BuyerZone users' maintenance management software requirements

We ask users of our quote request service to describe their maintenance management software purchasing requirements in detail so the vendors we match them to can provide customized information in response. Now we're sharing these buyer requirements with you.

We hope these user comments help you get a sense of what types of maintenance management software other users are choosing and what considerations are important to the average buyer. Take a look and you'll probably see some responses that are relevant to your business.

BuyerZone user comments: maintenance management software purchasing requirements

"Need to get started with a maintenance program and not drown in specifics as yet."
-- Facilities/Operations, Consulting, Newton, MA

"I need a software that will allow us to automate maintenance. One that will send out weekly reports and generate quotes."
-- Administrative Assistant, Equipment Sales & Service, Irvine, CA

"What I need is software the is user friendly and will keep track of all maintenance to my trucking company i'm starting. And it has to print out reports."
-- Consultant, Transportation/Logistics, Galena, KS

"We are looking for software that will track the condition of our building systems and estimate the cost for improvement and renewal projects. This includes PM. We have roughly 150 buildings split into 2 campuses that are 3 miles apart."
-- R&D, Education, Lincoln, NE

"Would like the software to include a billing package to chrge back tenants."
-- CFO, Real Estate, North Andover, MA

"I have various small manufacturing locations that have no system or a manual system in place at this time. I need this to be simple to use yet functional to meet ISO system requirements."
-- Buyer, Transportation/Logistics, Louisville, KY

"Ability to integrate with sequal based accounting package and abilty to extract info from remote location."
-- Accounting/Finance, Telecom/Utilities, Norwich, CT

"We are a small public school system with 9 schools. Each school needs 2-3 work order requestor seats and the main facilities office needs 5 full function seats. Maintenance and custodial supplies(approx. 5-7k items) will also need to be inventoried with a bar code scanner. Work orders will need to be entered by each requestor, with the ability for the facilities office to attach man hours and materials to each work order."
-- Facilities/Operations, Education, Gloucester, VA

"1. create, track work orders from PMs.2. create reports from PMs, such as %completed, due, etc.3. compile parts lists into database.4. track man-hours."
-- Buyer, Manufacturing, Austin, IN

"I'm working in a club the was made out of a factory and would like to know what th charge for the maintenance and cleaning i do."
-- Consultant, Other Business Services, Milwaukee, WI

"I have a maid service and I need a program that I could use to keep up with the business. It also has to be compatible with quickbooks.I have looked at service ceo. I like this program but not the price of it. Let me know if you have any thing comparable but slightly cheaper. thanks."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Woodstock, GA

"I need Computerized Maintenance Management Software specifically designed for restaurants or retail locations. I would like a details out the list of company's that sell such software, with all contact information, overview of the software, case studies, overview and history of the company, and a matrix showing each software and features they have in common or dont have in common."
-- Consultant, Restaurant, Sacramento, CA

"Ability to create Project Jobs, schedule jobs, and track labor and material costs by job. Projects may or may not be related to equipment."
-- General Manager, Manufacturing, Waukesha, WI

"In addition to normal facility, vehicle and equipment maintenance we will need to keep track of fertilization and pesticide/herbicide usage."
-- Facilities/Operations, Travel/Hospitality, Canton, TX

"We are a small company.Must be economical, reliable, easy to use.Need software for preventive maintenance on production machinery, small non-production machines, small number of vehicles, and computer and electronic equipment."
-- Human Resources, Manufacturing, West Lafayette, IN

"Barcoding for all forklift parts as well as tracking the inventory parts."
-- Facilities/Operations, Other Business Services, Los Angeles, CA

"Multiple equipment preventive maintenance, repair log, parts list, parts vendors, preventive maintenance alert, troubleshooting page."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Flint, MI

"1. fields for building number, unit number, name, address, phone number, e mail address,request, completion, comments, areas for multiple technicians and actions, etc2. reports for completed and not completed work orders.3.searchable for labor type, building numbers, etc.4. information viewable from multiple pc's"
-- General Manager, Real Estate, Clearwater, FL

"The software would need to receive data as to motor run times, stop times. This could be imported from a control system directly integrated into the control system database."
-- Buyer, Computers - Software, Sioux Center, IA

"MRO tracking and breakdown of building and machine part and supplier numbers."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Fort Worth, TX

"Looking for program that will fit for company vehicles, job trucks, backhoes, welders, cranes, ect. spread out over different states and multiple job sites. leased and owned."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Temple, TX

"INEXPENSIVE!!! Afterall, we are a church with limited resources."
-- Facilities/Operations, Non-Profit, Lubbock, TX

"This program is for tracking maintenance and repairs on a variety of equipment including trucks, trailers, and other misc. equipment."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Elkhart, IN

"User friendly, gage & equipment preventative maintenance, automatic print out of the P.M., charts for top five area problems, inventory control, cost of repair/ savings."
-- Buyer, Manufacturing, Saginaw, MI

"Can drawings be imported into the program to specify specific items being maintained."
-- Creative Design/Writing/Production, Education, San Diego, CA

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