What is CMMS Software?

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CMMS Software Defined

CMMS software is a tool used by maintenance organizations to improve asset performance, increase plant profitability, and achieve Maintenance, Operations, & Reliability Excellence! (MORE!).

What Does CMMS Stand for?

CMMS stands for Computerized Maintenance Management System, also known as:

Asset Performance Management (APM)
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) System
Facilities Maintenance Management System (FMMS)

A Game of Chess

Prentice Cawley, Director of Engineering & Manufacturing Innovation at Dessert Holdings, explains, “Maintenance is a game of chess, everything else is checkers.” He says this because he knows maintenance and its many variables.

Hence, a tool is needed to track and manage these variables, win the game, checkmate the opposing forces (costs, downtime, inventory beasts, part shortages, customer dissatisfaction, etc.), and gain a competitive edge. That tool is CMMS software.

“Maintenance is a game of chess, everything else is checkers.”

Prentice Cawley, Director of Engineering & Manufacturing Innovation, Dessert Holdings

CMMS Software Explained

Companies make significant investments in physical assets and those assets require maintenance. Most of us can remember to change our car’s oil every 3 months or 3,000 miles. However, in manufacturing plants and facilities, maintenance teams are responsible for maintaining 100s, if not 1,000s, pieces of equipment.

If all equipment were the same (make and model), equipment maintenance would be easier. However, they are not and without CMMS software, it is next to impossible to remember when and how to maintain each piece of equipment.

What Does CMMS Software Track?

Accounting

Budgets

Assets

Locations
Repairable Spares
Systems

Employees

Availability
Skills

Equipment

Location
Manuals

Inventory

Manufacturers
Vendors

Parts

Location
Min. / Max.
Quantity on Hand

People

Contractors
Customers
Requestors

Purchasing

POs
Purchase Requests

Tasks

Request Date
Scheduled & Actual Start Dates
Scheduled & Actual Finish Dates
Instructions
Required Parts
Required Skills
Required Tools

Tools

Location

Work

Projects
Work Orders
Work Requests

Plus, a whole lot more!

Who Uses CMMS Software?

Who Uses It?

Facilities Personnel
Maintenance Personnel
MRO Personnel
Planning / Scheduling Personnel
Plant Personnel
Purchasing Personnel
Requestors

-Customers
-Front Office Personnel
-Guests
-Operators

Reliability Personnel

What Industries Use It?

Airlines
Facilities Services
Food & Beverage
Government Administration
Higher Education
Hospital & Health Care
Hospitality
Manufacturing
Maritime
Medical Practices
Military
Mining & Metals
Oil & Energy
Religious Institutions
Retail
Transportation
Warehousing

What Fuels It?

Complete & Accurate Data
Expert & Customer-Friendly User Support
Feature-Rich & Easy-to-Use
Organizational Support(Top to Bottom)
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Training

Without these, CMMS software is reduced to a work order printing press and little happens other than the printing of work orders.

“Now that I answered the question, “What is CMMS software,” please do not hesitate to Contact Us if you have any questions or if we may be of further assistance to you. We have been helping companies achieve CMMS software success for over 20 years and would be happy to help!”

Ruth Hughes, CMRP, Founder & CEO, MVP One

CMMS Software Search Tips

If you seek CMMS software, look no further, MVP One is here to help. Before beginning your search, to save time and frustration and to make the search easier, meet with your team and brainstorm the following lists:

Wish List

What would you and your team like the software to do?

Goal List

What goals would you and your team like to achieve by using the software?

Once brainstorming is complete, determine your budget. Yes, there are a lot of free and inexpensive CMMS software packages out there but remember, you pay for what you get. Typically, free and inexpensive packages lack features, functionality, and expert, customer-friendly user support, all of which are required to achieve CMMS success, MORE!, and a healthy return on your investment. Plus, do-overs are costly.

MVP One CMMS Customer Feedback

The MVP One training consultants are very knowledgeable, answered our questions, and enlightened us during, and even after, the training. Keep up the great work!

Alfredo Apellido, Reliability Engineer

Lear Corporation - Hammond

The MVP program is great.

Tim Pfaff, Maintenance Supervisor

Gettysburg Municipal Authority

The training went well. AJ was very professional and helpful with the crew and me.

Ruben Cruz, Mtc. Director

Taylor Farms Maryland

My favorite part about MVP One is its technical support team.

Vickie Probst, Purchasing Supervisor

DaBecca Natural Foods

Willie and Andy are superstars. All users and project teams are impressed with their knowledge, professionalism, and responsiveness to our needs. We are in the greatest hands of care with MVP One. Thank you very much!

Chris Kim, Director Supply Chain Strategic Initiatives

Danone North America

The reports, by far, are what I really like about MVP One. I can forecast what I’m going to spend this month and in future months.

Don Robertson, Maintenance Planner

DanoneWave

I was surprised by how much you can do with the MVP One and how in-depth it can get. Johnny answered all of our questions, and even told us how we can reach out in the future if we have any questions or concerns.

Jose Barazza, Maintenance Supervisor

TerranearPMC

MVP One made my job easier by getting the technicians more involved and eliminating the small, tedious paperwork.

Michael Storm, Mfg Services Grp Trainer

New England Sheets

With MVP One, we reduced our reactive time by almost 5%, right off the bat!

Stuart Brandon, Maintenance Manager

Black Cat Wear Parts

After 3 years of using MVP One, our plant operates at world-class levels!

Dave Whiteker, Engineering & MM, Manufacturing

Aristech Surfaces

Ron is amazing and we learned a lot including that we're not using even half of MVP One's capabilities!

Timothy Hamre

Lear Corporation - Oshawa

MVP One has been a great help and allowed us to be more proactive.

Sharon Radillo, Facility Mtc Manager

Fetzer Vineyards