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Profiles of Success: Towson University

August 19, 2009 by Brian Kincaid 0 Comments

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Earlier this year we introduced you to the McGraw Hill company who is one of our successful customers.   The feedback they provided was directly from a survey project called “Profiles of Success”.  We have selected Towson University to be showcased in this blog post; another customer who has completed the below survey. If your organization is interested in participating in the Profiles of Success survey, simply fill out this form and we’ll include your response in a future post.

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A special thanks to Troy Lingelbach from Towson University for all of his hard work throughout his implementation and being gracious enough to provide such thorough feedback about his usage of Maintenance Connection.  I have had the pleasure of personally working with Troy on his roll-out of Maintenance Connection and should mention his continued patience and dedication is one of the main fators they have seen such outstanding results.

Survey Questions: Towson University’s Responses:
Question #1:(BEFORE)

  • What system (if any) was in place before Maintenance Connection was implemented?
  • What were some of the main business drivers for implementing CMMS?
 Response:

  • Prior to Maintenance Connection we operated 2 independent CMMS’s simultaneously.
  • The reason for running two systems was because each system served several different needs.
    • One system (Maximo) served the Academic buildings on campus.
    • The other system (which was web based), was designed and developed in-house, and served the Residential buildings on campus.
  • Our main business driver for choosing Maintenance Connection’s CMMS was because we needed a single web based system that could serve our entire campus.
    • With the Academic and Residential buildings having different requirements, this system needed to be flexible yet fully capable of providing a complete CMMS. 
  • Because of all these needs, we chose Maintenance Connection since their CMMS provided the best possible options and would produce the best end results.
Question #2:(SELECTION)

  • What were your top reasons for choosing Maintenance Connection over other CMMS options?
 Response:

  • Our top reason for selecting Maintenance Connection was because they could easily customize their CMMS to our organization and make it fit within the processes we already had in place.
  • After implementing it, we noticed the benefits of having a 100% we based CMMS software, and appreciated the fact that the system was extremely easy to use.
Question #3:(USAGE)

  • Describe the general usage of Maintenance Connection within your organization.
 Response:

  • We have two primary uses for our CMMS, which have provided strong benefits and continuous results.
    • Our Physical Plant staff uses Maintenance Connection for preventative and corrective maintenance.
    • Our Faculty, Staff, and Resident Students, on the other hand, access Maintenance Connection’s Service Requester to initiate a request for repairs.
      • This has helped out tremendously as all requests are automatically routed to the appropriate shop according to the respected problem type (a very efficient process).
Survey Questions: Towson University’s Responses:
Question #4:(RETURN ON INVESTMENT)

  • List a few improvements that your company has experienced as a result of implementing Maintenance Connection’s CMMS?
  • (Examples include: reduced downtime by 10%, decreased parts stock-outs by 25%, saved $100,000 per year in overtime)
 Response:

  • Since implementing Maintenance Connection’s CMMS, we have noticed:
    • Improved communications and relations with our customers.
    • An approx. 75% reduction in telephone calls to our Work Control Center.
      • This has drastically helped save labor cost and allowed our employees to become more productive.
      • We have also noticed improvement within our record keeping and reporting abilities.
      • We have eliminated numerous bottlenecks in the work order flow process.
      • And most importantly, we have benefited from a drastic improvement in productivity from our maintenance staff by maximizing their ability to improve areas around our campus. 
Question #5: (IMPLEMENTATION)

  • Describe your experience during implementation, from the initial purchase through “go-live.”
 Response:

  • Overall, our implementation went very well without any major issues.
  • Our account manager and the entire Maintenance Connection support team have always been available when we needed them.
  • Our system has been up and running for 2+ years without any unscheduled down times.
Question #6: (IMPLEMENTATION)

  • Do you have any suggestions for someone just beginning the implementation of CMMS?  
 Response:

  • Implementing a CMMS in your organization may require substantial changes to the way you operate.
  • When choosing a CMMS, you should carefully analyze which one will give you the ability to customize the system to ensure it can “work for you.”
    • Without this ability you will have to modify the way your organization functions in order to support the CMMS
    • (When in reality, it should be the other way around – the CMM system should customize to the organization’s needs.  This is why we chose this company for our CMMS needs).
  • Choosing Maintenance Connection has taken our organization to the next level, without causing unnecessary strains or burdens to our operations.
  • Maintenance Connection’s CMMS integrated very well with the way we work and has provided many additional benefits that we never had before.
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Profiles of Success: The McGraw-Hill Companies

March 24, 2009 by Brad Squires 0 Comments

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With all the wonderful feedback we’ve received from each of our customers, we decided to highlight these through a new tool called “Profiles of Success”. Through The MC Blog, we will periodically select a customer who has completed the below survey. If your organization is interested in participating in the Profiles of Success survey, simply fill out this form and we’ll include your response in a future post.

