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Within the Value Driven Maintenance methodology, created by Mainnovation, there are four main value drivers that can help improve cash flows. By measuring and analyzing each driver an organization can increase their value potential of maintenance which is the sum of all free cash flows that are derived from improving one of the following:

• Asset Utilization – (Improving uptime, selling more products)
• Cost Control – (Reducing maintenance and reliability spending
• SHE – (Safety, Health, and Environmental legislation compliance)
• Resource Allocation – (Reducing spare parts inventory)

In many organizations there is one driver that is significantly higher than the others. This is the dominant driver, and it can differ between plant and line. To speed up business results, each individual line should focus on improving their dominant driver.

To watch the entire recording on Building a Winning Maintenance Strategy with Value Driven maintenance, by Guy Delahay, click here.

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When researching Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) / Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software for your company, it is helpful to calculate an estimated return on investment (ROI). Having a clear CMMS ROI is important for justifying the purchase internally and acquiring the capital investment from upper management. A tangible number can also help guide you to a CMMS vendor best equipped to meeting your expectations.

Using a CMMS ROI Formula

Calculating an ROI can be performed using a classic ROI model:

CMMS ROI =  (CMMS Value – CMMS Cost)
                        CMMS Cost

CMMS ROI is commonly assessed for one-year, three-year, or five-year intervals. A one-year calculation that includes your initial CMMS implementation costs will have a reduced ROI. That is because these costs are all up front, whereas the benefits of a CMMS solution are realized over the course of many years.

CMMS Costs

CMMS costs, which will be provided by CMMS vendors, include:

• Initial software purchase
• Initial implementation (including installation and training)
• Any costs associated with new hardware purchases
• Annual support cost (multiplied by the number of years in your ROI calculation)

CMMS Value

A CMMS Value is your expected reduction in maintenance costs as a result of implementing a CMMS system. Obtaining a tangible number for your organization is a two-step process:

1) First, estimate how much yearly maintenance inefficiencies have cost your organization.

2) Estimate to what degree a CMMS could address those inefficiencies. This estimate can be achieved by consulting industry contacts familiar with CMMS implementation, speaking with CMMS vendors, examining industry case studies, or applying what you already know about CMMS software.

To reach a total estimated CMMS Value, it is easiest to break up the potential cost benefits of a CMMS solution into eight separate categories. By looking at each category and examining the potential for reducible maintenance costs, you can begin to formulate a concrete dollar amount.

For each category, consider the CMMS Value over a period of one year. After you have an annual savings amount, multiply this figure by the number of years considered in your CMMS ROI calculation.

1. Asset Life

Maintaining assets with preventive maintenance (PM) is fundamental to extending their lifecycles. CMMS solutions are designed to create and generate PM tasks, which makes it easier to follow PM guidelines from manufacturers.

Calculating CMMS Value: To get a dollar value, estimate the number of years you expect to extend your assets’ lifecycles with the assistance of automated preventive maintenance tasks. This improvement in years can be expressed as a tangible dollar amount when you compare it with the total purchase cost of that asset.

2. Downtime

In addition to extending the life of your equipment, appropriate PM scheduling also reduces total downtime. When emergency maintenance must be performed on an asset, that asset cannot perform its function until it is restored to working condition. Moreover, if an asset has not been properly maintained, it is likelier to breakdown more often.

Calculating CMMS Value: First, determine how much unscheduled downtime occurs in your organization per year. Then examine how this lost production translates to lost revenue.

3. Parts / Inventory

Using a CMMS’s parts inventory management features allows your organization to avoid being both under- and over-stocked.

Calculating CMMS Value: Estimate how much time your organization has lost due to insufficient inventory (halted production, unscheduled purchase orders). Then evaluate how over-stocking has cost your organization in terms of carrying costs, inventory going stale, and depreciation.

4. Purchasing

CMMS software is able to assess inventory levels and automatically generate purchase orders (POs) based on need. This speeds up the parts and inventory management process and reduces purchasing overhead.

