Bryan Christiansen

Keeping up with regular maintenance is a mission-critical process – even though it may not seem so important when all your equipment is in proper working order. If you barely notice the benefits of preventative maintenance on a day-to-day basis, you’re either doing it right, or you’ve been lucky enough to avoid a catastrophic equipment failure that makes the need for a solid maintenance program blatantly (and painfully) obvious. The real benefits are visible in the bottom line thanks to longer equipment lifespans and less downtime.

A comprehensive CMMS software like Limble is a major part of the equation, but the effectiveness of your maintenance program is amplified when you pair the right software with the right CMMS labels for your applications and incorporate best practices into your maintenance management program.

A CMMS, a.k.a Computerized Maintenance Management System, is a software program that, in a nutshell, streamlines and automates a company’s maintenance processes. CMMS solutions came about in the 80’s when managers and crew were sick of the chaos caused by trying to track their WOs, PMs and assets with paper and pencil.

Thanks to this type of technology, maintenance managers can now automate their maintenance schedules, increase asset lifetime, forecast inventory needs, and keep track of work orders via computer and mobile devices.

A.T. Kearney and Industry Week Magazine surveyed 558 companies and published that maintenance software increased productivity by 28.3%. All of this functionality results in more efficient operations, saving you a ton of time and saving your company a ton of money. Let’s explore the top 7 CMMS benefits.

Did you know that some corporate managers value forklift downtime cost at thousands of dollars per minute? That’s right, not per hour – per minute! Proper forklift maintenance can help prevent such costly downtime.

Toyota, a major provider, estimates downtime value at a whopping $225,000 per hour at Ebay (that’s almost a cool quarter-million) and $180,000 over at Amazon…

Are you in charge of maintaining forklifts or handling downtime in your workplace? Then we’ve put together some info we think you’ll like: An easy to use guide on creating a forklift maintenance plan.