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Keep maintenance up in a down economy
David Berger, P.Eng., Contributing Editor, PlantServices.com
Contributing Editor David Berger, P.Eng., says these techniques can help you avoid getting hurt by a sharp budget cut.
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Saving Money in Tight Times
Shrinking budgets…weakening dollar…down economy…contracting markets…recession…unstable costs…this is the reality most of us are facing right now.
How can you save money with MicroMain during these tight times?
#1 Compare feature-by-feature for value
Compare the price of MicroMain feature-by-feature. You’ll quickly see that you receive very comprehensive functionality at a price point lower than other vendors.
Easy work orders and preventive maintenance scheduling is key. Add inventory, purchase orders, and contracts and you have most bases covered.
With MicroMain, you also can choose:
- Web options
- On/off personalization of features
- Custom reports (source code included free)
- Timesheets
- Mobile functionality with Pocket PCs, BlackBerrys, and Mobile PCs
- Key tracking
- “Quick Ticket” work orders
- Fleet maintenance options
- Barcode functionality
- Tool tracking
- Risk assessment and other clinical engineering features for healthcare
- Work request routing
These all add up to good value. Include outstanding technical support and responsive services, and you have a system that serves you well long-term.
You get more for your money with MicroMain.
#2 Start using the software, start reducing costs
Once you begin using MicroMain, you’ll start to save money right away through preventive maintenance scheduling. PMs reduce the cost of demand work orders. They also help you use labor wisely and prolong asset life. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” will take on a new meaning when the dollar savings start adding up.
MicroMain helps save money by ensuring you don’t spend money on preventable expenses. This includes keeping accurate accounts of your assets, parts, supplies, and contracted services. Built-in alerts will keep you on track as well, helping you to pull the trigger on PMs, helping you know when to order parts, and more. By reviewing maintenance histories, which are tracked automatically, you can also make better decisions regarding ongoing equipment repair.
Better schedule and track time for your staff labor and contractors with MicroMain. By organizing your work and tracking time and costs, you will quickly gain efficiency. This results in:
- Saved time
- Saved effort
- Saved money
Easily accessible reports will give you a snapshot of “what is,” including productivity, costs, maintenance requests and needs, and labor time. These reports will help you see where you can cut costs or reallocate resources.
You’ll also review trend information for “what will be,” including total cost of ownership (TCO) for your assets. These reports will help make better repair-purchase decisions and help you budget for future asset needs.
#3 Tap more and save more
Once you are using the basic system, you will soon see that you can utilize even more functionality and save even more money.
For work orders, you may want to:
- Assign priorities to work orders
- Use “quick tickets” for simplified work orders
- Follow lockout/tagout requirements
- Automate corrective work orders from failed inspection points
- Send work orders, text, and phone messages via BlackBerry
- Allow people to send in maintenance work requests via the web
- Set work order options that work for you
You can also:
- Track fuel/fluid, tires, and other fleet maintenance
- Route work requests properly and eliminate duplicates
- Associate work to specific accounts
- Allocate charges to other departments
- Send customer satisfaction surveys
For other maintenance tasks, you may want to:
- Use purchase orders for parts, supplies, and services
- Take physical counts of parts using Pocket PCs with barcode scanners
- Request approvals for posting timesheets
- Track suppliers and vendors
- Take mobile PCs to new buildings to take asset inventories
- Track contracts
#4 Take control with free source code
MicroMain believes in giving you control. So, unlike other vendors, we make the source code available free of charge! This way you can:
- Create your own reports
- Customize the program yourself
- Use any programmers or third-party vendors to customize for you
#5 Reduce costs further with consolidation
MicroMain is the only major CMMS vendor providing not only maintenance management software, but also facility management and capital planning software. Uniting your separate asset, maintenance, and facility operations will save you money. With one system, you’ll complete more work in less time.
You’ll also:
- Save on purchase fees
- Save on training
- Save on support maintenance and upgrades
- Save on report generators
- Save on “headaches” coordinating separate systems
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