Calculating CMMS Value: How many labor hours does your organization spend every year creating custom purchase orders (POs)? How much time is spend on parts procurement management tasks that could be automated by a CMMS?

5. Overtime

Work order management systems, which are included in CMMS software, allow you to more accurately forecast labor hours (of both employees and contract workers), which reduces the need for unexpected overtime. Additionally, better-maintained assets reduces emergency maintenance, which allows for more reliable work order scheduling.

Calculating CMMS Value: First determine how much your organization spends scheduling overtime hours. Then estimate how much of this overtime could have been avoided with a well-implemented work order management system.

6. Productivity

Gains in productivity are obtained by optimizing scheduling tasks. CMMS systems are designed to reduce the time it takes employees to perform preventive maintenance by automating the creation of work orders. Work order management systems can also help assign specific employees tasks at which they are most efficient.

Calculating CMMS Value: How many labor hours could your organization have saved with a CMMS system? What is the approximate dollar value of those hours?

7. Quality Costs (Scrap and Rework)

In manufacturing industries, CMMS systems can help reduce costs related to scrap and rework by keeping machines operating at peak efficiency and avoiding catastrophic material losses.

Calculating CMMS Value: Add up the material losses your organization experiences every year due to production failures. Estimate to what degree properly-maintained machinery could have avoided these losses.

8. Utilities

Properly maintained assets will use fewer utilities, reducing your organization’s usage of gas, electricity, and water. HVAC units that have been properly maintenance will perform more efficiently and fail less often.

Calculating CMMS Value: Examine the total amount your organization spends on utilities over the course of a year. Then compare that amount with the expected yearly utility costs if your assets and HVAC units were operating at peak efficiency.

Conclusion

Once you have obtained an estimated CMMS Value for your organization, you can input that number into the CMMS ROI formula and arrive at a clear CMMS ROI.

Organizations with newly-implemented or updated CMMS solutions can experience first-year ROIs of anywhere from 25%-400%, but there are also less-tangible long-term benefits. A CMMS can lead to reduced better customer experience (and less customer turnover), greater employee accountability, and the mitigation of risk.

Finding the right CMMS vendor for you your organization is a significant task. Once implemented, however, the software can help keep costs down while dramatically increasing the efficiency of your organization.

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Article source: http://www.micromain.com/2012/03/estimating-roi-cmms/

Inventory asset management is a complex work. You just cannot ignore it completely and you have to do everything to live up with it. Problem is you have to build stock reducing its cost. Well it sounds funny but this is the fact. It is just like playing the rope pulling game!

Here are 7 proven secrets to reduce your inventory costs:

1# Do all the calculations correctly including forecasting, estimation and scheduling.

2# Stock and use your inventory in proper scientific method which is economical as well as effective in managing the overall operations of your facility.

3# Remember the inventory asset you deal with is not extra financial burden for your enterprise – they are your production insurance! As long you keep your inventory well managed your enterprise is secured!

4# Try to conduct regular supplier audit to identify the proposition of your enterprise as a customer. You need to determine at what level your supplier is going to extend their help or supplier credit for you.

5# Keep every record, entries well documented. Try to keep them in easy to measure, calculate, and estimate forms. Along with statistical use, ensure the inventory assets physical properties are also mobile, fast, secured.

6# Try to get previous years data and estimate present year growth rate to stay safe. Know the market situation of different materials and do your sourcing. If needed form a quality conformity guideline for material sourcing and stocking checklist.

7# Remember, to face disaster or to reduce disaster risk, you do not need to pile up or build lots of stocks. Your relationship with your supplier can do most. Use common sense mostly when you are dealing with inventory asset management to save some money.

Facts and common sense are two core requirements for success in any inventory asset management to save the cost.

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Author: Ramon Elias Rodriguez
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eMaint invites guest speakers to present at our popular Best Practices webinars, so why not have them give their two cents on our blog as well. It is our hope to feature a guest blogger, whether it’s an industry professional or an eMaint employee, each month.

