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12/1/2021

How a CMMS Improves School Maintenance Management

Maintenance management in the education industry comes with its own unique challenges. From navigating large campuses to working around classes and special events schedules, janitors and maintenance technicians have to plan their work efficiently. CMMS software provides school maintenance solutions.

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10/25/2021

How to Write Maintenance Tasks that Improve Work Quality and Consistency

Effective maintenance tasks break down maintenance jobs into more manageable pieces, and make it easy for technicians to understand exactly what “to do”. Follow these simple steps to greatly improve your task-writing abilities.

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10/19/2021

What is Property Maintenance Management?

What is property maintenance management? Learn about more about this concept as well as how CMMS software can assist with maintaining commercial and residential properties in this blog post.

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10/15/2021

Service Request Management Best Practices

Managing service requests is an important part of maintenance management. But without the right tools in place, it can be overwhelming. Follow these best practices to ensure you don’t fall behind on completing maintenance work that is important to others.

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10/13/2021

What is Reliability-Centered Maintenance?

What is reliability-centered maintenance? Learn the definition, how to apply this maintenance method, RCM benefits, and how CMMS software assists with RCM in this blog post.

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10/12/2021

What is Risk-Based Maintenance? A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing RbM

Risk-based maintenance (RbM) is a maintenance methodology that enables you to identify which assets are most critical and likely to fail. Following this assessment, you can determine the best maintenance techniques to prevent failure. This blog post provides an overview of risk-based maintenance.

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10/5/2021

What is Fleet Maintenance Management?

Fleet maintenance management is an important part of overall fleet management. CMMS software is a useful tool for successfully maintaining fleet vehicles in any industry. Learn more about the role fleet maintenance plays in an organization.

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9/21/2021

What is Safe Quality Food (SQF) Certification?

Safe Quality Food (SQF) standards ensure the quality and safety of food and beverage products. Maintenance departments must pay close attention to the assets, personnel, and processes used in food production in order to meet these standards. Learn more about SQF certification and the role maintenance plays in SQF compliance.

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8/27/2021

What is ISO 9001?

What is ISO 9001, how do you get certified, and what are the benefits of this certification? How does it relate to maintenance management? We answer these questions in depth and describe how FTMaintenance can assist you with ISO 9001 compliance.

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6/23/2021

What is Lockout/Tagout?

Lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures keep workers safe from hazardous energy during asset repairs or service. In this article, we provide an overview of lockout/tagout.

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6/21/2021

Understanding OSHA Regulations that Impact Maintenance

In this FTMaintenance blog post, we discuss what OSHA is, how adhering to OSHA standards impacts maintenance, how to avoid violations, and what requirements are most important for maintenance departments.

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6/14/2021

MRO Inventory Optimization Techniques

Inventory costs account for a significant portion of maintenance budgets. Explore different inventory management techniques you can use to minimize the value of your MRO inventory and learn how a CMMS supports MRO inventory management.

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6/7/2021

Why the Construction Industry Should Invest in CMMS Software

There are a number of specific maintenance needs and challenges in the construction industry. CMMS software can help to address them and ensure infrastructure projects get completed on time. Read on to learn more about how the construction industry benefits from maintenance management software.

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6/1/2021

Create a Preventive Maintenance Program in 8 Easy Steps

Despite the many benefits of preventive maintenance, many organizations are stuck in a reactive mindset. Learn how to create a preventive maintenance program with our easy-to-follow guide.

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5/10/2021

What Makes a Good Maintenance Technician?

There are many things that go into what makes a good maintenance technician: specific skills, characteristics, and experience. Find out what those are, what maintenance technicians really do, and how a CMMS can help them perform well.

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4/12/2021

Why You Shouldn’t Fear Maintenance Audits

What do you feel when you hear the word “audit”? Maintenance audits are an often feared – but important – part of business. Learn why organizations that use a CMMS have no reason to fear an audit.

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3/29/2021

What is an Asset?

The maintenance team plays an important role in protecting a business’ assets or resources that provide value. In this article, you will learn all about assets and why they matter to maintenance management.

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3/22/2021

How to Create, Manage, and Maintain an Equipment BOM

An effective equipment bill of materials (EBOM) reduces the need for workaround solutions when it comes to acquiring information about assets and their related components. This article guides you through the process of creating your own EBOM, as well as provides tips for keeping it up to date.

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3/16/2021

How to Create a Maintenance Bill of Materials (BOM)

An effective bill of materials (BOM) provides many advantages to an organization’s maintenance operation – so why don’t some companies have or use them? We show you how quick and easy it is to make a maintenance bill of materials in simple, easy-to-follow steps.

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3/8/2021

Pros and Cons of Different Work Order Management Systems

Maintenance teams use one of multiple systems to manage work orders, including paper, spreadsheets, email, and CMMS software. Learn about the pros and cons of each system in this blog post.

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3/8/2021

How to Organize your Maintenance Storeroom

Maintenance storeroom organization is important  for all maintenance teams, as it makes maintenance operations more efficient. Learn how to organize your maintenance storeroom for maximum productivity in this blog post.

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1/5/2021

Keeping Assets Healthy: A Complete Guide to 4 Types of Maintenance

There are many types of maintenance and using some or all of them strategically will contribute to the health of your assets. Read on to learn about how four maintenance types—corrective, preventive, condition-based, and predictive—work.

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12/28/2020

8 Maintenance Management Objectives

There are several maintenance management objectives that all contribute to the success of the department and the company as a whole. Read on to learn more about the goals of the maintenance team.

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12/21/2020

Work Order Management Best Practices

Work order management is a balancing act. CMMS software helps you establish and enforce work order management best practices. Read this blog post to learn what a complete work order process should look like and the benefits of using maintenance management software for this purpose

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