Maintenance Management Software Blog

Preventive Maintenance Scheduling – When Is It Excessive?

June 15, 2020 June 15, 2020

Preventive maintenance scheduling leading to complaints? It does sound weird! Have you ever had this happen to you? For example, management or other departments complain that your preventive maintenance scheduling is too much. Maybe equipment is frequently unavailable because of scheduled preventive maintenance. In addition your maintenance team complains that they spend too much time …

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5 Tips For Preventative Maintenance With CMMS Software

May 18, 2020 May 19, 2020

Breakdown maintenance is just one of your headaches! Anyone who is responsible for maintenance in a commercial facility or manufacturing plant is keenly aware of the problems caused by equipment breakdowns. We may have thousands of equipment to keep in top operating condition. If one breaks down, the entire operation may come to a screeching …

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Maintenance Management Software – Is It Worth The Cost?

April 22, 2020 April 22, 2020

Maintenance management software can be a tough sell! Recently one of our sales people was in touch with a possible customer regards the value of CMMS software for maintenance of their equipment and facilities. Their managers had some serious concerns whether a maintenance management software program would help or hinder them. Have you ever had …

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How To Start Using CMMS Software In Your Maintenance Program

March 16, 2020 March 16, 2020

When your organization buys a CMMS/ maintenance software program one of your first challenges will be how to set up & use your new system. Your IT department or consultants can install and do some initial set up the system for you. However, the maintenance planner or maintenance manager have to decide how to setup …

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5 Tips To Improve Maintenance Work Order Estimates

February 17, 2020 February 17, 2020

Poor work order estimates can cause costly headaches! When we have several different maintenance tasks to do every day, it is important to estimate how much time each work order will take. Underestimating the time required will cause many problems. It’s a familiar story and usually goes like this: “Extra overtime is required every week …

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Four Easy Ways To Setup An Equipment Maintenance Schedule

January 13, 2020 January 13, 2020

Why set up an equipment maintenance schedule? Nearly every equipment or machine needs some kind of regular maintenance. This scheduled maintenance (also called preventive or planned maintenance aka PM) is an often overlooked aspect of maintenance management. This reduces the chance of unexpected failure or repetitive equipment breakdowns. Equipment downtime results in big costs due …

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CMMS Implementation – Six Technical Tips For Success

December 11, 2019 December 11, 2019

CMMS Implementation Is Not Just Features & Workflows! When an organization purchases CMMS software (maintenance management software) besides the usual features comparison, ease of use and other criteria there are a few technical items that you need to consider for your CMMS implementation. These items if ignored during the software selection and evaluation process can …

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How To: Preventive Maintenance Scheduling With Maintenance Calendars

November 12, 2019 January 29, 2020

Preventive maintenance scheduling is low on the totem pole! Working with operations to do preventive maintenance scheduling for vital equipment & facilities can become a challenge for maintenance managers. First of all breakdown maintenance is a priority (see “7 Breakdown Maintenance Planning Tips With CMMS Software” for some useful tips). Equipment needs to be up …

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Why Proactive Maintenance Is Better Than Just Preventive Maintenance

October 14, 2019 October 14, 2019

Proactive Maintenance – What Does It Mean? Proactive maintenance tries to identify and fix the root causes equipment failures. As part of your maintenance plan it can result in significant cost savings. It is different from reactive maintenance and preventive maintenance.

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3 Quick Maintenance Metrics For Maintenance Planners

September 16, 2019 September 16, 2019

Maintenance department having problems? Maintenance departments in many organizations often have a thankless job! If things are running smoothly no one remembers them. The opposite happens when there are delays or problems due to maintenance requirements. Are you getting many complaints regards facilities maintenance or equipment maintenance? Is there a lot of pending maintenance work? …

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