Vincent Giordano Corporation Selects AssetPoint’s Cloud Computing CMMS/EAM Solution for Asset Maintenance

Makers of TabWare EAM CMMS

Greenville, SC (PRWEB) April 18, 2012

AssetPoint, a leading provider of (EAM) Enterprise Asset Management and (CMMS) Computerized Maintenance Management Software solutions, announced today that Vincent Giordano Corporation has selected the TabWare CMMS/EAM software solution for their asset management needs.

The Vincent Giordano Corporation is a family owned and operated meat-processing company located in Philadelphia, PA. In operation for over 40 years, they are a premier supplier of roast beef, corned beef and pastrami products to retailers, foodservice and QSR’s. A leader in product safety, Vincent Giordano Corporation has a history of going well beyond what is mandated. As part of their continued commitment to product safety, all cooked deli meats, both bulk and pre-sliced, will go through their revolutionary High Pressure Pasteurization (HPP) system. This will offer customers and the consumer the safest deli meats with dramatic extended shelf life. The HPP process virtually eliminates all food borne pathogens and is chemical free.

Guy Giordano, CEO and President of Vincent Giordano Corporation said, “We chose the TabWare solution to manage our inventory and maintenance records for its demonstrated ease-of-use and cost-effectiveness. TabWare will work for us by capturing accurate maintenance information that helps prevent any unplanned downtime, and continually increases our high level of quality and safety standards. Also, since TabWare is a cloud computing solution, getting up and running couldn’t be easier. This is very important to us, as Vincent Giordano Corp. has been HPP processing all of our products since November 2010, placing us ahead of the pack when it comes to food safety. TabWare will play a crucial role in sustaining our long-standing commitment to producing safe, quality products for our customers by giving us the leading-edge in asset management technology.”

“AssetPoint is proud to be able to provide Vincent Giordano Corporation with a solution that will not only streamline day-to-day operations, but will also enhance their SQF standards,” said AssetPoint Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Paul Crist. The ability to collect accurate and timely maintenance data will continually improve Vincent Giordano Corporation’s SQF scorecard. We look forward to working with them to reach these goals and stay on the forefront of technological advancement in the field.”

AssetPoint (http://www.AssetPoint.com) has been a leader in CMMS/EAM solutions for over 30 years, and its TabWare CMMS/EAM solution is designed by maintenance professionals for maintenance professionals. TabWare is easy to learn, easy to use, and easy to own, so companies are able to get up and running in days. AssetPoint offers flexible deployment options, including a Cloud computing solution (SaaS) or on-site solution for companies who want TabWare on their own servers. TabWare is the leading EAM solution for companies who want full functionality without the expense, resources and time other solutions demand. TabWare is proven to maximize asset performance, resulting in reduced operating costs and higher profit margins.

About AssetPoint:

AssetPoint, makers of TabWare, is the leading provider of EAM solutions for companies whose success depends on the performance of their assets. For over 30 years, AssetPoint has led the market in helping customers control their maintenance costs, optimize spare parts inventory, streamline procurement and improve management, command and control.

Designed by maintenance professionals for maintenance professionals, TabWare is easy to learn, easy to use and proven over time to be the most effective product in the market. That’s why tens of thousands of users trust their critical assets to TabWare each and every day.

About Vincent Giordano Corporation:

The Vincent Giordano Corporation is a family owned and operated meat-processing company located in Philadelphia, PA. In operation for over 40 years, they are a premier supplier of roast beef, corned beef and pastrami products to retailers, foodservice and QSR’s. November 2010 marked another milestone in the company’s long dedication to food safety — the implementation of High Pressure Pasteurization (HPP) of all of their products set Vincent Giordano Corporation ahead of the pack when it comes to food safety. This revolutionary technology almost triples product shelf life, eliminates the need for chemicals and preservatives and does so without compromising the taste or texture of their products. The HPP process completely eradicates all bacteria and ensures not only brand protection and reputation, but also that of their customers. For more information about the company, please visit http://www.vgiordano.com.