Feel free to suggest topics you’d like to have discussed or let us know how useful these blog posts are.

The Hardhead of a Maintenance Man

This may be challenging to you. But why on earth are maintenance folks so hardheaded?

Actually it turns out to be a smart trait. Maintenance folks are hardheaded because they are (sometimes) speaking into intentional (and potentially contagious) ignorance! When you have to do that day in and day out you get hardheaded. Just to do your job (preservation of asset capacity) you have to be hard headed.

What are the symptoms of working in a company suffering from intentional (and potentially contagious) ignorance? Some of the main symptoms concern consequences. What to look for is a wholesale lack of appreciation of consequences.

•When we run equipment beyond its limits there will be consequences.
•When we allow operators run machines without adequate training there will be consequences.
•When we refuse to shut down for a well-designed PM there will be consequences.
•When are stockroom is depleted of expensive critical spares because they have not been used there will be consequences.
•When we do a temporary repair and never get back to fix it right, there will be consequences
There is a dark side to hardheadedness- inability to admit a mistake. Hardheadedness works so often it is very hard to admit when the reality goes against us. It gives us a reputation of being hard to work with and allows us to get away with not listening.

The truth is that sometimes the business necessity trumps good maintenance practice. Boy is it tough to tell when it does. In fact the only way to tell is by listening to our comrades in arms (operations). But that is a whole different story.

To complete this story be aware that hardheadedness is a valuable trait. It is most powerful when it is tempered by the ability to really listen to people and always consider that we might really be wrong! Oh yes and get over ourselves!

About the Author: Joel Levitt President of Springfield Resources

Joel Levitt is a leading maintenance educator and has trained more than 15,000 maintenance leaders from 3,000 organizations in 20 countries. Since 1980 he has been president of Springfield Resources, a management/consulting firm that has developed solutions for clients with a wide range of maintenance issues. Joel is a frequent speaker at maintenance and engineering conferences, has written 10 popular books, and has published over 6 dozen articles on the subject.

The MicroMain Blog is proud to present another edition of our guest blogger series. We’re reaching out to third party industry experts for their take on maintenance management and how it can complement a quality CMMS system. In this guest blog, Ashley Halligan, a software analyst at Software Advice, met with three industry experts to compose a layperson’s guide to Facility Asset Management software.

The range of software solutions within the maintenance and facility management sectors can be overwhelming. These systems, which have some overlapping functionality, have left some buyers understandably confused.

To help clarify the difference between the types of systems, I interviewed three industry experts: Joseph Valeri, President and COO of Lucernex Technologies; Chris Kluis, Mintek’s Marketing Director; and Andy Fuhrman, VP of Product Development at Bricsnet.

Needless to say, these guys are experts. I, on the other hand–not so much. While all of our experts provided great insight, they also encouraged me to simplify that knowledge, and boil it down so the average person could also understand.

First and foremost, the primary difference between the software systems is their depth of functionality–that is, the number of features they offer and challenges they solve.

So, here are the most common software solutions in the maintenance and facility management markets, and the business challenges they address.

Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM)

Manages space planning, tracks asset location, and oversees move management.

All of our experts agree that current CAFM software is primarily used as space planning tools–with the goal of optimizing the usage of space, while keeping track of physical assets.

Companies have a lot of space, particularly those with several floors or multiple locations. They also have lots of assets–like desks, chairs, computers, and telephones.

CAFM systems keep companies organized by keeping track of how space is being used, who’s using that space, and where the organization’s belongings are currently located. Essentially, these solutions form a relationship between a business’s space, its people, and its stuff.

Because CAFM software has such specialized space planning functions, it’s often used as a building block for the more complex systems discussed below.

Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)

Tracks asset maintenance and the cost of the work; monitors equipment location, and keeps detailed records of the equipment’s maintenance history; tracks labor resources.

In addition to the types of physical assets a CAFM oversees, some organizations also have things that need regular maintenance to ensure minimal downtime. Consider high-value assets like: Boeing 747s, MRI machines, and dump trucks.

