Critical CMMS Properties

David Berger at Plant Engg has a great post Flexible, agile and scalable which address the critical CMMS properties for organizations on the move.

The critical properties according to him and how FacilitiesDesk address those properties

1. Web Architecture
To access FacilitiesDesk all you need is a web browser and internet.

2. Advanced Security
Role based access to ensure a given user sees and does only what's needed

3. Multi-site support
Ability to create multiple sites, locations and departments

4. Parameter driven setup
David talks about Economic Order Quantity, choosing whether closed work orders can ever be reopened, or determining whether inventory is valued using LIFO, FIFO or average cost.
In FacilitiesDesk you have Reorder Level & re-opening of closed work orders, it lags inventory valued LIFO and FIFO

5. Form based data input & output
Template based data input & output via reports which can be exported to Excel or CSV

6. Database Configurator
Adding custom fields to company specific needs

7. Workflow Engine
Business rules and Escalations

8. Explorer Style hierarchy
Explorer style hierarchy for your space - Region-->Site-->Building--> Floor

-->Room, Equipments & Components

9. Integration Aids
David talks about RFID, Barcode and mobile solutions. Mobile (iPhone & Blackberry) support is available. Barcode will come soon.