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CMMS

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems

The acronym CMMS represents Computerized Maintenance Management Systems. CMMS is not a new software technology. CMMS is a set of software that performs functions in support of the management of maintenance operations.

Benefits of using the CMMS Data Access Disk

There are a number of benefits from using software directories that identify vendors and systems in the marketplace and compare functionality capabilities. A primary benefit is the time savings and convenience of having access to a single source of information that helps you make an initial selection of applicable systems. This limits the number of directories and magazines it would take to find a comparable list of systems and vendors. Another significant benefit is the ability to compare "apples-to-apples" one systems' functionality or vendor's capabilities to another in one document as you begin to narrow down the selection process.

The CMMS Data Access Disk provides the above mentioned benefits as well as the following additional features.

a. It's A One-of-a-Kind, Comprehensive Source

No other comprehensive, advanced CMMS software CD-ROM exists in the marketplace. Other sources simply do not provide the breadth of this CD-ROM nor a single source for this information. People need access to a consolidated directory that includes all kinds of software vendors, from the small to large, from point solutions to fully integrated systems, and from across the broad spectrum of CMMS applications. Other than vendor product literature, there is no one source of information that provides the in-depth details about specific CMMS systems in the market. This CD-ROM, for the first time, defines the various components of CMMS applications and identifies which vendors sell these capabilities. Additionally, for every system in the program, there is considerable information about the company, installations, platforms, systems software, interfaces - in addition to an exhaustive listing of functionality for all the different applications within CMMS.

b. The CMMS Data Access Disk addresses the integration factor

This CD-ROM recognizes that integration and technology advances are a factor in purchasing and designing CMMS solutions. Therefore, information about service and support, interface options, technical capabilities, and standards compliance are provided.

This CD-ROM also includes the means to identify which software can be interfaced to other systems. This is often a critical requirement for integration and networking planning and buying decisions. A complete listing of interfaces for connectivity and networking are provided for your integration planning. In addition, the system to system interfaces necessary for specific functionality are identified for each of the CMMS applications.

c. It's an Evolving Industry Resource

As the industry evolves and changes, so too does system technology and functionality. To keep pace with these cycles, this CD-ROM will reflect the evolution. Each year, terms will be refined and enhanced, integration requirements further expanded, operating environment information revisited, and additional suppliers and systems added.

d. It's a key source in the selection process without analysis or bias

The Data Access Disk is intended to help you find systems that meet your needs. It does so without third party analysis about the systems or an external bias. The intent is to provide data about systems in the marketplace, not selection recommendations, implementation instructions, or policy guidance. This is an ideal reference for systems integrators, VARs, consultants, manufacturers and systems analysts. It is current and reflects the most recent definitions of CMMS functionality. Unlike competing guides, Managing Automation Software Guides is not in the consulting practice.

Through its specification, scoring, comparison and RFI/RFP preparation tools, the CMMS Data Access Disk makes it easy for you to work with all this information.

Overview of CMMS Data Access Disk Contents

The CMMS Data Access Disk covers the following application areas: functionalities, system criteria, and supplier services.