“CMMS applications provide greater functionality, such as maintaining critical equipment found in health care facilities, data centers, labs and manufacturing,” Fuhrman explains.

Failing to perform routine maintenance tasks on equipment can lead to unnecessary downtime. Furthermore, failing to perform recommended maintenance can lead to unexpected failure–ultimately requiring replacement. Repair is far less costly than an untimely replacement.

Malfunctioning equipment may pose hazardous conditions for employees. So, computerized maintenance management systems also assist in maintaining a safe work environment.

To read the rest of Ashley’s article, including her plain english definitions of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS), click here. More great industry content can be found in The Software Advice Blog.

Article source: http://www.micromain.com/2012/03/plain-english-guide-facility-asset-management-software/

Severe storms and relentless heat can easily stress property management assets beyond the breaking point. The key to minimizing damage estimates as well unplanned repair costs is to identify potential problems before they become major repairs and fix them. The tool of choice for property management is an EAM/CMMS. An EAM/CMMS is a software tool that can help maintenance crews quickly determine the damage that is occurring as well as identify potential issues. This is done by inspecting all property assets and scheduling preventive maintenance and repairs on any item likely to feel the impact of the summer season.

Why Use an EAM/CMMS to Schedule Inspections

One of the biggest challenges property managers have is the organization of facility maintenance tasks into manageable events in order to maximize the availability of resources at the least amount of labor expense. An EAM/CMMS accomplishes this by automating the work order process thus increasing the flexibility of management to accommodate special projects without incurring overtime. For example, roofs can be inspected to make sure there is no debris, leaks or other damage. This is as easy as preloading inspection questions onto a mobile handheld device allowing the maintenance staff to answer and then transmit back the results to property management to determine the best maintenance approach. Common sense dictates that is is more cost efficient to fix a small leak than wait for interior water damage to occur.

The early identification of problems is not the only way an EAM/CMMS solution will benefit property management. Other advantages include:

• Labor costs reductions as proactive management replaces problem firefighting. Unplanned maintenance activity begins to shrink greatly reducing overtime expenses.
• Anytime and anywhere access to data from any computer or location with Internet access using a web-based CMMS solution.
• Elimination of paper based work order system and replacement by web-based CMMS software allowing for access from any computer or location.
• Lower maintenance repair costs as the number of major repairs is decreased and replaced with minor repairs.
• lower energy costs using an EAM/CMMS as a result of better energy efficiency from from HVAC, chillers and other high energy consumption equipment.
• An accurate historical database of maintenance activity that can reduce potential liability from negligence.

Clearly, maintenance management with a web-based EAM/CMMS solution will significantly alter the way property management is performed.

Stuart Smith writes about Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) Solutions for Mintek Mobile Data Solutions. Learn more about EAM/CMMS features that can help your business navigate through tough economic times.

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Maintenance Connection periodically solicits feedback from customers, obtaining valuable input regarding their decision to select our software and, more importantly, the factors that led to a successful implementation. We would like to share the responses received from two of our customers, providing insight to the keys to their success. In this week’s blog, we will showcase the City of Orlando, a customer of Maintenance Connection since 2006. Next week, we will look at the responses from Wellmont Health Systems, a leading healthcare provider in the Tri-Cities region of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

Customer: City of Orlando

What system (if any) was in place before Maintenance Connection was implemented?

Prior to selecting Maintenance Connection, we had HyperPM in place, which did not provide us a universal location for tracking work like Maintenance Connection could.

What were your top reasons for choosing Maintenance Connection over other CMMS options?

Besides looking for a CMMS that could provide us with a universal location for tracking our work, we liked Maintenance Connection because:

• Their software was web based
  
• It was also SQL server based
  
• And the overall price created the best value for us
  

Describe the general usage of Maintenance Connection within your organization?

Our primary use focuses around tracking asset cost, tracking replacement dates, and utilizing cost estimates. We have also enjoyed the ability to track labor training, as well as our entire work order history.

How was your experience during implementation, from the initial purchase through “go-live”?

