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Maintenance & Operations
Q&A Series: What Is Preventive Maintenance?
What is preventive maintenance (or PM)? Preventative maintenance (or preventative maintenance) is scheduled maintenance performed on assets or equipment to improve performance, extend asset life and prevent breakdowns. How does preventive maintenance work? Just like oil changes and repairs you...
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Shutdowns: Planning for the Planned & Unplanned
4 minutesManaging and preventing equipment downtime For most organizations, the No. 1 goal in the grand scheme of things is to...
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3 Ways to Configure a CMMS Dashboard
3 minutesCreating Value With CMMS Dashboards Emerging CMMS software application models are making configurations a key value creation point for organizations...
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CMMS Software for the Rest of Us
2 minutesWhy 12,000+ clients have chosen our CMMS Transitioning your maintenance management system into the digital age can be a daunting...
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3 Tips for Helping Employees Embrace New Technology
3 minutesExplore these three specific tips for helping your team embrace new technology in their day-to-day work In today’s world, technology...
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5 Quotes for Better Facility Maintenance
4 minutesHow many inspirational quotes have you heard recently? There are plenty out there in the world in the form of...
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Emergency Preparedness: 10 Questions You Must Ask Yourself
5 minutesHave you asked yourself these questions about being prepared? What happens if disaster strikes your community? How will you and...
Cybersecurity and CMMS
We have seen plenty of headline-grabbing computer hacks over the past few years from a variety of nefarious actors. Small or large, it's time to take cybersecurity seriously.
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What is the Difference Between a “Completed” status vs. a “Closed” Status?
2 minutesQ: What’s the difference between the “Completed” status and “Closed” status for work orders? Some of my technicians are “Completing”...
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Better Maintenance Strategies are a Must in Oil & Gas
3 minutesHow can better maintenance management and strategies in oil and gas help you prepare for whatever the economy throws your...
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3 TPM Implementation Challenges & What to Do About Them
4 minutesRead this blog on total productive maintenance to find out how a CMMS can help you tackle challenges around maintenance...
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3 Types of Contracts in Facilities and Project Management
6 minutesLearn about the most common types of contracts from Dan Lowry Written by Dan Lowry EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally...
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Top 3 Ways your CMMS Can Help You Reach Compliance Success
3 minutesLearn more about three specific ways that software can help you stay compliant Compliance doesn’t happen overnight, but continuous improvement...
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Energy Management Systems: Why Are Hospitals Moving to Them?
4 minutes3 top reasons why hospitals across the country are moving to energy management systems to be more efficient Energy saving...