOps

Healthcare

Turnover Is Costing Your Hospital Projects More Than You Think—Even 10 Years Later

Healthcare

FF&E

The Ultimate Interior Design Glossary for Hospitality & Commercial

FF&E Design

Healthcare

A How-to Guide on Healthcare Projects: FF&E and Equipment Planning

Healthcare

Hospitality

Fohlio at HD Expo 2025: Powering the Future of Hospitality Design

Hospitality

Design

Why Fast-Growing Interior Design Firms Break: How to Scale Design Ops for Multiple Project Types

Design Brand Standards DesignOps

Procurement

The Interior Design Firm’s No-Nonsense Guide to Cost Analysis & Budgeting

Procurement Cost Management Budgeting

Specification

Solving Data Center Design and Procurement Pain Points With Fohlio

Specification Data Management Procurement Cost Management

Industry News

The FF&E Tariff Squeeze — and What Smart Teams Are Doing About It

Industry News

Approval Management

The Psychology of Stakeholder Approvals: Why It’s So Hard to Get a “Yes”

Approval Management

Specification

What Spec Errors Actually Cost: A Real-World Look at Rework, Delays, and Dollars

Specification Cost Management

Feature Releases

Updated User Management and a New Reports Template!

Feature Releases Collaboration

FF&E

Understanding FF&E: Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment Explained

FF&E

FF&E, OS&E, CapEx, and OpEx: A Quick Guide for Design and Procurement

FF&E OS&E Cost Management

Tips & Best Practices

Procurement 101: What It Is and How to Mange It Effectively

Tips & Best Practices Procurement Webinars

Product Information

Fohlio FF&E Revit Integration: Cut Errors, Save Time, and Simplify Specification

Product Information

Cross-Project Reporting: Gain Insights, Decide Faster, Improve Results

Product Information

Digital Materials Library

The Backbone of Better Design: Fohlio’s Product and Materials Library

Digital Materials Library

Product Information

Pre-Bundled Templates & Seamless Estimating for Faster Projects

Product Information

Specification

Spec Builder and Custom Reports: Smart Tools That Do the Work for You

Specification Design Proposal FF&E Product Information

Product Information

Custom Workflows: The Right Info to the Right People at the Right Time

Product Information

Procurement

Smarter Purchasing Made Simple: Fohlio’s Procurement Tools

Procurement Cost Management Product Information

Feature Releases

New Features for User Management, Procurement, and Financial Control

Feature Releases

Construction Contract Law

Must-Have Clauses for Your Construction Contract: Differing Site Conditions

Construction Contract Law

Find The Best Deal with Alternative Suppliers + Extended Pricing

Feature Releases

Our Latest Updates: Procurement Settings, Alternate Suppliers & More!

Feature Releases

The Spec Software Boom: Navigate The Tech Noise to Find The Right Fit

Design

Overcoming Design Challenges in Senior Living: Sunrise Senior Living's Fohlio Success Story

Design Data Management Collaboration Webinars Senior Homes

NEW in BETA: Order Tracking Worksheet and Alternate suppliers with Pricing & Lead Times

Design

Here's How Procurement Shapes Successful Design-Build Projects

Design Procurement

Procurement

The Pain of Manual Budget Reconcillation and 6 Ways To Fix It

Procurement

Lock Items, Add Instructions and More Improvements!

Hospitality

9 Ways to Achieve Hotel PIP Fulfillment Success

Hospitality

Procurement

Vertical vs. Horizontal Integration: A Comparison Guide for Enterprise Expansion

Procurement

Digital Materials Library

Hotel Multi-Brand Management: Tackling Hotel Mergers & Acquisitions Brand Dillution

Digital Materials Library Brand Standards Hospitality

Feature Releases

Streamlined Collaboration and Supercharged Admin Tools

Feature Releases

Hospitality

Transform Hospitality: The Digital Evolution of Pre-Opening, PIP Standard Maintenance, and Operations

Hospitality

Design Proposal

Bridging the Design-Implementation Gap: Best Practices for Large-Scale Fit Out Projects

Design Proposal Design Data Management Procurement Digital Materials Library Brand Standards

Feature Releases

Transform Project Data Into Building Blocks, Key Insights, and More!