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BEP Systems Helps Wales & West Utilities Implement an Enterprise Content Management Solution

London, UK (PRWEB UK) 15 March 2012

In April 2011, BEP Systems began working with Wales & West Utilities (WWU), the gas distribution company covering Wales and the South West, to support the company’s deployment of its Extended ECM platform from Open Text. WWU was seeking to enhance the management and control of their corporate and operational documentation, whilst also providing an archiving solution to support their extensive use of SAP. BEP’s role was to design the filing plan for the system (informing the configuration work being undertaken by WIPRO, the systems integrator for the project) and define the information governance policies for the implementation.

Via a series of meetings and workshops, BEP engaged with staff across the business, including Asset Management, Operations, Business and Customer Services, HR & Training, Finance, IT, Procurement and Logistics. During these discussions a configuration plan was developed covering filing structures, metadata, access control and retention considerations. Simultaneous to this BEP undertook legal research and engaged with the Legal and Internal Audit teams to confirm corporate records retention rules and processes.

In November 2011, BEP provided WWU with a full Report on designing the filing system for all business areas, enabling a consistent use of business rules and rapid configuration phase. Additionally BEP created a Policy and accompanying Procedures documents for Information and Records Management. As well as containing the Records Retention Schedule, this included policy statements, processes and guidelines for managing both physical and digital content throughout their lifecycle from creation to disposition or long term preservation. This ensured that the ECM implementation was supported by suitable governance and that best practice in record keeping using the new platform would be embedded into business operations.

About BEP Systems:

BEP offers world-class advice and services for content management and information governance, including best-practices for retention and disposal, data protection, and information security.

The company’s services include:

    Information governance – development of information and records management policies, procedures, business classification schemes, retention schedules (legal research), and implementation of retention policy within IT systems.

    Business content analysis – A content analysis and diagnostics service that enables our customers to carry out audits of their information assets. Solutions include analysis of unstructured and semi-structured data, cleansing information, assessing data security, and preparation of content for migration.

    Microsoft SharePoint Implementation Services.

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No Limits Software and RF Code Announce Integration of RF Code’s Wire-Free Environmental Monitoring Technology into RaMP Data Center Management Solution

RaMP manages both IT and Facilities through a single pane of glass

St. Louis, MO and Austin, TX (PRWEB) February 09, 2012

No Limits Software and RF Code, Inc. today announced the integration of No Limits Software’s RaMP DCIM solution and RF Code’s wire-free, sensor based environmental monitoring solutions. The integrated solution enables data center managers and facility managers to improve visibility and control of the environment within the data center.

The combined solution provides users with multiple views of the data center, including status, rack utilization, average and maximum temperature, and average and maximum rack power. This information can be viewed in even greater detail at the rack level, where the user can also view temperature and power utilization at the device level.

“The RF Code wire-free technology and RaMP provide a seamless solution for data center managers to monitor and manage environmental conditions,” said Dave Cole, President of No Limits Software. “It was a natural fit because of the openness and flexibility of both products. We look forward to working with RF Code on other asset and real-time monitoring initiatives.”

“No Limits software is a forward-thinking company that understands how to bring additional value to its customers through the integrated solution announced today,” said Chad Riseling, RF Code Vice President of Worldwide Sales. “They have a clear grasp of the benefits a very powerful, easy- to-use tool for monitoring and managing their power and cooling brings to their data center and facilities end users. It’s a scenario in which everyone involved wins.”

The RaMP DCIM solution provides the following benefits:

Auto-discovery of detailed device information
Power and environmental monitoring down to the device level
Server monitoring to identify servers which should be retired, virtualized or consolidated
Software and operating system license management
Automated change control to reduce MTTR and increase availability
Web services API provides integration with other systems
PUE, DCiE and CADE energy management calculations
More accurate capacity planning data helps to reduce stranded power and shutdown risks
Device type roll-up views provide an easy way to quickly compare device performance
Enhanced rack views (device type, status, power usage, front and rear temperature
Track data center tasks
Calculation of power usage at the rack PDU level without requiring an intelligent rack PDU
Enhanced visual data center editor makes it easy to design and edit the data center layout

RF Code’s active RFID-based wire-free environmental monitoring technology provides information about temperature, humidity, leak detection, dry contact and door status. This gives customers the real-time information they need to better manage the environmental factors that influence data center assets, including power and cooling.

