How to choose the right CMMS software?

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The implementation of CMMS software to improve maintenance management is generally a good idea that can bring substantial savings. However, its success depends greatly on the chosen solution. Indeed, choosing software that is not adapted to the company’s needs can have disastrous consequences. This may be because the software is too limited in functionality, cannot evolve over … Read more

Using IoT Sensor Data for Asset Maintenance – Moving Toward Smart Building Predictive Maintenance (Sensor to Insight Series, Part 8)

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Sensing technologies are widely used to monitor industrial equipment (during operation). But how useful are IoT-related technologies for asset maintenance in commercial buildings? In this article, we’ll look at how sensor data can improve building maintenance effectiveness, from asset monitoring and alerts to smart building predictive maintenance. Reactive, preventive, and smart building predictive maintenance approaches … Read more

What are the key advantages of a mobile CMMS solution for your organization?

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The use of a mobile CMMS solution has many advantages for building maintenance. You get the benefits of a CMMS application while enjoying the flexibility and mobility of older maintenance management methods. Despite their many qualities, traditional maintenance management software applications have a hard time seducing many companies, particularly those that deal with the maintenance … Read more

Should you use a CMMS application or Excel to manage maintenance?

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Among the many possible uses of Microsoft Excel is the building of a CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System). Although Excel was not designed specifically for this purpose, many companies have long used it, or still use it, to manage their maintenance, rather than using purpose-built, dedicated software. Therefore, why use a CMMS application if Excel … Read more

The role of CMMS in preventive maintenance

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More and more companies are using preventive maintenance because it enables them both to optimize the work of maintenance teams and improve the productivity of the organization in general. Even if it does not render curative maintenance obsolete, it has become an essential tool enhancing the competitiveness of any company with maintenance activities. Although the principles of … Read more

CMMS for Corrective Maintenance in Real Estate

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Corrective maintenance (also called reactive maintenance) is the most common maintenance strategy because it is the simplest to apply and it is still widely used today for non-critical installations and infrastructure in real estate. It can be either as an organization’s main maintenance strategy or as a complementary tool to preventive maintenance. When corrective maintenance … Read more

CILT: 4 principles of basic preventive maintenance (infographic)

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Basic property maintenance Our infographic explains the key principles of CILT in basic preventive maintenance. “Cleaning is inspection” and other lessons from industrial maintenance for the built environment. CILT: critical in any maintenance concept These are the 4 things you should always be doing, whether you choose a reactive, run-to-fail maintenance concept for non-critical assets or … Read more

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