I. Maintenance application(s) for which a system is intended or designed

· Facilities

· Fleets

· Government

· Hospitals

· Housekeeping

· Manufacturing

· Process Industries

· Schools / Universities

· Utilities

· Marine

· Transportation

II. Modules Included in Base Price

· Corrective/Improvement Work Orders

· Planning and Scheduling

· Maintenance Procedure Library

· Maintenance Task Standards Library

· Service Contracts

· Maintenance Project Management and Accounting

· Warranty Claims Tracking

· Key /Badge Inventory

· Preventive Maintenance Work Order and Scheduling

· Predictive Maintenance Analysis

· Equipment List and Identification

· Equipment Specifications and Parts Lists

· Equipment Document Management

· Equipment Utilization

· Fleet / Vehicle Utilization

· Fuel and Other Consumable Resources Utilization

· Buildings, Grounds and Facilities

· Parts and Materials Inventory Control

· Purchasing

· Tool Management and Control

· Blanket Purchases

· Energy Management

· Inspection Management

· Personnel

· Maintenance Cost and Budgeting

· Maintenance Requirement Forecasting

· Hazardous Materials Tracking

· Maintenance Troubleshooting and Diagnostics

· Fuel Dispensing System

· Calibration Management

· Safety Compliance Management

· Downtime Management

· Materials Management

· Asset Management

· Project Management

· Work Management

· Capital Asset and Acquisition

III. System Functionalities

· Work Ordering and Reporting

· Scheduling

· Equipment History

· Inventory and Other Maintenance Support Functions

· Purchasing

· Resource Tracking

IV. System Information and Architecture

· Installed Base

· System Pricing

· Platform Options

· Architectural Foundation

· Applications with which CMMS interfaces

· System Operational Environment

V. Supplier Information

· Personnel

· Break out quantity of licenses by area

· Support, customization and Implementation Services

The Data Access Disk's source of supplier and system information

Data presented in this CD-ROM were submitted by the CMMS suppliers included. These suppliers responded to an extensive questionnaire developed by Managing Automation Software Guides to gather pertinent data regarding CMMS suppliers and the systems they offer.

Managing Automation Software Guides cannot assume any responsibility for the validity of these data as supplied by the respondents; only the suppliers of these data can verify their accuracy. On the other hand, Managing Automation Software Guides has reviewed all of the responses and has no reason to assume that any respondent would intentionally mislead the reader.

Verification is best accomplished by seeing demonstrations (preferably at user sites) of those systems which appear to be most applicable.

(Some Suppliers are not listed in the CD-ROM because they chose not to respond to Managing Automation Software Guide's editorial questionnaire.)

Publisher Information

ABOUT THE EDITOR

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Mary Connors, Publisher, Managing Automation Software Guides, Division of Thomas Publishing Company

In 1992, Thomas Publishing Company made a commitment to provide the marketplace with single source Data Access Disks to help users save time and money in locating, comparing and selecting software for their manufacturing needs. In 1992, we published the CMMS Directory And Comparison Guide, now in its 6th edition.

This new media vehicle to allow users, such as yourself, to accelerate your software selections, in the hope of reducing the purchasing cycle time. You simply select your system criteria and the CD-ROM program runs millions of selection criteria combinations in split seconds and provides you with a list of potential suppliers.

An additional feature we have made available is a built-in RFI/RFP development tool. After you have created your RFP, you can print it or download it onto a disk to send to suppliers.

Within our CD-ROM Data Access Disk, you will be able to jump right into our Home Page on the Internet and connect directly to the supplier's Home page.

We are continuing our efforts to find more efficient methods to help select and compare systems for your specific needs.

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Adrian M. Salee, Salee Management Systems

Adrian M. Salee is a general management consultant and owner of Salee Management Systems, a company devoted to improving the operation and effectiveness of businesses and other organizations. Much of the company's work center on developing and implementing custom designed computer software and the organizational structure and procedures needed for effective operation.

Mr. Salee is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants and has over twenty years of experience in consulting. He works in a broad range of industries, with many of his assignments in maintenance management. He as written two computer-operated maintenance management systems (CMMS) and implemented those system and others for clients in a wide variety of industries. Mr. Salee is the consultant on a project that resulted in the series of CMMS Directories and wrote the CMMS user Handbook. He is now the editor of the CMMS Directory and Comparison Guide.

Mr. Salee's other areas of consulting have included railroad operation, retain / divest evaluation, and the turnaround of companies close to failure. He also participated in some of the original concept studies for the Washington, D.C. Metro System and the Hubble Space Telescope. As a licensed professional engineer, Mr. Salee has designed a number of buildings and houses on Long Island, NY

Mr. Salee is a member of the American Arbitration Association, and is a Seminar Leader in maintenance management subjects for the American Management Association.

Mr. Salee holds degrees in both engineering and business administration, and is a licensed professional engineer. Previously, Mr. Salee was a Principal with The Emerson Consultants.