About No Limits Software

No Limits Software is a leading provider of IT and Facility management solutions, including asset management, capacity planning, and power and environmental monitoring. No Limits Software’s patent-pending solution is unique in that it automates asset management to the rack unit. The RaMP solution eliminates the need for physical audits, dramatically reduces the time to find and repair equipment, improves system availability and improves data center energy efficiency by providing accurate capacity planning. Visit their web site at http://www.nolimitssoftware.com.

About RF Code, Inc.

RF Code is a provider of fully automated, real time asset management and wire-free environmental and power monitoring solutions as well as a leader in providing technology used by third parties to enhance their DCIM, BMS, ERP, EAM and other solutions. The company’s unique active RFID-based solutions provide IT professionals with a more efficient, more affordable and more cost-effective approach to managing IT assets and keeping technology environments in an optimal state. As a result, RF Code’s solutions significantly reduce the costs of tracking, monitoring and managing IT assets, while delivering an immediate return on investment. Visit their web site at http://www.rfcode.com.

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ADVACO Gains Customized Maintenance Automation and Reporting with SaaSMaint CMMS/EAM, Configured Solution Also Supports Performance and Availability Analysis

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 09, 2011

SaaSMaint.com today announced Advanced Vacuum Company, Inc., (a.k.a. ADVACO) has deployed SaaSMaint CMMS / EAM to automate maintenance reminders and reporting for its field teams servicing large clients. With SaaSMaint CMMS / EAM, ADVACO’s field teams have realized a significant reduction in administrative time, expediting maintenance workflow for clients with thousands of pieces of ADVACO-maintained equipment.

“Companies that perform equipment maintenance—especially those serving customers with very large inventories—are challenged in this economy to keep maintenance plans affordable and profitable,” said Mike Edwards, founder, SaaSMaint.com. “With SaaSMaint CMMS / EAM, companies keep their field service teams off the computer and on the job, tremendously increasing productivity while reducing labor expense.”

ADVACO needed a maintenance automation solution that would be easily accessible by all technicians, could generate accurate, in-depth reports, and was capable of logging daily technician activity for both corrective and preventive maintenance (PM). The firm wanted to leverage its existing investment with a solution whose infrastructure supported customizations and tight integration into Salesforce CRM.

“With thousands of pieces of equipment it wasn’t feasible for technicians to enter preventive maintenance orders manually,” said Mike West, ADVACO’s Director of Subfab Engineering. “SaaSMaint increases productivity significantly because it frees our technicians to do their work. We had a really defined focus on what features we needed, and SaaSMaint had exactly what our guys were looking for.”

SaaSMaint’s reporting features added a layer of functionality beyond what ADVACO expected from the solution. “With the information SaaSMaint gathers, I can easily calculate performance metrics such as man hours spent on equipment and mean repair time, so customers see the reliability value. Our customers want to know how many hours of availability or percentage of total time their equipment was available,” said West.

About SaaSMaint.com

SaaSMaint.com is a privately held company with deep domain expertise in Enterprise Asset Management. SaaSMaint CMMS/EAM is a native Force.com application, benefiting from the reliability, scalability and performance of salesforce.com’s trusted enterprise cloud computing platform. For more information about SaaSMaint.com, please visit http://www.SaaSMaint.com or call 678-932-9286.

About ADVACO

Since 1972, ADVACO has been the benchmark in comprehensive vacuum equipment remanufacturing and subfab services. From standard preventative maintenance rebuilds to major overhauls, ADVACO offers the most comprehensive, reliable, and cost effective vacuum and abatement equipment service solutions available. The remanufacturing facility in Westminster, MD is equipped with state-of the-art technology and equipment, which enables ADVACO to provide service to customers on a global basis. Visit http://www.advaco.com or call 800-272-2525 x211 to discuss how ADVACO can increase your process uptime and reduce overall maintenance costs.    

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Online Review: Maintenance Connection – Enterprise Maintenance Management Solution

Davis, CA (PRWEB) January 12, 2011

On February 7th, 2011, at 2:00pm EST, Maintenance Connection will be hosting a one-hour online presentation which includes an introduction to our Enterprise Web-Based Maintenance Management Solution.

