A system of routine, scheduled preventive maintenance \u2013 one that tracks and executes the recommended maintenance requirements for each piece of premise equipment \u2013 is always preferred over merely performing unscheduled fix-it routines on malfunctioning equipment. A preventative maintenance is a program should include equipment servicing plans that make the best use of internal labor and maintenance contractors at optimal cost.<\/p>\n
For a facilities manager, a preventive maintenance plan helps to ensure strong and reliable performance from premise equipment throughout the lifetime of each piece. The best maintenance approach for any piece of commercial equipment, from fire alarm systems to elevators, is one that emphasizes a routine maintenance plan \u2013 one that is planned, scheduled, managed, tracked and recorded. Computerized\u00a0<\/span>Maintenance Management Software\u00a0<\/span>titles (or CMMS applications), have become the new standard for managing preventive maintenance tasks and labor for equipment in medium to large organizations.<\/p>\n Through the use of software applications, a facilities manager can build an enterprise-wide\u00a0<\/span>preventive maintenance program\u00a0<\/span>that ensures productive equipment life and keeps operating costs at a minimum. At the same time, most facilities management software applications will allow the manager to build a database of responsible staff members or outside contractors that can be assigned to any given preventive maintenance task. Some software packages, such as PropertyTrak, will better allow the facilities manager to contract with and maintain relationships with outside maintenance vendors as they would with a professional contact management system.<\/p>\n Although the needs of each facilities manager are always unique, a competent CMMS application should allow the manager to set up and perform equipment maintenance tracking, produce labor assignments for each asset, make use of calendar functions, and create and file reports after the maintenance assignments are completed.<\/p>\n Common Features and Benefits of Facilities Management Software Applications:<\/strong> When the facilities manager can plan, schedule and assign labor to preventive maintenance tasks \u2013 as well as manage multiple tasks and track progress \u2013 the efficiency gained returns to the organization in terms of saved time, lowered labor costs, and lower operational costs. Please\u00a0<\/span>contact PropertyTrak\u00a0<\/span>if you are interest in a facilities management software solution.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For a facilities manager, a preventive maintenance plan helps to ensure strong and reliable performance from premise equipment throughout the lifetime of each piece. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[98,104,124,95],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-229523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","tag-efficiency","tag-facility-management","tag-preventive-maintenance","tag-workflow"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertytrak.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertytrak.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertytrak.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertytrak.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertytrak.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229523"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertytrak.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23417608,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertytrak.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229523\/revisions\/23417608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertytrak.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertytrak.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertytrak.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229523"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertytrak.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=229523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u00b7 Allows you to easily create tasks and assign them to staff members or vendors
\u00b7 Create tasks that are one-time activities or that are recurring
\u00b7 Oversee equipment and systems to ensure all are at peak operating efficiency
\u00b7 Ensure that all equipment is maintained according to manufacturer guidelines
\u00b7 Maintenance calendar allows a facilities manager to review all preventive tasks
\u00b7 Create and assign work orders for any future date
\u00b7 Collect feedback on finished maintenance jobs
\u00b7 Check and manage resource availability
\u00b7 Create an inventory tracking system for part reorders
\u00b7 Generate equipment-specific notes for staff members
\u00b7 Set up and send alerts for pending preventive maintenance tasks
\u00b7 Search for specific work orders and review or change details
\u00b7 Provide at-a-glance analysis of preventive maintenance work loads
\u00b7 Adjust workloads or resources for a given period<\/p>\n