Feature Releases

Retail

Is It Death for Brick-and-Mortar Stores?

Retail

Tangible Shopping: Exploring Trends in Brick-and-Mortar Resurgence

Retail

Nailing Multi-Location Retail Store Openings: 3 Essential Considerations

Retail

FF&E

OS&E and FF&E Cost Estimation and Prototyping for Multi-Location Brands: An In-Depth Guide

FF&E Tips & Best Practices Digital Materials Library Franchise OS&E Brand Standards Cost Management Hospitality

Design Proposal

A Guide to Evaluating RFPs: A Step-by-Step Approach

Design Proposal Procurement

Feature Releases

Supercharged QTY Management, Area Matrix and More!

Feature Releases

Procurement

Inventory Management and Fulfillment: The Role of Order Management Solutions

Procurement

The Cost-Saving Power of E-Procurement: Realizing ROI in Procurement Automation

Procurement

Marriott and Starwood: A Success Story on Exemplar Capital Planning and Management

Industry Trends

Safeguard Your Profits: The Cost of Delayed Openings and Ways To Mitigate It

Industry Trends Procurement Franchise

Beyond the Click: Why Brick and Mortar Stores Still Matter in the Age of Direct-to-Consumer Retailing

Feature Releases

New: Regions and Updated Action Menu and More!

Feature Releases

Procurement

The Smarter Way to Source: How a Mixed Vendor Strategy Gives You the Edge

Procurement

OS&E

Enhance Hotel Excellence: The Crucial Role of OS&E Lifecycle in Hospitality

OS&E Hospitality

OS&E

Optimizing Operations: Exploring Successful OS&E Management Elements

OS&E

Your Expansion Superpower, Part I: Project Modeling and Pre-Opening Prototypes

Cracking the Code: Demystifying the Basics of Lead Time

Feature Releases

New: Quick-View for Product Specs. Product Tracking. And More!

Feature Releases

Industry News

Putting the Fast in Fashion: How Zara Drastically Reduced Lead Times

Industry News Procurement

Procurement

The Race Against Lead Time: 3 Key Levers That Can Drastically Cut Down On Your Purchasing Timeline

Procurement

Feature Releases

New: Compare Multi-Currency Quotes in One Step (Plus, More Streamlined Workflows)

Feature Releases

Sustainability

Six Steps to Sustainability: Transform Your Space with WorldGBC's Health & Wellbeing Framework

Sustainability

The Wellness Movement: What It Means For Hospitality

Procurement

Optimizing Team Dynamics in Large-Scale Projects: Tips from Procurement Professionals

Procurement

New: Pick Suppliers Faster + More Visual Cues

FF&E

How to be the FF&E Supplier Everyone Wants to Work With

FF&E Collaboration Procurement Hospitality

What is FF&E and OS&E for Hospitality Design & Procurement?

Feature Releases

New: Create Spec Books in Minutes

Feature Releases

FF&E

How FF&E is Bringing Hospitality Design Trends to Life

FF&E Design Sustainability Hospitality

Brand Standards

How to Build FF&E Brand Standards: An In-Depth Guide

Brand Standards

Feature Releases

New: Support for Multi-Currency AND the Multiverse

Feature Releases

Specification

The Complete Guide to FF&E Spec Sheets

Specification FF&E Data Management Procurement Digital Materials Library

FF&E

What is FF&E: The Ultimate Guide to Specification, Procurement, and More

FF&E

How to Manage FF&E and OS&E Options Within Hotel Brand Standards

FF&E Collaboration Digital Materials Library OS&E Hospitality

FF&E

Your Easiest Hotel Design Renovation Project Ever

FF&E Data Management OS&E Brand Standards Hospitality

Specification

Manage Approved Vendors and FF&E Brand Standards With Less Effort

Specification FF&E Collaboration Franchise OS&E Hospitality

Feature Releases

New: Drag & Drop It Like It’s Hot + Improved Gridview Reports

Feature Releases

FF&E

How to Streamline Brand Standard Changes Across Your Hotel Franchises

FF&E Design OS&E Hospitality

Create Consistent Guest Experiences Across Hotels With Design Brand Standards

Specification

How to Build a Brand Standards Template to Streamline Your Hospitality Design

Specification FF&E Design OS&E Brand Standards Hospitality

Software

6 Steps for Building a Successful FF&E-OS&E Budget that Stays On-Track

Software FF&E Procurement OS&E Cost Management Hospitality

FF&E

A Better Way to Manage Product Selection and Substitutions, From RFQs to Approvals