Maintenance Connection provides Enterprise Web-Based Maintenance Management for organizations needing Work Order Tracking, Preventive Maintenance, Asset Management, Asset Tracking, Maintenance Procedure Libraries, Inventory Tracking, Purchasing, Maintenance Scheduling, Service Requests, and Maintenance and Asset Reporting.

Maintenance Connection connects maintenance personnel to extend asset lifecycle, track maintenance costs, prevent and predict equipment failures, improve labor productivity, reduce costly equipment downtimes, minimize investments in inventory, and lower the total cost of maintenance. Our unique combination of cutting-edge CMMS/EAM technology and emphasis on service excellence for customers has led to thousands of satisfied users worldwide.

Our Facility Maintenance and Asset Management Software is designed to help your organization manage maintenance, not software. Packaged in a simple, user-friendly, yet powerful application, Maintenance Connection’s CMMS connects maintenance professionals to their operations with a unique style that continues to revolutionize the way maintenance is performed.

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Secure Care Selects Intelligent InSites for RTLS and RFID Healthcare Solution

Ralf Mehnert-Meland, Director of Developer/OEM Relationships at Intelligent InSites

Fargo, ND (PRWEB) October 13, 2011

Intelligent InSites, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise real-time location systems (RTLS) software helping hospitals improve patient satisfaction and operational performance while supporting multiple RFID and RTLS technologies, has announced a partnership with Secure Care Products, Inc. to leverage the InSites solution to expand Secure Care’s portfolio of healthcare solutions.

Secure Care Products, Inc. was founded on the philosophy of providing innovative solutions in the healthcare setting to aid hospitals in the prevention of infant abductions and to assist long-term care facilities in monitoring wandering residents. Through their partnership with Intelligent InSites, they are now offering their existing and prospective clients a comprehensive solution that combines the power of patient and resident monitoring with Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) and condition-sensing data to improve healthcare processes, including asset management, temperature monitoring, workflow, enterprise business intelligence, and mobility.

“We have chosen to partner with Intelligent InSites because of their deep understanding of healthcare processes and their ability to deliver solutions that drive significant and measurable outcomes,” said Paul Constant, Director of Sales and Marketing at Secure Care. “We are excited about helping healthcare providers achieve an even higher level of performance and quality of care.”

According to Al Larose, Director of Engineering at Secure Care, Intelligent InSites’ solution outperformed all other RTLS and RFID enterprise healthcare software technologies they evaluated. Intelligent InSites’ superior performance includes its solution scalability, user experience, communications platform, and flexible integration capabilities.

“In an ever-changing and highly competitive healthcare market, solution providers are seeking to propel their solution capabilities without having to develop something in-house,” said Ralf Mehnert-Meland, Director of Developer/OEM Relationships at Intelligent InSites. “By partnering with Intelligent InSites, Secure Care can better serve their existing clients, while widening opportunities to serve new customers.”

Care providers can preview this expanded Secure Care offering during the 2011 LeadingAge Annual Meeting and IAHSA Global Aging Conference, taking place October 16-19, in Washington, D.C.

About Secure Care

With over 30 years of experience, Secure Care Products, Inc. is a global leader in the design, manufacture, distribution, and service of specialty electronic products to provide security solutions in the healthcare setting. Secure Care’s products provide essential protection for loved ones across the life-spectrum from infant security to wandering resident solutions. Secure Care solutions are utilized in healthcare-focused environments from hospitals and nurseries to long-term care facilities, assisted living communities, sub-acute facilities, and even private homes. Secure Care strives to provide the highest quality products to achieve the safest environment for patients and residents and to instill peace of mind in their caregivers and family members. For more information, visit http://www.securecare.com.

About Intelligent InSites

Intelligent InSites helps healthcare organizations reduce costs and improve care by transforming automatically-collected data into actionable insights. Through its interoperable, hardware-agnostic, healthcare RTLS software platform, Intelligent InSites gathers data from real-time location, condition sensing, and other systems; then delivers meaningful information to the right person, at the right time, on the right device. Intelligent InSites’ customers gain enterprise-wide visibility and are able to impact continuous process improvements, resulting in remarkable financial and quality of care outcomes. For more information, visit http://www.intelligentinsites.com.

