Is it Time to Invest in a CMMS?

MARLTON, NJ, May 07, 2013

The introduction of new technology system-wide can seem daunting when staffing is tight and budgets are even slimmer. However, in the case of a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), the cost of not investing often is far greater. A May 2 session at the Airport Council Spring Conference in Seattle recently explained why.

Leading the workshop, titled "Is It Time To Invest in a CMMS?" was David Galante, Account Executive for the GSH Group, and Gene Pargas, Vice President for Strategic Accounts for eMaint Enterprises. GSH supports a variety of companies, including airports, with facilities management and energy-control services. Since it made the switch to eMaint's X3 in 2008, GSH has experienced a 25 percent boost in productivity.

"When GSH came to eMaint, its mechanics and engineers reported spending significant amounts of time away from their real work, creating a 'paper trail' to track work orders and putting out fires that could have been avoided with more systematic preventive maintenance," says Pargas. "GSH isn't unique. The before-and-after success story it achieved for its clients can be a model for airports -- and other businesses -- everywhere."

Pargas and Galante particularly credit the "mobile" features of the CMMS -- allowing data to be entered or tracked anytime, anywhere via portable tablets or smartphones -- for the business transformation at GSH.

In their May 2nd workshop, Pargas and Galante offered a step-by-step guide to helping airport maintenance managers decide when and how they should convert to a CMMS. The conference, sponsored by the International Facility Management Assn. (IFMA), is designed to address the challenges of managing airports in a global economy. For more information on the conference, visit http://airp.ifma.org/events/2013/01/03/airport-council-spring-conference-2013.

About eMaint Enterprises, LLC: eMaint, a leader in on-demand CMMS solutions, has provided maintenance management software solutions since 1986 and was one of the first CMMS providers to develop a completely Web-based "Software as a Service" (SaaS) model for more rapid implementation at a lower total cost. eMaint's client base consists of more than 18,000 users worldwide across 3,500 sites -- ranging from small and medium-sized organizations to Fortune 500 corporations, including manufacturers, service providers, fleet operators, energy and utility companies, health care facilities, universities, municipalities, and facility and property managers. For more information on eMaint products and services, visit http://www.emaint.com, the Spanish site at http://www.emaint.com/index-esp.php, the UK site at http://www.emaint.co.uk/ or the Brazilian site at http://www.emanut.com.br