{"id":398,"date":"2011-08-01T13:08:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T17:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psiwebware.com\/blog\/?p=398"},"modified":"2014-02-20T14:31:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T19:31:58","slug":"how-to-ensure-cmms-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/cmms-software-3\/how-to-ensure-cmms-success\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Ensure CMMS Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Implementing and effectively using a CMMS package demonstrates innovation<\/a>.\u00a0 The right Computer Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) is the best way to manage all aspects of facility services.\u00a0 Your CMMS can provide a best practices framework to help your managers make better decisions today, and more profit tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Once you have chosen the CMMS tool for your team, the next step is the implementation, which is possibly the most important step of all.\u00a0 The way that your implementation is handled will be a key to the overall success of your project.\u00a0 Many businesses underestimate the value of following a strict procedure during implementation and may not be getting the best return on investment as a result.<\/p>\n

Steps to a successful CMMS implementation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Planning.<\/strong>\u00a0 The planning stages of the process will directly affect the success of the implementation.\u00a0 Ensure that your chosen software is going to match up to your best work methods.\u00a0 The best time to make changes is before the implementation process begins.\u00a0 If the planning stage is done with care and attention to detail, it will make the implementation and training process that much quicker, and the system will be able to go live in days or weeks, rather than months.<\/li>\n
  2. Communication.<\/strong>\u00a0 It is vital to communicate with the key employees who will need to implement the system.\u00a0 They will be able to communicate in turn with the employees that work under them.\u00a0 The entire system should have buy-in from top management down to the worker in your buildings.\u00a0 All key managers and employees should be educated on the benefits of using your CMMS<\/a> and the value that it will bring to your business.\u00a0 It may even be beneficial to include some of the key personnel into the planning process form the very beginning.\u00a0 They have detailed knowledge about their facilities and what is needed to be successful.<\/li>\n
  3. Training.<\/strong>\u00a0 If you are the pilot of a plane, but don\u2019t know how to fly it properly, you will probably crash.\u00a0 The value of training your staff to effectively use the chosen CMMS cannot be over emphasized.\u00a0 It is vital to ensure that everyone who interacts with your new system gets the training they need before it goes live.\u00a0 The business may even have to implement basic computer literacy classes to ensure that all employees are up to par and are able to use the system with ease.<\/li>\n
  4. Support:<\/strong>\u00a0 Employees will need product support, especially at the beginning of the implementation and in the first months of use.\u00a0 It is always wise to have a dedicated team to provide support to prevent employees from going back to \u2018doing it their way\u2019 shortly after implementation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It is important to remember that humans are notoriously resistant to change.\u00a0 Implementing a CMMS package should be done with care.\u00a0 Over time, employees will become comfortable with using your new system, and your begin discovering ways to make work even easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The way that your implementation is handled will be a key to the overall success of your project. Many businesses underestimate the value of following a strict procedure during implementation and may not be getting the best return on investment as a result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[39],"tags":[6],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"psp_head":"How To Ensure CMMS Success \u2013 PSIwebware - Hometown of TAMS<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It is important to remember that humans are notoriously resistant to change. Implementing a CMMS package should be done with care.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/cmms-software-3\/how-to-ensure-cmms-success\/\" \/>\r\n","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ATPx-6q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":731,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}