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Maintenance Connection – Enterprise Maintenance Management Solution – Exhibiting at ASHE 48th Annual Conference

Davis, CA (PRWEB) July 17, 2011

The event will be held July 18-20, 2011 and will be located in Seattle, Washington at the Washington State Convention Center. This is a highly attended event for all individuals working in the health care facility management profession, or working with health care facility managers. A large exhibitor area is provided where Maintenance Connection will be on display, and representatives will be available for questions. You can find Maintenance Connection at booth #336.

The Maintenance Connection application connects maintenance personnel to extend asset lifecycle, track maintenance costs, prevent and predict equipment failures, improve labor productivity, reduce costly equipment downtimes, minimize investments in inventory, and lower the total cost of maintenance. Their unique combination of cutting-edge CMMS/EAM technology and emphasis on service excellence for customers has led to thousands of satisfied users worldwide.

Maintenance Connection provides a version of their CMMS that is custom tailored to meet the specific needs of the Healthcare industry. Whether it’s Preventive Maintenance, Corrective Work Orders, Asset Downtime tracking, or Asset work history; Maintenance Connection handles healthcare asset management to the fullest potential.

Privacy and accountability in the healthcare industry is a must. A few key factors that offer this in the Maintenance Connection solution are: Multi-level security database, Multi-level user access control, High level reporting capabilities, and complete audit trail tracking. Maintenance Connection also offers a highly customizable risk assessment strategy based on laws and regulations, to help maintain a health organization’s utility and clinical equipment.

Maintenance Connection’s combination of superior software and commitment to service excellence sets their health specific CMMS application apart from the competition. Their track record has proven they know what it takes to get Healthcare systems online. Maintenance Connection representatives provide free online demonstrations for anyone interested in learning more about their CMMS applications.

http://www.maintenanceconnection.com

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Lawrence Berkeley Labs Chooses Active RFID Asset Tracking Solution from AssetPulse to Track Lab Equipment

Rapid Inventory and Search solutions from AssetPulse

Berkeley, CA (PRWEB) July 19, 2011

For eighty years Lawrence Berkeley National Labs has been the hub of numerous scientific breakthroughs. The research at Berkeley Labs has saved lives, reduced energy costs, inspired generations and has changed the world for the better. Continuing their commitment to new technology, the lab has deployed an RFID asset tracking solution from AssetPulse to track and manage their sophisticated lab equipment. The RFID solution from AssetPulse helps the lab quickly locate equipment, and keep track of equipment as it moves between different buildings at the prestigious facility.

The Advanced Light Source (ALS) of the Lawrence Berkeley Lab owns specialized high value equipment such as vacuum pumps that are accountable to the Department of Energy. The equipment is loaned by the inventory personnel to lab scientists and visiting scientists whenever it is requested. The equipment then moves through the ALS to various beam-lines and sometimes to other buildings. The inventory personnel need to periodically know the whereabouts of every asset, apart from keeping track of which team is using it and if it was still being used. The current location and status of these assets needs to be gathered without impeding the activities of the scientists and technicians who are using the equipment. On many occasions, technicians request for a specific piece of equipment that cannot be located in the storage area, and there is no trace of who is currently using it. In these situations, the inventory team spends many hours performing a search for assets at the large facility spanning nearly 80,000 sq. ft.

The management at LBNL was cognizant of the RFID technology and desired a solution to the above problem. AssetPulse was deputed to understand LBNL’s use-case and requirements. After thorough analysis, AssetPulse found that there were potential use cases for both Active and Passive RFID to be deployed, both having their individual challenges and advantages. AssetPulse presented the pros and cons of both approaches to LBNL and it was decided to commission a pilot to evaluate both options and then select the best methodology.

A fixed passive RFID reader, a handheld passive RFID reader, a fixed active RFID reader and a mobile active RFID reader were deployed in two stages of the pilot. The AssetGather real-time asset tracking platform of AssetPulse was already designed to work with all types of RFID and sensor data. For rapid deployment during the pilot, the AssetGather server software was provided as a cloud service. Two sets of equipment were tagged separately with active and passive RFID tags. The process of physically tagging assets revealed certain discrepancies in the existing inventory data, and provided an opportunity for making corrections.