FF&E Procurement OS&E Hospitality

FF&E

8 Ways to Streamline Delivery Lead Time for FF&E and OS&E

FF&E Procurement OS&E Hospitality

Procurement

Here's How Your PO Software Can Help With FF&E and OS&E Order Tracking

Procurement Hospitality

Software

How to Simplify Vendor Management -- Tips From Leading Hotel Brands

Software FF&E Procurement OS&E Hospitality

Filtering Improvements Bonanza

Hospitality

How to Achieve Hotel WELL Certification Through FF&E and OS&E

Hospitality

What Does the Future Look Like for Hospitality? 4 Key Trends

Hospitality

Brand Standards

A Hospitality Businesses' Key To A Banner Year: Brand Narrative

Brand Standards Hospitality

FF&E

How to Achieve Hotel LEED Requirements Through FF&E and OS&E

FF&E OS&E Brand Standards Sustainability Hospitality

Procurement

7 Things Every Procurement Specialist Should Know

Procurement Hospitality

Feature Releases

New: Faster Uploads – and a Faster Fohlio Overall

Feature Releases

New: More Visual Cues for Efficiency + Less Waiting

Feature Releases

5 Things We’ve Learned From Procurement Leaders

Tips & Best Practices

Stay on Top of Your Hospitality Project Costs: 3 Ways to Manage Budgets

Tips & Best Practices Cost Management Hospitality

Brand Standards

Create Accurate Submittals and Firm-Wide Standard Reports in 2 Steps

Brand Standards Reports and Document Automation

New: Flexible Payment Terms AND A Feature To Point Collaborators in the Right Direction

Tight Profit Margins? Here Are 7 Procurement Strategies That Combat Inflation

Procurement

These 7 FF&E Procurement Inefficiencies Are Money Leaks: Here's What to Do

Procurement Cost Management

Scale Franchises Fast: Brand Standard Prototyping and Prefabrication

Fohlio Just Got Easier to Navigate and Quicker to Load: 2.0.0

Check The Green Label: 7 Sustainability Certifications You Should Know

Feature Releases

A New, Better Way To Save Products For Later: Webclipper 2.8.12

Feature Releases

Hospitality

Beyond Brand Identity: What The Future Holds For Hospitality

Hospitality

Specify Products That Make A Difference: A Checklist For Identifying Sustainable Materials

How To Build A Precise Product Specification Sheet

Align Your Team Faster With New "Group By" Feature

Digital Materials Library

Here's Why A Digital Materials Library Is The Best Product Data Management Tool

Digital Materials Library

Procurement

High-level: Everything You Need To Know Before Building Your Procurement Process

Procurement

FF&E

FF&E 101: How To Build The Ultimate Schedule

FF&E

Feature Releases

New: Internal Library

Feature Releases

Student Housing

Innovate In A Changing Landscape: Feature Must-Haves For Building Better Student Apartments

Student Housing

New: Better Filtering, Grouping, and Procurement Document Customization

The Ultimate Tool For Planning A World-Class Medical Facility: Fohlio. Part 2, Manage Your Procurement Deliverables

How To Use And Install The Web Clipper

The Ultimate Tool For Planning A World-Class Medical Facility: Fohlio. Part 1, Specification and Costing

Franchise

Fohlio: The Disruptive Technology Made For Scaling Profitable Franchises, Part 2: Franchise Prototyping Software

Franchise

Fohlio: The Disruptive Technology Made For Scaling Profitable Franchises, Part 1: Franchise Builder

Franchise

Feature Releases

New: Effortless Value Engineering and Contact Book Management

Feature Releases

Design

Demonstrate Senior Care: How To Build Nursing Home Design Requirements

Design Data Management Tips & Best Practices Senior Homes

Specification

How the Best Nursing Home Designs Focus on Senior Health and Wellness, Part 2: Private Spaces

Specification Design Data Management Tips & Best Practices Senior Homes

Specification

How the Best Nursing Home Designs Focus on Senior Health and Wellness, Part 1: General Areas

