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Category Archives: Facilities Management

A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words

Every maintenance shop has one. The one tech that has been there forever and knows where everything is. When it’s time to get out the backhoe he has to survey the dig site to tell you where the water, power and telephone lines are buried because he’s the only one that knows. He knows the […]

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Update: New Enhancements!

We’re at it again – documenting our enhancements. As with most software companies, we add things to our software based on customer requests, and this update is no exception. So if you’ve asked for it, check the list. If you have an enhancement request, contact our support team and present your ideas. Our most current version […]

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Update: What Did We Add?

Our most recent update brings all of our customers to version 5.5.200. But what does this really mean to you? What did we add? Here’s what we added from update 4.0 to 4.75. If you haven’t updated to 4.0 yet (you should), give us a minute and we’ll show you what you’re missing. As with […]

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Why Implement MRP?

Most organizations have heard of or used an ERP (enterprise resource planning) system, but few know about MRP (maintenance resource planning). The difference is simple. ERP focuses everything around the budget of the organization. In most cases the ERP system started as a financial system and began adding functionality on an as-needed basis based on […]

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Change is Inevitable

Every few years there is a management change of personnel or policies (and sometimes both). This is true in almost all maintenance departments. Sometimes this is a smooth transition with few changes and sometimes this transition includes a transformation at all levels. Regardless of the depth or breadth, these changes need to be managed and […]

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If It’s Not Broke, Don’t Fix It!

How much time and money is wasted responding to work order requests for problems that don’t exist or are easy to resolve? There are ways around these nuisance work orders. Establish a checklist for types of equipment and make it part of the procedure for your requestors to step through the checklist before submitting the […]

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Replace the Technology, Not the Process

Implementing a new software system should not, usually, require you to create a whole new business process. For example, when implementing work orders within TeamWORKS, the first thing we do is review the existing workflow. You’ve probably been doing work orders for quite some time and over the years your processes have been reviewed and […]

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Compliance, The Big Payoff

There are countless benefits to a well-executed CMMS. Efficiency and accountability are high on the list due to their large impact over time. There is, however, a big payoff for the utilization of a CMMS that is not so well known. In a word, COMPLIANCE. There are several instances that come to mind of inspections […]

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The Disastrous Effects of Deferring Maintenance

We stumbled across an article while reviewing an audit of one of our clients, and thought we would share. This article was written by David Tod Geaslin. Mr. Geaslin is a consultant in the management of operation and maintenance and the CEO and owner of The Geaslin Group. The Disastrous Effects of Deferring Maintenance When we […]

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Goin’ Mobile!

As budgets and manpower shrink, maintenance managers are working to find ways to become more efficient, and many are working towards making their workforce mobile. If your workers do not become more efficient the work cannot get done. The first casualty is preventive maintenance (PM). There is no immediate impact to stopping a PM program, […]

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