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How QR Codes Help Streamline Asset Management for Museums

A museum houses a collection of artifacts and artwork, showcasing the history and culture of a particular place or period. Supporting and maintaining the infrastructure for a large collection can be difficult, especially if you don’t have the right tools to help. A computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) tool can organize and automate maintenance tasks throughout the museum.

Cost Savings In Education Through Use Of A CMMS

Cost savings in education can be achieved through the use of a Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS). A CMMS helps schools and universities to better manage their facilities, equipment, maintenance needs and budgets. It also helps them to keep track of...

The Importance of Asset Management for Museums

In addition to helping historical institutions manage their assets more effectively, a CMMS can also save them money. By tracking usage histories and condition data, facility managers can better schedule preventive maintenance tasks that will help extend the life of their assets before they have to be replaced.

How Using CMMS in Museums Will Transform Your Staff

Using a CMMS solution in a museum setting will help automate tasks such as scheduling regular maintenance checks on displays, managing inventory levels, or tracking spare parts. This will free up facilities staff to help create a memorable experience for your patron’s visit. CMMS systems also help streamline communication between departments so that everyone is kept informed about the status of ongoing maintenance tasks.

Facilities Management Benefits for Upper Management Through Use of a CMMS

Whether a Company Officer, Executive or a Property Portfolio Manager, today’s leadership teams face many challenges in ensuring their organization is thriving. In business, we either hope we are doing the right thing, or we trust we are doing the right thing. ...

5 Reasons Why CMMS is Important for Schools and Universities

Schools and universities are responsible for managing a large number of assets, from computers to furniture to buildings. Keeping track of these assets manually can be tedious and time-consuming. That’s why many schools and universities have turned to using...

How a Business’s Image Can Be Improved Through Asset Management

Tracking and Managing Surplus Artwork and Furnishings Reduces CostsA business’s first impression often has as much to do with appearance as it does performance. Having management that maximizes the ROI you’ve made in your own facilities, furnishings, and equipment is...

Top 8 Reasons Your Museum Should Implement a CMMS System

How a CMMS Can Help Streamline Asset Management for Education Facilities

Educational facilities have a wide variety of assets that need to be managed and maintained in order for the facility to operate efficiently. From classrooms and cafeterias to playgrounds, gyms, and libraries, keeping these assets up-to-date is essential for providing...

What CMMS can do for Behavioral Health Facilities Asset Management

Behavioral health organizations are tasked with managing numerous types of assets, from medical equipment and furniture to supplies. Their facilities require an effective asset management strategy that can help them keep track of their resources, optimize utilization,...

CMMS and the Maintenance of Medical Facility Equipment

Medical or healthcare facilities require extremely specialized and precise maintenance of their equipment. The work done on this equipment is vital for the safety and well-being of patients and healthcare workers, so it is essential that these maintenance tasks are...

The Importance of Standardized Maintenance for Medical Facility Equipment

Maintaining medical facilities is a vital part of providing quality care. Medical facility equipment must be kept in top condition to ensure the best possible health outcomes for patients. However, keeping up with maintenance can be challenging and time-consuming,...

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Optimize your Maintenance Workflow Using Process Mapping and CMMS | Property Trak

Are you familiar with all the processes within your organization, and did you properly map them? Is your maintenance team aware of those process maps and are they following them?

If the answers are yes, then you’re already halfway towards optimizing your maintenance workflows. If not, there’s still some road ahead of you.

University saves $120,000 annually with CMMS

An integrated PropertyTRAK solution for Operations Maintenance has empowered and amplified the Kansas City University staff’s ability to efficiently accomplish more.

Financial benefits of more than $120,000 annually are accruing directly to the University due to the system’s capability to control staff size while extending the useful life of assets.

Schools Reopen Safely with the Help of Facilities Management Solutions

Maintaining school infrastructure is hard enough, but with added COVID-19 protocols there is even more to prepare for. A computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) can help schools implement new safety protocols and keep the building clean.

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CMMS can Maximize ROI for Construction and Remodel Projects

Incorporating the involvement of your CMMS/CAFM into your construction or remodel will return benefits both during and long after the job is done.

Before the AIA Contracts are signed, agree to an integrated approach so the documentation for future operation and maintenance of the new space can be assembled during the project.

COVID-19 Drives Innovation in Managing Critical Equipment

We covered the impact of COVID-19 on Facilities Management budgets last year in a webinar we presented. The issues we raised then are playing out now in the budgets of some of our clients. New, expensive, specialized COVID-19 equipment is being placed into service…

4 ways QR Codes are making facilities maintenance and management easier

As remote access becomes even more critically important to today’s businesses, new and expanded technologies are helping improve efficiencies and processes. One of these advancements? Quick Response Codes or QR Codes for short.

3 P’s of Emergency Response

Emergency Preparedness makes sense for everyone. But you need to Plan, Prepare and Practice to assure a successful outcome. Thankfully, we are not all affected by hurricanes or forest fires but there are many other…

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3 Reasons why Technicians need Mobile Access

Now more than ever, it’s critical that workers not be tethered to their workspaces to get the job done. The freedom to work remotely and utilizing mobile apps has revolutionized the way we do business and improved efficiencies and workflow along the way. Here are 3 reasons Facilities and Operations Managers prefer mobile CMMS solutions

There Is Never A Better Time to Start

Starting new projects at work might seem like starting a diet – there is never a good time. For facilities management, there always seems to be new issues to address – that is why it’s so important to set goals, be organized and get started.

Work Smart with Automated Recurring Work Orders

Recurring work orders save you time and help you stay organized. They are tickets for work that repeats according to a set schedule, such as preventive maintenance.

Budget Time

Most articles on Facility Budget Management advocate implementing a modern CMMS. They point out that readily available CMMS data helps identify and justify needs and plans for the future. Without it, many Facility Managers are overwhelmed when…