Specification Design Data Management Tips & Best Practices Senior Homes

Tips & Best Practices

Better Design Management Capabilities: The Future of Designing Restaurants

Tips & Best Practices

New: Automate Project Cost Estimation

Procurement

The Only Procurement Management Plan Template You'll Ever Need

Procurement

Tips & Best Practices

Design for Procurement: How To Elevate Project Output

Tips & Best Practices

FF&E

Converging Workflows: How to Reduce FF&E and OS&E Costs

FF&E Collaboration OS&E

Tips & Best Practices

Find Your Breakthrough: How To Increase AEC Employee Retention

Tips & Best Practices Industry News

Tips & Best Practices

3 Purchasing Data Points For Your Next Supplier Negotiation

Tips & Best Practices Procurement

Specification

How to Say Goodbye to Rework: 4 Ways to Streamline Specification and Procurement Data

Specification Data Management Collaboration Procurement

Specification

You Haven’t Seen Collaboration Like This: 4 Tools to Streamline Specification and Procurement Teams

Specification Data Management Collaboration Procurement

Specification

Close the Gap: Why & How to Streamline Design & Procurement Workflows

Specification Collaboration Procurement

Data Management

Unlock New Value Streams and Meet Desired Business Outcomes: Why You Need a Product Information Management Software

Data Management Tips & Best Practices

Tips & Best Practices

Step Up Your Procurement Game: How To Build An Approved Vendor List

Tips & Best Practices Procurement

Data Management

How to Lower Costs and Build Better: Maximizing Construction Resources

Data Management Tips & Best Practices Collaboration

Tips & Best Practices

How to Reduce Manufacturing Costs and Increase Profits With E-Procurement Software

Tips & Best Practices

How to avoid delays: Never miss a construction project deadline again!

Tips & Best Practices

Data Management

How to Lower Building Maintenance Costs With Product Information Management

Data Management

Tips & Best Practices

How to Achieve Net-Zero: The Art of Sustainable Procurement

Tips & Best Practices

How To Keep Your Project Data Monitored and Documented

Tips & Best Practices

Procurement

3 Ways to Keep Your Edge in Construction Procurement: Dealing With COVID Instability

Procurement

How to Measure Construction Procurement Success: Basic Key Performance Metrics

Procurement

How to Increase Your Company’s Bottomline with Next-Level E-procurement Software

Procurement

Design

How to Use Design Standards to Improve Project Success

Design Data Management Tips & Best Practices Brand Standards

Specification

How to Transform Your Design and Construction Workflows With the Right Web Clipper

Specification Data Management Tips & Best Practices Collaboration

Data Management

How to Grow Your Firm in 2022: Five Metrics of Success for the Design and Construction Industry

Data Management Tips & Best Practices

Data Management

How to Bridge the Design and Construction Industry’s Legal Divide

Data Management Industry News Collaboration

Data Management

What You Need to Know About Building Lifecycle Data (A Brief Primer)

Data Management

3 Ways Lifecycle Data Will Massively Increase Your Building’s Value

Data Management

Specification

Shoring Up the Labor Shortage: How Hotels Can Build Faster and Better After COVID

Specification Data Management Industry News Collaboration

Specification

How to Manage Revit Product Data for Defense Projects [Case Study]

Specification Design Data Management Revit

Data Management

How to Make Purchase Order Management Less Chaotic and More Hardworking

Data Management Collaboration Procurement

Specification

How Top Hospitality Designers Build Their FF&E Specification Templates

Specification Data Management Tips & Best Practices Procurement

Specification

5 Ways to Avoid Budget Creep in Design and Construction Projects With Better Data Management

Specification Data Management Procurement

Architecture

5 Ways to Eliminate Time-Wasting Procurement Emails

Architecture Data Management Procurement

Specification

How to Streamline Workflows — From Specification to Procurement and Contracting [Case Study]

Specification Data Management Collaboration Procurement

Procurement

What is The Best Procurement Software for the AEC Industry? Here’s a 5-Point Checklist

Procurement

Specification

[Recorded Webinar] Procurement During COVID: How to Manage Delays, Pricing Changes, and More

Specification Collaboration Procurement Webinars

Specification

How to Organize Specification and Procurement Workflows in One Place, According to OCG [Case Study]

Specification Data Management Collaboration Procurement

Specification

Here’s How Goebel Design Group Cut Down on Workflow Redundancies [Case Study]

Specification Data Management Procurement

Specification

Fohlio’s Top Picks From HD Expo 2021: The Best That Hospitality Products Can Offer

Specification Industry News Procurement

Specification

4 Things We Learned From Leading Hospitality Procurement Specialists at HD Expo

Specification Industry News Procurement

Specification

Come See Us at HD Expo!

