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

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

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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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How to minimize maintenance management labor cost?

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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 minimize maintenance management labor cost?

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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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3 ways facility management software helps keep clients happy

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  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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3 ways facility management software helps keep clients happy

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  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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Facility sustainability: abcs of advanced maintenance

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If you’ve been considering implementing facility sustainability initiatives at your facility, but don’t know where to start amid the complex tangle of “green” standards, practices, and technologies, you’re not alone. Over the past decade, facility management has gone from a fringe ivory tower concept to a full-blown mainstream movement. Take the Leadership in Energy and

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Facility sustainability: abcs of advanced maintenance

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If you’ve been considering implementing facility sustainability initiatives at your facility, but don’t know where to start amid the complex tangle of “green” standards, practices, and technologies, you’re not alone. Over the past decade, facility management has gone from a fringe ivory tower concept to a full-blown mainstream movement. Take the Leadership in Energy and

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How to get upper management onboard with maintenance software

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As a facilities/maintenance manager, you’ve thought long and hard about it, and determined you really need a computerized maintenance management software to better manage your workload and take your operations to the next level. You are tired of feeling overwhelmed by the non-stop, unpredictable flood of maintenance needs, and have decided that you need to

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How to get upper management onboard with maintenance software

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As a facilities/maintenance manager, you’ve thought long and hard about it, and determined you really need a computerized maintenance management software to better manage your workload and take your operations to the next level. You are tired of feeling overwhelmed by the non-stop, unpredictable flood of maintenance needs, and have decided that you need to

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