During the course of the pilot, LBNL personnel and AssetPulse worked together to record observations, and gauge business process efficiencies of both active and passive methodologies. After an extensive three month evaluation period, it was found that both Active and Passive RFID were much more efficient than the manual tracking process. However, inventory scanning and search for equipment in the ALS is better served with the use of Active RFID.

At LBL, active RFID produces the ability to read assets for over 200ft. This was quite desirable for LBNL personnel, because just a quick walk around the Light Source picks up the entire inventory from all floors of the building. It also allowed personnel to just walk by closed labs and read the tagged assets inside. This was very useful because the inventory personnel do not have permission to enter all of the labs in the facility.

Prior to the deployment of RFID, a manual process of inventorying and locating equipment was very time consuming. In some cases, equipment could never be located. In cases of extreme emergency, if a piece of equipment was not found it would be purchased or leased for thousands of dollars. With passive RFID, inventorying and search of a building was 5 times faster (efficiency was improved by 500%) compared to the manual process. With the active RFID system, an inventory of equipment dispersed over four buildings was 8 times faster (800% better) and search was 3 times (300%) faster compared to the manual process. (Depending on where the person started searching and where the asset was actually found).

“The AssetPulse active RFID solution meets my needs for managing the ALS vacuum equipment pool. The inventory and search capability of the active system is invaluable during the yearly wall to wall inventory of the entire lab. Having an up-to-date inventory record of all assets will cut the time and labor cost to the lab to an ultimate minimum. Previously, wall-to-wall inventory has taken multiple weeks to manually find and scan these assets,” said Frank Zucca, Sr. Mechanical Engineering Technical Associate at LBNL.

“It is an honor for us to have deployed our solutions at the same site which housed the cyclotron where many Nobel Prize winning discoveries were made. There were a few interesting challenges that were posed in this project, due to the heavy presence of metal, and other interferences at the lab,” said Sujatha Bodapati, CEO of AssetPulse. “Through a pilot, we helped LBL evaluate the various options and choose the right technology for them. AssetPulse specializes in working closely with customers to provide them the most optimal RFID asset tracking solution that will deliver an immediate and tangible business value.”

After the successful completion of the pilot, the AssetGather active RFID solution has been rolled out to the rest of the assets in the advanced light source lab. The use of passive RFID is being discussed for other departments at LBNL.

About AssetPulse

AssetPulse is a leading provider of RFID asset tracking solutions that integrate seamlessly with fixed and mobile RFID readers using Passive, Semi-Passive and Active RFID Technologies. Apart from major commercial establishments, AssetPulse has deployed its solutions at various U.S. Government sites including the US Army, US Air Force and the Department of Energy.

For more information, please call (408) 872-3104 or visit http://www.assetpulse.com/.

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With so many choices available for a CMMS solution, how can you tell one product is better than the next? Do you distinguish based on price, the smoothness of the Sales pitch, a magazine rating or do you rely on a consultant with ties to 1-2 two specific CMMS vendors?

The value of a CMMS is directly proportional to the problems it solves. Not all CMMSS solutions are created equal so let us take a look at each of these and see if there isn’t a better way to choose a CMMS.

Price Based CMMS Decisions

Purchasing a CMMS system based primarily on price (high or low) is ultimately going to cost you more. This is because either the off-the-shelf CMMS is inflexible and won’t meet your needs or the premier software package comes with costly features that you may never need. In both cases making changes always adds to the cost quickly.

The Smooth CMMS Sales Pitch

I have run across some exceptional salespeople over time that could sell you anything. Great salespeople are smooth and polished in their presentations (as they should be). More importantly, they are experts at establishing a relationship. One result of this is that the more expensive the CMMSthe more polished the sales pitch.

However, no matter what the price of the CMMS, salespeople are paid to tell you what you want to hear, stroke your ego and convince you that their product is the best thing since sliced bread. The key is to not be swayed away from your organizations core needs.

