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Preventive maintenance best practices: how much should you be doing?

When companies come to ManagerPlus looking for our maintenance management software and expertise, it’s not because they aren’t familiar with preventive maintenance. The vast majority are already performing routine oil changes, replacing HVAC filters, lubricating heavy machinery, performing safety inspections, etc. In most cases, what they need is for us to assist them in performing […]

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The 5 most common mistakes made by first-time iwms users

Adopting an Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) is a huge investment in both time and money.  Increased productivity, lower business expenses, increased efficiency, and a well-informed workforce is just a few of the benefits of implementing such technology.  The benefits stand to far outweigh the costs, but only if implementation is done strategically and with

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How to minimize maintenance management labor cost?

ABCs of Advanced Maintenance: Schedule Compliance Ratio In our last installment, we looked at the first key metric you should calculate when evaluating your maintenance operations: Maintenance management Cost as a Percent of RAV (Replacement Asset Value). In broad terms, this metric indicates whether you’re spending too much on maintenance. So let’s suppose you’ve used

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How to overcome c-suite’s objections of “we’ve always done it that way”

Why do your facilities management processes need to change? When you’re working with management, you need to be able to articulate your needs as a facilities manager and clarify why your facilities are important to your entire organization. How can you get managers on your side as you seek to improve your facility operations? Here’s

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7 signs your company might need facility management technology

Your role as the facilities manager is about blending the people, space, and workplace tools, so they all work synergistically towards meeting organizational goals. One of the most effective ways of doing so, is through facility management technology such as an Integrated Workplace Management System. Since such an investment stands to affect every aspect of

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Maintenance benchmarking with cmms: how does your company compare?

ABCs of Advanced Maintenance: Maintenance Cost and Replacement Asset Value For many companies, efforts to streamline maintenance operations tend to follow a “fire, ready, aim” progression. Management wants to see improvements, but everyone has a different idea about how this should be accomplished, and pretty soon there are a dozen different initiatives underway with no

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5 things facilities managers must do to gain respect & clout

Facilities management is often an invisible field. You provide the infrastructure that allows an organization to run smoothly. When your job is running smoothly, it’s hard to see that you’re doing it, and it’s only when mistakes happen that employees notice that there’s a problem. However, facilities management issues need to be on the agenda

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3 ways facility management software helps keep clients happy

  Occupancy is always at the top of every facility owner’s list of priorities—keeping current clients happy while attracting new business is the key to profitability. The key to client happiness is, in turn, a function of facility condition and overall costs. This is where facility managers and maintenance personnel come into the picture. They

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What can facilities managers do with 35% more time?

Over the past several decades, facilities management has expanded to include a broad range of business functions that emphasize deriving maximum value from a facility. Countless factors have driven the increase in the complexities and responsibilities of the facility manager’s job. Facilities themselves are more complicated, evolving toward more computerized support systems and the “smart”

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Gas storage tank maintenance: quick tips and fixes

Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere (and maybe even then) you’ve undoubtedly heard the good news: gas prices are nearly 50 percent lower than they were a year ago. Fleet companies, heavy equipment contractors, and other companies, apart from those working directly in the oil and gas industry, have seen their costs fall

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