Why Your Business Needs a CMMS Vendor

Do we need computerized maintenance management software (commonly known as CMMS)? It's the question on the lips of many business managers seeking to improve the bottom line via improved tracking of business expenses and functions. Out on the proverbial shop floor, the question might be more along the lines of "what is CMMS anyway?"

But the question everyone should be asking is "Why haven't we found a CMMS vendor yet?"

With CMMS, you can manage the schedule for everything from basic maintenance of equipment to calibrating of instruments, gauges and other delicate equipment.

The fine-tuning reaches beyond maintenance of equipment and into the business aspect of maintenance management: employee shift schedules, cost analysis, supply inventory and more. It even allows management to analyze overall maintenance performance.

All types of organizations will benefit from CMMS. It provides the ability to track tasks of all types. It organizes not only scheduled maintenance tasks, but also un-scheduled maintenance management tasks (those unexpected yet necessary repairs). It also and it creates documentation for both types of maintenance.

And we're not just talking about software to use at the computer. Most CMMS is available as SaaS (Software As A Service). This online capability is also known as cloud computing. That means less of a need for hands-on IT work plus fewer equipment expenses. Wireless capabilities allows employees and managers can access the software from wherever they might be and with the PDA or smart phone device that is handiest.

Most CMMS vendors provide multiple versions of the software that allow each business to pick the plan that will fit most closely with the business needs. And as your needs change, you can typically add on new modules to fit the new demand.

CMMS offers more than 'just' the ability to track maintenance of equipment. The benefits are not solely in maintenance-CMMS can also track your business' research, environmental, safety, regulatory compliance and quality. Now...what was that question again? That's right. Why haven't we found a CMMS vendor yet?