Specification Industry News Procurement

Data Management

New: Better Workflow Organization and More Efficient Procurement

Data Management Feature Releases Collaboration Procurement

Specification

How to Improve Design Integrity and Cost Control Through Procurement Management Systems

Specification Data Management Collaboration Procurement

Specification

We Spoke to a Hospitality Expert on How to Overcome Labor and Supply Chain Shortages

Specification Data Management Collaboration

Terms of Use

Specification

Rebounding From COVID: How Designing for Wellness Could Give Your Hotel An Edge

Specification Design Industry News

Specification

New: Comprehensive Spec Book Template, and Better Project Access Control

Specification Data Management Tips & Best Practices Feature Releases

Tips & Best Practices

New: More Power and Flexibility For Your Procurement Workflow

Tips & Best Practices Feature Releases

Specification

Thriving in a Red-Hot Housing Market, Part 2: How to Stay Profitable Through Demographic Shifts

Specification Data Management Tips & Best Practices Industry News

Tips & Best Practices

Thriving in a Red-Hot Housing Market, Part 1: How Trust and Communication are Driving Profits for New Atlantic Builders

Tips & Best Practices Industry News

Feature Releases

Development Updates: Better Tracking and More Flexibility

Feature Releases

Tips & Best Practices

Specify Healthy and Sustainable Materials [in Seconds!] With Fohlio

Tips & Best Practices

Specification

New: Export Revit Data to Fohlio for Better Budgeting and Specs

Specification Data Management Feature Releases

Specification

[Recorded Webinar] Specifying Sustainable and Healthy Materials: Best Practices

Specification Data Management Sustainability

Design

How to Get Started on Institutional Design Standards, Part 1: The Good, The Bad, and Why You Should Do It Anyway

Design Data Management Tips & Best Practices Brand Standards

Tips & Best Practices

7 Ways to Make Sure International Projects Meet Design Guidelines

Tips & Best Practices

Is it Time to Break Up With Your Decades-Old FF&E Specification Software?

Tips & Best Practices

How to Edge Out The Competition: Learn From These 5 FF&E Design and Procurement Firms

Tips & Best Practices

Fireside Chat with Calvin Tsao: Mentorship Under I.M. Pei, Rebuilding an Ancient Palace in the Forbidden City, and Partying in Hong Kong

Tips & Best Practices

New: Track Changes, PO Approvals by Thresholds, and Project-Based Templates

Tips & Best Practices

Could Machine Learning Be The Future of Construction Project Management?

Tips & Best Practices

Data Management

How to Get Started with ISO 19650 Compliance: Asset Information Requirements (AIR)

Data Management Tips & Best Practices

Tips & Best Practices

Building the Post-Pandemic City: Trends

Tips & Best Practices

How to Get Started With Common Data Environment (CDE) for BIM

Tips & Best Practices

What We Learned About Keeping BIM Data Light, Up to Date, and Standardized

Tips & Best Practices

See How an FF&E Manager Makes the Specification Process More Efficient

Tips & Best Practices

[Recorded Webinar] Managing Design Standards and Material Libraries: Best Practices

Tips & Best Practices Webinars Digital Materials Library Brand Standards

Tips & Best Practices

The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up Your Online Materials Library, Part 5: Making Your Data Work Harder

Tips & Best Practices

The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up Your Online Materials Library, Part 4: Establishing Attributes

Tips & Best Practices

The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up Your Online Materials Library, Part 3: Classifying Materials According to CSI Divisions

Tips & Best Practices

New: Manage Data and Client Proposals More Easily

Tips & Best Practices

The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up Your Online Materials Library, Part 2: Introduction to Properties

Tips & Best Practices

The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up Your Online Materials Library, Part 1

Tips & Best Practices