How can you decide which maintenance software application is best?  Can you be sure that the software will correspond with your organization’s characteristics?  Even once these questions are answered, how do you get your chosen application up and running, both promptly and effectively?  While there is no truly perfect software out there, there are some steps that we can follow to help in the selection process.  Even then, a good CMMS can fail without a well planned implementation schedule.  In this multi-part series we will explore, in detail, the steps you can take towards becoming a world class maintenance department.  The blog series will run in the following order:

Part I:    Developing Specifications and Questions

Part II:   Hardware Requirements

Part III: Selecting Vendors to Evaluate

Part IU: Choosing a Vendor

Part V:  Pre-Installation Planning

Part VI: “GO LIVE”