A special thanks to Mark Samons and Zack Hess at The McGraw-Hill Companies for providing such thorough feedback about your usage of Maintenance Connection.

Survey Questions:  The McGraw-Hill Companies’ Responses: 
Question #1:
(BEFORE)

  • What system (if any) was in place before Maintenance Connection was implemented?

     

  • What were some of the main business drivers for implementing CMMS?
 Response:

  • We used the MP2 system by DataStream prior to implementing Maintenance Connection.
  • Main drivers for CMMS implementation included:
    • Manage assets and record asset history
    • Manage workflow
    • Manage spares inventory
    • Schedule PMs
Question #2:
(SELECTION)

  • What were your top reasons for choosing Maintenance Connection over other CMMS options?

     

  • And which other CMMS options did you consider (Optional Question)?
 Response:

  • Our Top reasons for selecting Maintenance Connection were because of their CMM systems’:
    • Powerful Features:
      • Their features were easy to learn and very user-friendly
      • (because if the staff can’t use it – it’s useless).
    • Ability to manage multiple locations and stockrooms.
    • Excellent ability to produce custom reports without programming.
      • Because if we can’t get the data we need back out of a database, why even put it in?
    • Ability to submit work orders online through the requester tool.
    • And of course, their e-mail notifications detailing work order history.
      • This was a fantastic tool and ensured our processes were running smoothly.
  • We were considering DataStream’s 7i, but Maintenance Connection’s price and overall value surpassed that option.
Question #3:
(USAGE)

  • Describe the general usage of Maintenance Connection within your organization.
 Response:

  • The primary areas of Maintenance Connection we use, include tracking and managing:
    • Maintenance workflow
    • Spares inventory
    • Equipment assets
    • PM and recurring task work orders
    • Non-emergency service request work orders
Question #4:
(RETURN ON INVESTMENT)

  • List a few improvements that your company has experienced as a result of implementing Maintenance Connection’s CMMS?

     

  • (Examples include: reduced downtime by 10%, decreased parts stock-outs by 25%, saved $100,000 per year in overtime)
 Response:

  • We have noticed that Maintenance Connection has benefited our company with a lot of different company-wide improvements. For example:
    • The ability to manage equipment assets and their care (PM) across an entire organization.
      • We can now do this with great consistency between locations.
    • Successfully manage our inventory.
      • Since implementing this program, out-of-stocks have become nearly non-existent.
    • We can now monitor partial receipts until a stock order is complete.
    • The ability to monitor inventory usage over time has allowed us to adjust stock levels to the needed quantities.
    • Technicians are now able to quickly narrow down searches in equipment history to find past issues with a particular piece of equipment.
      • They have also had great success finding similar failures across multiple locations, which has helped speed up the process of troubleshooting.
    • Downtime is definitely reduced, and overtime can often be reduced or completely avoided.
    • We have enjoyed having the ability to monitor our performance in order to see what we do well and where we need to improve.
      • In turn, this has allowed us to provide the best possible service to our customers.
Question #5: (IMPLEMENTATION)

  • Describe your experience during implementation, from the initial purchase through “go-live.”
 Response:

  • The initial purchase was painless for us.
    • We continuously asked Brad, at Maintenance Connection, countless questions and for repeated online demonstrations during our decision making process to ensure we were getting the best product possible.
    • In the end, Brad was extremely helpful, he did not pressure us, and definitely let the product do the talking.
  • We decided to have Maintenance Connection host our database initially, until we could secure space on our in-house servers.
    • This proved to be a good idea, as it made it easy to work the Maintenance Connection Support Team during set-up.
    • Their help made the process of becoming familiar with the CMS software very easy for us.
  • Overall, the training we received from Maintenance Connection’s Support Team helped a lot and our “go-live” experience was very successful.
Question #6: (IMPLEMENTATION)

  • Do you have any suggestions for someone just beginning the implementation of CMMS?
Response:

  • Map out a plan for documentation and data integrity and ENFORCE it.
  • If work orders are not filled out, or are filled out poorly (i.e. – attached to wrong asset, not including parts used, lack of detail in labor reports) you will be disappointed with the results.
    • We tie this to our yearly goals, and rate our techs on it. It is a good way to keep employees accountable.
  • If you have old data to import – and it is not up to par – consider starting fresh.
    • You will quickly build history that is complete and useable.
  • Don’t try to do it alone. You know your business, the people who created the CMMS know their software. Work together for the best results.
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