The CMMS Magazine (Website) Rating

The Internet is the first stop for most people these days when it comes to comparing products and doing their due diligence on CMMS systems. One way for internet sites to attract visitors is to offer reviews of products and companies which they then rank. Unfortunately, the Internet magazines often only rate software products of companies that are willing to pay them in order to be listed.

Consultant Recommendations

The use of consultant recommendations are one of my favorites subjects. There are some very good consultants in the market today. The key in using a consultant is making sure they have exceptional industry knowledge in your industry as well as a solid base of various CMMS vendors.

On the other hand, you have to make sure that they have your best interest in mind and have recommended more than one vendor in their past. Without good due diligence on your part, your organization could end up in a situation like the Marion County asset management fiasco.

Making the Right CMMS Decision

In choosing a CMMS solution for your organization, asset and maintenance managers need to find a way to look past the obvious sales pitches, glitz and bargain deals. The best way to do this is to make sure the CMMS being sought is one that addresses at least 80% of the pain points of maintenance operations.

10 Qualities of Good CMMS Solutions

Identifying 80% of your maintenance pain points takes a fair amount of maintenance planning. Once you have identified where your pain is you may want to find a solution with CMMS features including:

1. The automation of manual work processes such as work request or work orders.
2. Records the work history of all assets for better maintenance planning as well as establishing standard operating procedures for work management.
3. Being scalable and flexible enough to be customized to meet your organization’s needs.
4. The capability to help your organization transition from reactive to proactive maintenance.
5. Computerized scheduling tools for preventive maintenance and inspections.
6. Integrated mobile handheld technology to increase maintenance efficiency and effectiveness.
7. Management reports for maintenance work history analysis as well as capital budgeting.
8. Document management for contracts, vendors, blueprints, photos etc.
9. A web-based CMMS application to reduce the burden of in-house IT support.
10. Experienced and friendly technical support.

Last but not least, finding and choosing the right CMMS is relationship based. Your CMMS vendor’s success should be dependent on your success. There is no advantage in being a small fish in a big pond. Will you be able to call the CEO of your vendor if a big issue arises?

The CMMS that is chosen should add value to your organization. If you have chosen correctly, your organization should be able to realize substantial labor, energy and capital expense savings. Without this value your CMMS selection will prove to be worthless.

How do you start? The best way to find this out is to talk to CMMS vendors or consultants with experience in your industry and that have a proven track record.

Tell us your experience with CMMS vendors. If you enjoyed reading this post you may also like:

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Maintenance Connection – Enterprise Maintenance Management Solution – Sponsor for CMMS Summit 2011

Davis, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) April 08, 2011

Maintenance Connection will be a leading sponsor of the Reliability Performance Institute’s CMMS Summit 2011. The event will be held April 11-13, 2011 and will be located in Fort Myers Florida at the Reliability Performance Institute facility. The three day event will host a variety of new CMMS/EAM users. The summit will be offering many CMMS based seminars and educational sessions. On Tuesday the 12th, at 1:00pm, Maintenance Connection will be presenting a case study based on ways to use a CMMS to meet Green Initiative Standards.

Maintenance Connection’s CMMS/EAM solution is uniquely positioned to manage all aspects of a maintenance operation, right at the fingertips of maintenance personnel. Maintenance Connection can provide solutions in all aspects of maintenance, all packaged in an intuitive and easy-to-use interface that allows you to manage maintenance, not software.

Maintenance Connection connects maintenance personnel to extend asset lifecycle, track maintenance costs, prevent and predict equipment failures, improve labor productivity, reduce costly equipment downtimes, minimize investments in inventory, and lower the total cost of maintenance. Our unique combination of cutting-edge CMMS/EAM technology and emphasis on service excellence has led to thousands of satisfied users worldwide.

Maintenance Connection participates in a number of regional and national events demonstrating to prospective customers and training existing customers on our flagship maintenance software product. If you can’t make it to the CMMS Summit 2011, visit us at one of these other 2011 events to learn why Maintenance Connection is the leader in Maintenance Software technology.

Florida Building and Facility Management

ASHE 2011 National Conference

Facility Decisions 2011

Reliability Performance Institute Solutions 2.0

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