Your Maintenance Department is a Profit Center
Traditionally maintenance was thought of a cost center—an area that does not directly add to profit, but still costs money to operate. Not anymore. Today’s organizations have discovered maintenance has a direct effect on their profitability. Your Maintenance Department is a Profit Center How? Modern maintenance technology has shown managers and accountants how maintenance generates […]
Tackle Your Maintenance Backlog
Do you have a backlog of maintenance and repair tasks that feels like it’s constantly growing? You’re not alone. A long list of unclosed work orders or deferred repairs can feel overwhelming, particularly when you see more work coming down the pipeline. CMMS software is here to help. Here are five steps you can take […]
Rendra AS Acquired by JDM Technology Group
[related-content] MPulse Software announced its parent company, JDM Technology Group, has acquired Lysaker, Norway based Rendra AS, a leading provider of 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) collaboration software. Rendra AS offers a platform named StreamBIM for 3D BIM collaboration throughout all stages of the construction project, from design, through construction, to as-built handover, and facilities maintenance. Users […]
Does Your Outdated CMMS Software Cost Too Much?
After two decades in maintenance management, Jose had seen a lot of changes in the field. But it really hit home when he started a new job last year. His new employer—a state agency—had CMMS software. But it was close to a decade old, and it didn’t have many of the features he’d come to […]
How CMMS Software Can Help You Achieve ISO Certification—And Keep It
If your organization is striving for ISO certification—or needs to keep it up—CMMS software is a vital tool for your maintenance department. ISO certification verifies a company’s management system, manufacturing process, service, or documentation procedure has met the requirements for standardization and quality assurance. Two of the most common are ISO 9000/9001 for quality management […]
CMMS Software Helps Public School District Take Maintenance to the Next Level
School maintenance isn’t just about taking care of buildings and equipment. Maintenance plays a huge role in the well-being of students, teachers, and administrators. When school districts like St. Mary’s County Public Schools (SMCPS) use facility maintenance software to manage maintenance tasks, they are protecting the taxpayer’s investment in public education. “We have a great […]
Next Level Maintenance Reports with Turn-Key Data Integration
CMMS software captures key maintenance data to help you create reports or documents with details of your team’s maintenance work. But often other departments need access to that data, or have their own data that’s useful to maintenance managers. That was the situation facing Saint-Gobain Ceramics High Performance Refractories (HPR) maintenance department in their Worchester, […]
Estimate Software Acquired by JDM Technology Group
MPulse Software announced its parent company, JDM Technology Group, has acquired Estimate Software Limited, a leading provider of construction estimating software. The transaction closed as of August 31, 2017, after approval by Estimate Software’s founders and owners, John Forster and Barry Groom. JDM is a global group of leading software providers for the architecture, engineering, and […]
Three Lessons for Maintenance Managers from Hurricane Harvey
MPulse customers along the Gulf Coast have experienced one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. It’s every maintenance manager’s nightmare—whether you’re managing facilities, manufacturing sites, office buildings… well, basically if you work for any organization that uses equipment or works in a building (i.e., everyone). Even if you’re not in the flood zone, […]
The Preventive Maintenance Metric You Need to Know
Last time, we shared Matt’s story about getting to a 100% preventive maintenance task completion rate. After he succeeded, however, Matt realized he need more information to get the full picture of his team’s productivity. When he looked at his reports, downtime had decreased, but not as much as he thought it would. With his […]