PUBLICATIONS STAFF

PUBLISHER: Mary Connors; GROUP PUBLISHER: Ralph E. Richardson; AIM GROUP PUBLISHER: James M. Morris; PUBLISHER, MANAGING AUTOMATION: Robert Malone; SALES MANAGER: Michael Andrea; DIRECTOR, CUSTOM PUBLISHING: Ciro Buttacavoli; BUSINESS MANAGER: Richard Cherichella; DESIGN/PRODUCTION DIRECTOR: Robert B. Clark; PRODUCTION MANAGER; Craig W. Brown; MARKETING MANAGER: Ilia Rodriguez; PUBLISHING SERVICES COORDINATOR: Shawn Jacobs; ASSISTANT TO THE PUBLISHER: Tania Schrader; TRADE SHOW MANAGER: Sandy Stephens; MEETINGS MANAGER: Deborah Halpern; EDITOR: Alice H. Greene; SENIOR CONTRIBUTING EDITOR/GLOSSARY: Jack Thornton; CONTRIBUTING EDITORS, GLOSSARY: Marty Weil, Greg Farnum

KEY EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS:

Blain Clapper (Omnicomp); Robert Tang (Marcam); Rob Bloom (PSDI), Dick Brown (J.D. Edwards), Robert Blakeney (Bonner& Moore Associates Inc.); David White (GP Solutions)

THE CMMS DATA ACCESS DISK is published annually by Thomas Publishing Company, J. E. Andrade, Chmn of Board; C.T. Holst-Knudsen, Pres.; R.E. Ahrensdorf, VP Int. Oper.; R.J. Anderson, VP Planning; E.V. Dillon, VP Marketing; D. Macpherson, VP Finance.

Executive Office: 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001. Telephone: (212) 695-0500. Managing Automation Software Guides: 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001. Telephone: (212) 629-1112/Cable Address: THOMPUB NEW YORK. Telex: 12-6266/THOMPUB NYK.

Copyright by Thomas Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means or stored in a database or retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher. The publisher makes no statement regarding the accuracy of these data. The data contained herein were derived by the CMMS Suppliers listed in this publication.

Overview

The CMMS Data Access Disk contains both

· a large collection of data, representing the responses from suppliers to a questionnaire containing detail on over 340 functionalities and aspects of more than 190 systems from 138 suppliers, and

· a software program which enables you to make optimal use of that data.

These are the primary features of the program

· You can view a supplier profile of any supplier company, and print it.

· You can view a system profile of any system, and print it.

· You can view demos, documents and web sites provided by advertisers.

· You can create a specification for a system you are interested in, either

· as a high-level specification, which can become a Request for Information

· as a detail-level specification, which can become a Request for Proposal

· In creating a specification, you can select as many of the functionalities as you choose, and indicate the importance level (to you) of each.

· The CMMS Data Access Disk scores all the systems using an algorthm that combines the supplier's reported level of support for each functionality with your importance rating for that item.

· You can control the scoring process by weighting categories, according to their importance to you , and even by overriding functionality scores in a Comparison table.

· You can select a subset of scored systems to compare in a table. You can set a scoring cutoff for this group, and manually add or remove systems from it.

· You can comment, save, and later reload your specifications..

· You can create a note file as you work.

· You can generate a Comparison Table, which you can further customize, and then print or export.

· You can generate customized RFI and RFP documents, in Rich Text Format, for publication with your word processor or for electronic transmission.

· You can update a comparison table based on responses to your RFIs and RFPs to assist in your evaluation of responding systems.

Glossary

Word or Term Meaning or Definition Within this Publication

Ad-hoc Reporting The ability to develop report formats not standard to the CMMS, but using data accumulated by the CMMS.

Application Program Software having a specific usage (eg. accounting program)

ASCII Code American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A standard for computer software file structure.

Bar Code A means for designating (coding) alphabetic characters or numbers by a series of lines of varying width (bars) to be read by an optical scanner.

Browse Function A software function for scanning a database to view a specific set of data field for all data records.

CAD Computer-Aided Design.

CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management System. A set of software that performs functions in support of the management of maintenance operations.

Corrective/Improvement Work Orders Single-job work orders describing work and resources needed for one time correction of a problem, or for making a specific improvement.

Customized Report Generator Custom software which allows creation of a report from any set of data selected from a database.

Data Entry Validation Automatic checking of specific characteristics of entered data to assure it is within required standards.

Data Record A single set of the data in a database (eg. a single work order within the work order database).

DBMS Database Management System. Specialized programming for managing data.

Diagnostic Test Collecting equipment performance data through sensors and evaluating the data to indicate equipment condition.

