In the high-tech sector, UMS has worked with semi-conductor, software, storage telecommunications, and other high-technology companies on initiatives to enable RE&FM better support business cycle requirements. Given the high degree of revenue volatility, RE & FM has to become more scalable in tune with the ramp-up and down-cycle nature of the sector. In addition, improvement initiatives have to ensure that reliability of class1 clean room operations and high-purity systems, so vital to continuous business operations, are not compromised. UMS has worked with leading companies in this sector on a variety of issues such as creating more variable RE cost structures, measurement methods, developing global management tools, and implementing outsourcing within fabrication and technology testing environments.