Computerized Maintenance Management Systems: A Tutorial
Part Two: Benefits and Interfaces
Joseph J. Strub - July 8, 2003

Benefits

A CMMS (computerized maintenance management system) can be one of the easier pieces of software to cost justify. This is not to say that every company should have one. Rather, the benefits are real and tangible; savings that you can take to the bank. You should analyze current maintenance practices, determine percentage of downtime, calculate yield loss, and loss revenue. Even if this information paints a rosy picture, you would want to look at your inventory carrying costs. Perhaps you are overcompensating for potential lost productivity due to equipment outage by stocking more inventory that is needed. The fact that you don’t have the data to perform the above analysis may be a hint that your company needs a CMMS...