Disaster recovery Assistance by the supplier in restoring lost data or system files.

Downloading Copying.

Downtime The period during which production is halted due to equipment unavailability.

Format A specific on-screen or printed arrangement of data (eg. a Work Order form).

Function Any activity performed by software (eg. in a CMMS, the checking of parts availability or re-scheduling of preventive maintenance work).

Generic database Database compiled of information on many examples of the equipment type regardless of manufacturer.

Generic Equipment Repair

History Database A database covering a range of equipment items and containing combined historic data on many examples of each make and model.

Graphic Display/ Drawing A pictorial display of an object or arrangement of events.

Hardware The computers, printers, and other devices on which software programs run.

Just-in-Time (JIT) An ordering, shipping and inventorying technique for supplying materials immediately before they are to be used.

Maintenance Procedures Library A set of descriptions of the standard job steps and resources needed for performing specific maintenance jobs.

Management Corporate Management not directly involved in CMMSapplications.

Menu Driven User choices are made from on-screen lists of options.

Module Discrete segments of software performing one or more specific functions; may be added or removed at user discretion with most CMMS.

MRPII Manufacturing Resource Planning.

Multi-tasking Capability to perform two or more simultaneous software operations.

Network See PC-LAN.

On-Line Query Direct access to information in the database while the CMMS is in operation.

Password Security Prevention from entering and using a software system unless a valid password is entered. This may include selective restriction of the use of the system's various operating sections.

PC-LAN Two or more PC's and/or terminals interconnected, via a local area network, so as to use the same programs and databases.

PdM See Predictive Maintenance.

Peripheral System A set of software and/or devices for sensing/measuring/monitoring various electrical/mechanical characteristics of equipment, interpreting the measurements and supplying the results to a CMMS to indicate the level and type of need for performing maintenance work(see Predictive Maintenance).

Pick List A list of stockroom shelf items to be collected for use in performing a maintenance work order.

Planning Describing the job steps and resources, such as labor, parts, support, equipment, etc. required for a work order.

PM See Preventive Maintenance.

Preventive Maintenance Rigidly scheduled pre-defined sets of maintenance tasks performed to counteract known sources of potential equipment failure.

Product R&D Efforts solely directed at finding and developing new or improved products.

Remote Diagnostic Analysis of diagnostic test data at a location distant from a sensing device.

Report Generator See Customized Report Generator.

Scheduling Fixing the data and time for performing a maintenance job, having assured the availability of the resources described in the planning process.

Sensor A device whose measurement of heat, vibration, electrical or other physical characteristics will be used as input for data for predictive maintenance.

Service Bureau A company using its own software and databases to perform CMMS functions for a client on a contract basis.

Service Contract A contract with an outside supplier of a regularly provided maintenance service, such as fork-lift truck maintenance.

Software The programs and databases that run on computer hardware.

Source Code Programs in their original programming language.

Standing Work Order A work order that remains open to receive and accumulate small maintenance jobs.

System See CMMS.

User determined configuration User determined data terminology.

Validation See Data Entry Validation.

How do I …

Approach selection tasks

Find information on a specific company

Find information on a particular system

Create a Request for Information (RFI) or Request for Proposal (RFP)

Evaluate a suppliers' responses

Select a system and vendor

Use the CMMS Data Access Disk's features

General

Use the menu and buttons

Sort lists of suppliers or systems

View a demo, a document or a web page

Make notes for myself and colleagues

Print information

Specification Process

Choose between high-level and detailed specification

Select functionalities

Set a default importance level

Set a default weighting level for all functionalities

Use the 'importance rating' feature

Use the 'weighting' feature

Select systems to consider further

Add or remove systems from further consideration

Save a specification

Load (recall) a specification

Delete a previously-saved specification

Tables

Decide whether to save a specification or a Comparison table

Understand the comparison table

Interpret the codes in the comparison table

Adjust the width of columns in the comparison table

Sort or rank items in the comparison table

Filter items in the comparison table

Export the comparison table

Load a saved comparison table

Change the sytem/functionality scores in the comparison table

RFI and RFP documents

Create an RFI or RFP

What information do I add to an RFI or RFP

Copy Information into an RFI or RFP

Export and RFI or RFP

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