The implementation process was really smooth and surpassed what we were expecting. From the beginning, we partnered with the Maintenance Connection staff and projected how the project would look. They helped demonstrate how everything would look when implementation was finalized, and how all of our needs, and what we wanted to use the software for, were being met.

We then analyzed our data with in-house staff and modified it to ensure our transition would run as efficiently as possible. From there, Maintenance Connection worked with us, input “fake” data to test our modifications, and began cleaning up the data prior to migrating the final system to our on-site server.

Overall, this process went really well and we did not experience any major problems.

Do you have any suggestions for someone just beginning the implementation of CMMS?

The two best pieces of advice we could give, which definitely helped us during our implementation process, would be:

• Make a strong effort, prior to implementation, to understand the overall business process that the system will be used in.
  
• Ensure that any data from previous databases is cleaned-up prior to migration.
  

All this will make working with the system much easier when the final “go-live” takes place.

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Article source: http://blog.maintenanceconnection.com/2012/02/22/profiles-of-success-city-of-orlando/

Your organization thrives by adapting to industry changes. Why shouldn’t that be true of your CMMS?

Sometimes it’s obvious your CMMS software is no longer receiving support. Maybe your vendor is openly redirecting their focus — or maybe they’re closing up shop altogether. Other times, software neglect is hidden. Your CMMS vendor is still in business and their phone number remains in service. But support is half-hearted. Rollouts of new software have trickled to a stop, or you constantly finding yourself playing phone tag. And nobody wins when you play phone tag.

Here are 8 other ways to identify that your CMMS Vendor isn’t stepping up to the plate with adequate software support.

1) Does your CMMS vendor have another release in the pipeline?

There’s no getting around it: a good CMMS implementation starts with good software. And good software is software that’s perpetually getting better—adapting to new technology, optimizing processes, and improving the end-user experience. If your CMMS Vendor isn’t working on a new release, it isn’t because they’re content with the status quo. It’s because they’re lacking appropriate development support.

2) Does your CMMS support mobile technology?

A good CMMS vendor recognizes that “mobile” isn’t just a city in Alabama. Even if your organization is not considering implementation of a mobile solution, chances are good that a vendors who doesn’t support mobile technology is lagging behind in other ways. Perhaps they have an abacus or two lying around their offices.

Your technicians don’t stay in one place. Neither should access to your CMMS

3) Does your CMMS vendor have a static website?

Your CMMS vendor’s website should not have a complete facelift every time you refresh the page. But does it offer a regularly-updated blog? Is there a newsletter? Is there a current news sections? Websites are often the first point of contact for both current and existing customers. If a company’s online presence is stagnant, chances are the company is, too.

4) Can your CMMS communicate with other software?

A “siloed” CMMS is one that exists in its own universe, antisocially unwilling to speak with other software. Not only is this problematic on its own — it’s a pretty good bellwether that your CMMS vendor is not interested in tailoring its product to the constantly-shifting software landscape. A good CMMS solution should have functionally to connect with Microsoft Active Directory (to avoid creating separate username/logins), have the ability to plug into an email client like Microsoft Outlook, and be capable of tieing-in with your facility management software.

5) Does your vendor embrace barcode technology?

Barcodes aren’t just for grocery stores anymore. You’re probably starting to see them everywhere: on posters, in books – and, yes, even on maintenance equipment. The latest and greatest CMMS vendors have adapted to this technology by offering optional tagging ad-ons (such as MicroMain’s InfoTag). Technicians can scan tags with a smartphone or other mobile device to get immediate access to asset maintenance histories, model and serial numbers, warranty information, and more.

6) Is your vendor there for support?

Like a good friend, your CMMS Vendor should be there when you need it. Even after your software is implemented, there may be times you need assistance. If your database is hosted externally with your vendor, for example, you might need to contact them to resolve a server issue. Can you get a hold of support? Is there email response time lag? Does your vendor provide live chat on their website? Does your vendor offer service packages for existing customers? Or, on the contrary, does  your vendor seem to keep its existing customers at arm’s length?

