Remember the training montages in the Rocky movies? The ones where he’s pulling himself up from a devastating failure, laser-focused on redemption? When you track Mean Time To Repair, it’s the same, minus all the emotional drama and awesome music.  About ha

When making the jump from failure-focused maintenance to the smooth sailing of a preventive maintenance program, remember that success depends on how well you prepare, and a full-featured CMMS makes preparing much easier.  Spread the preventive maintenance

Have you seen those YouTube videos on setting up spreadsheets for managing & tracking work orders? Maintenance managers having to worry about column widths wasn’t always a huge waste of time, but it sure is now. Early on in any industry, there’s a lot of ted

Technological advances have made CMMS software more affordable and easier to use, but maintenance goals haven’t changed. Avoid problems when you can. When you can’t, fix them efficiently. Old-time CMMS So, the ‘why’ of maintenance departments hasn’t changed, but

What does Japanese auto manufacturing in the 1970s have to teach you about running a maintenance department today? Could be a lot. Total Productive Maintenance(TPM) is just three short letters, but there’s tons to look at and consider. Quick background Between 19

By looking at a work order from start to finish, we can see how an easy-to-use, fully-featured CMMS makes life better for the average facilities manager. Facilities managers are in charge of deciding what work gets done, who does it, and in what order, on top of

The long history of federal, state, and local government involvement with senior care facilities has plenty of ups and downs, but overall, there’s been a steady increase in the number of regulations. That means the maintenance departments at these facilities face

KPIs (key performance indicators) are all about setting goals and tracking progress. Basically, the key building blocks of success. But how do they work and which ones should you use? Before you have a KPI, you need a goal. Once you have the goal, you can decide

The success of a business is largely dependent on the abilities of those who work for it. Without a well-trained staff, it is unlikely that companies will be able to reach their full potential. In the world of manufacturing, inadequate training often results in p

Long gone are the idyllic one-room schoolhouses of yesteryear. Schools now can be giant facilities with their own large maintenance departments. There’s no question it’s hard to keep things running. But how much easier would it be with a work order-driven CM

Hospital Preventive maintenance software’s makes a lot of sense for Health Care facilities because it shares a lot of principles with preventive medicine. Both are about finding small issues before they have a chance to develop into serious problems. Both involve

Not every church can be the Sistine Chapel. But even modest houses of worship benefit from a properly implemented facility management software. Unlike many commercial enterprises, religious organizations often have to deal with increased financial uncertainty and

Regardless of the size of your municipal budget, enterprise asset management software (EAM) means more control, less waste. You make better decisions, faster. Budget size doesn’t matter as much as you might think. No matter how much you’re starting with, asset ma

You know that feeling when you can’t find your car keys? Poor inventory management is that feeling times a hundred, stretched across your whole workweek. The standard definition of good inventory management is having the right inventory in the right quantity, in

Times have really changed; particularly when it comes to what management studies programs are offering their students. But an overriding feature of these programs, both past and present, is helping students put theories into practice. One way this is done is by i

You already know all the benefits of preventive maintenance, which is why you went and set up a PM schedule. But how do you know if it’s actually working for you? What are the signs of a good program and the symptoms of a bad one?  Here are some signs your

 There is a wide range of powerful maintenance management software packages claiming to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes, across all industries. The challenge for businesses owners is deciding which one best suits their circumstances. It’s a big f

When Hippo implementation specialists Mike Sokulski arrived to set up a new CMMS at the USS Intrepid, an aircraft carrier turned museum, he assumed maintenance used paper and pen or spreadsheets. But there may have been something even scarier, down below the

A small business—really, everyone in business—lives and dies on inventory management. But before we look at managing it, we need to ask, “What is inventory, anyway?”  Types of Inventory Before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s establish a working definition o

It’s fair to say that maintenance technicians and managers enable all other company operations. Without equipment, building facilities and all other functional assets operating properly, business could not be conducted. So, it makes sense that revolutionary Compu