CMMS Maintenance Care Blog

Some people think that being busy means that you are in demand or more important than someone else. In some cases that may be true but being too busy isn’t the best way to get the job done.

 One of the biggest issues in any maintenance department is the budget. There needs to be enough money to make sure required work does not fall behind, there has to be enough for equipment and emergencies, and enough for salaries to ensure you have enough staff.

Keeping the carpet in good shape is imperative to cut down on costs, make the area look nicer, and extend the life of your initial investment. What some maintenance departments neglect to do is to start a program of preventative maintenance the day the carpet is installed.

Sure, there are quite a few people who love what they do and that’s great but some people need to feel that spark they felt with a new job. 

Most companies that have been around a while have used spreadsheets for all of their maintenance needs.

Whether your facility employs an in-house maintenance team or not, there are often times that you still have to choose a contractor to do a job that someone else cannot.

Many maintenance departments are reactive instead of proactive. They fall behind in work and everything gets backlogged because they wait until there is a problem to take care of instead of eliminating the issue that may cause the problem.

Someone looking from the outside might believe that facilities maintenance is just keeping AC filters changed and plunging a toilet but as a maintenance department manager, you know that is the furthest thing from the truth. Here are the best practices for facilities maintenance and how CMMS helps.