Good CMMS support lets you get the most out of your software

7) Does your CMMS have web request functionality?

In industries such as property management, having 24/7 web request capabilities can be downright essential. Web requests reduce incoming call and emails, while dramatically improving customer satisfaction. Still, many CMMS vendors turn a cold shoulder to web functionality. Are these vendors making other glaring oversights?

8) Is your CMMS capable of adaptation?

Your CMMS wasn’t designed specifically for your organization – but it should feel like it was. One of the biggest signs of an under-supported CMMS is the software’s inability to adapt to your changing sets of needs. Invariably, your organization will grow and evolve – and your CMMS needs to be flexible enough to keep pace. For example, the growth of your organization may lead to new levels of regulatory compliance. Rigid, uncompromising CMMS solutions often rely on work-arounds to achieve this newly-desired functionality. When a CMMS is receiving adequate support, these key changes are far easier to implement.

Identifying a stagnant CMMS is the first step to solving a potential problem. When your CMMS solution isn’t keeping up with the industry, it can lead to far-reaching problems down the road. Replacing and updating your system is a cathartic exercise, a great time to institute company-wide improvements in work order and preventive maintenance (PM) processes. And once you’ve acquired a well-support CMMS, your organization has the invaluable peace of mind to know that if a problem comes up, you have a helping hand to depend on.

For information on how MicroMain can help replace your legacy CMMS, call us at 1-888-888-1600 or send us an email.

Article source: http://www.micromain.com/2012/02/8-warning-signs-your-cmms-vendor-is-neglecting-their-software/

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?

Ashcom Technologies provides knowledge-based business solutions to clients through a multitude of strategies and tools. In the process, clients receive a sustainable competitive advantage through the implementation of proactive strategies & technologies. CMMS plays a large role in this process.

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Spring is in the air — and that makes it a great time for a little spring cleaning. From a maintenance perspective, it’s the perfect season to reevaluate your organization’s inventory tracking process.

A good computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) can help. Keeping track of your inventory is vital for reducing costs and maintaining supply. The right CMMS can let you know what items are available, reserved, on-hand, or on-order without having to resort to a warehouse scavenger hunt.

Spring Forward With Maintenance Management

MicroMain Maintenance Management comes with an assortment of built-in inventory tracking tools to ensure you have an adequate and well-ordered inventory. The software automatically records changes to inventory levels as parts are assigned to work orders, pulled from inventory, and consumed.

You’ll also be alerted when your on-hand inventory quantities drops below any specified minimum — allowing you to reorder items before you run out. In other words, your work order management system and inventory management processes will be functioning hand-in-hand to deliver an organized and perfectly-supplied warehouse.

MicroMain Inventory: Take Stock of Your Stock

To get your inventory tracking system operating at full potential, it’s important that all your existing inventory is properly entered into your database. With MicroMain’s Inventory ad-on module, making physical counts is easier than ever. Here are some of its key features:

Inventory Counts

With the Inventory module, staff can use mobile devices to perform physical counts of your inventory. These counts can then be reconciled and adjusted directly from your mobile device before they’re uploaded to your database.

Issue/Return Parts

The Inventory module can also be used to issue/receive parts from any computer.

The Issue/Return Parts forms are used to manage parts assigned to your orders, assets, and labor. You can enter information into the fields on the form from any computer or barcode reader.

Reports

The reporting functions of the Inventory ad-on module allows you to instantly generate parts and inventory control information.

Many standard parts-related reports are available to help you analyze usage and understand costs on a month-to-date, year-to-date, and life-to-date basis.

Having a streamlined inventory management process is vital to reducing carrying costs, create accurate records, and increase your inventory organization.

Are you getting everything you can from your CMMS’s inventory tracking capabilities? To learn more about MicroMain’s Inventory module or our other CMMS products, give us a call at 1-888-888-1600 or send us an email.
 

Article source: http://www.micromain.com/2012/03/spring-cleaning-inventory/