Thursday, October 9, 2008

CMMS Selection Checklist

Checklist for selecting a CMMS tool

1. CMMS Tool to maintain
  • Building or Space
  • Equipment/Spares/Components
  • Fleet
2. Required Modules
  1. Work Order Management
  2. Work Request Management
  3. Asset Management
  4. Purchase Management
  5. Contract Management
  6. Reports
3. Required Options in Work Order Module
  1. Severity & Priority Options
  2. Impact and Impact details
  3. Parts/Components usage logging
  4. Time spent logging

4. Required Options in Work Request Module
  1. Easy Work Request for all employees
  2. Options to submit Work Request(Email, Phone, Web etc)
  3. Authorisation levels for approving the Work Request
5. Software Requirements
  1. Web Enabled for remote access
  2. PDA solution for mobility

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

CMMS Search - 1

Selecting a CMMS from the ocean of CMMS tools is a herculean task. Finding reviews about CMMS tools on the net is next to impossible

Getting CMMS Product Download and Demo's is quite difficult. Once you get hold of a evaluation version, with the limited time available what things to try on the CMMS Product. In this post we will look into the basic modules in any CMMS Solution

Look for the basic modules in any CMMS Solution

1. Work Order Management (CMMS tool should handle both Preventive and Breakdown work requests)
2. Asset Management

3. Purchase Management

4. Contract Management

5. Reports