How CMMS Software Helps You Document Maintenance Activities
If you are a maintenance veteran who has watched our field change over the years, you likely remember a time when the maintenance department was largely invisible. Your phone number was on speed dial, but what your team did seemed somewhat mysterious to other departments. That’s no longer the case for many maintenance managers. Our […]
Prevent Breakdowns from Impacting Your Production Line with CMMS Software
Those of us who have been around the maintenance profession for a decade or two have seen some interesting changes. Increased competition, new technology, changing expectations… it’s a brave new world for a modern maintenance operation. Breakdowns can impact your production line. Prevent breakdowns with CMMS. I recently visited a new MPulse customer, Wayne, who […]
CMMS Software and 21 CFR 11 Compliance, Part 1: What You Need to Know
Today I got a phone call from an MPulse customer, Eric, who is a maintenance manager at a biotech company. He’s planning a maintenance software upgrade, and he had a good question: “Steve, I’ve got a coworker telling me our CMMS solution needs to be 21 CFR 11 compliant. Is MPulse Software certified for 21 […]
Infographic: How to Calculate the Return on Your CMMS Investment
When our MPulse team talks with maintenance managers who are researching CMMS software, we get a lot of similar questions, such as… How can we use CMMS to reduce our company’s equipment downtime? How can CMMS help me control my costs of maintenance? How does CMMS save us money? How can we use CMMS to […]
Find Labor Cost Savings with CMMS Data
Maintenance managers know unexpected tasks pop up. These days, those unexpected tasks come not just from the plant floor or the field, but from the management team. A long-time MPulse customer, Glen, experienced this phenomenon when his managers asked him to analyze the labor costs for his maintenance team of ten people. His company’s accounting […]
Give Your Organization a Competitive Edge with Maintenance Management Software
Recently I had a meeting with Ted, a long-time MPulse user and maintenance manager for a medium-sized manufacturing company. Like so many others, Ted’s organization recently found itself fighting for market share as the competition lowered their prices—forcing his company to do the same. Ted’s bosses started looking at every expense to keep the company […]
Five Ways CMMS Can Make a Facility Manager’s Job Easier
I recently had coffee with my long-time friend and customer, Teresa, who’s a facility manager for a major university. Talking to Teresa reminded me how facility managers are constantly pulled in different directions, and prioritizing is complicated. “How do you keep on top of everything?” I asked her. “The biggest challenge is we’ve had to […]
KISS Principle: Achieving CMMS Success is as Easy as 1, 2, 3
Yesterday I asked a new MPulse customer: “Jim, what’s keeping you up at night?” It’s same question I’ve asked our clients for years. Yet I’m still surprised at how often I get the same answer. Most maintenance managers say almost exactly what Jim told me: “Steve, I need to figure out where I start with […]
Get CMMS Buy-In from Your Toughest Stakeholders: Maintenance Technicians
Gaining buy-in from your maintenance technicians is essential for the successful implementation of CMMS, as their engagement directly influences the system’s effectiveness and long-term impact. After working hard to get purchase approval for his new maintenance software, Chuck called me up with a pretty typical problem. “Steve,” he said. “My maintenance techs are really making […]
Is It Time to Schedule a PM for Your CMMS Software?
Your CMMS keeps your team on top of your preventive maintenance (PM) tasks for your assets and equipment. But when is it time to step back and perform a PM on your CMMS itself? Technology changes fast, and if your CMMS hasn’t had a good review in a few years, you’re probably missing out on […]
