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CMMS
You Get What You Pay For: Evaluating CMMS Beyond Cost
In today’s dynamic business landscape, organizations rely on Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) to streamline maintenance process’, help maintainers maximize asset performance, and ensure regulatory compliance. With over 400 CMMS solutions available – and more flooding the market every year...
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Get schooled: How smart asset management can promote health and safety for students
COVID-19 forced many students and educators to rapidly change everything about how learning happened...
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2 Tools to help manufacturing beat rising energy costs
Whether you’re running things on the ground floor or from up in the office, those in manufacturing...
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Sustainability 101: A crash course on sustainability in the education sector
The education sector has always been a quiet partner in the race to green, with eco-friendly...
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Easing the pain of rising healthcare energy costs with Brightly’s CMMS
From heating, cooling and air quality to sterilizing equipment and powering life-saving medical...
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Our Study: Educators give assets poor grades, tap technology to aid future performance
New survey data from Brightly Software highlights education leaders’ uncertainty about the state of...
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Predictive Maintenance: Definition, FAQs, Solutions & More
What is predictive maintenance? This question has puzzled many business professionals for years, but...
How to protect your operations budget during inflation
In times of inflation, smart technology can help maximize budgets (including help with grant or funding requests) through more effective utility management, smart asset management, and reduced long-term or emergency costs from preventive maintenance.
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Inflation-Busting: Moving from Reactive to Preventive Maintenance
Note: this is, Part 3, an expansion on the “ Inflation-Busting: Controlling Costs with CMMS”. Today...
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Like Smokey Bear says: With preventive maintenance, you too can prevent wildfires
The recent rise in catastrophic wildfires fires throughout the US emphasizes the need for preventive...
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We’re not in Kansas anymore: How a CMMS can help you navigate tornado damage
Acts of nature can tax the ability of any good facility maintenance crew to maintain operations and...
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Disaster planning for floods: don’t get caught without a paddle
Many US regions have long faced the threat of floods, but recently, incidents have increased with...
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4 Ways a healthcare computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) can improve hospital operations & patient care
Imagine if patients saw how many zeroes it takes to run a safe and compliant hospital. Better have a...
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Maintenance: the heart of your profit center
Many organizations operate their maintenance and operations departments as cost centers. They’re...