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

"Workorders, contract tracking, start date, completion date, comments reports to management and tenants, employee hours and assignment to particular tenants."
-- Office Manager, Real Estate, Stuart, FL

"I would like to keep the software simple. We have equipment that has PM's on a weekly/monthly/quarerly/annual basis as well as the same equipment have other PM's due on an hour meter basis. In the future I may also want to have consumables in the PM database."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Somerset, WI

"Only need a basis pm software system for a small business."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Albany, NY

"We are an independent school offering grades 4K through 12. Our campus is set up more like a college campus in the respect that it is multiple buildings on many acres of land. We need a software that will allow us to put maintenance requests in and track them. We need to have the ability that any administrator or faculty/staff member can put in a request and it funnel to a point person."
-- Facilities/Operations, Education, Tyler, TX

"Maintenance software for machinery including brake presses, grinders, mills, lathes, saws, vehicles, and facility"
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Rowland Heights, CA

"Ways to look up perscribed preventive maintenance for equipment with no tec manual."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Oklahoma City, OK

"Facility use scheduling.custodial maintenance scheduling hvac scheduling plumbing,lighting,landscape,inventory .property."
-- Facilities/Operations, Other Business Services, Charlotte, NC

"The software is to be used primarily on punch presses."
-- Manufacturing, Other Business Services, Northbrook, IL

"We have secure facilities that wireless can't be used, cell phones are not allowed either. We also have RF requirements so the frequency used would have to be okayed. What frequency would be used?"
-- Facilities/Operations, Government, Patrick Afb, FL

"Must find automatically generated work order with ability to be time punched."
-- Buyer, Transportation/Logistics, Tulsa, OK

"PM program for ice manufacturing plant that uses ammonia as a refrigerant."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Denver, CO

"Ability to incorporate lock out tag out information to each piece of equipment. ability to track maintenance and repair history for each piece of equipment. ability to also track maintenance and repairs of independent living cottages and apartment complexes and other associated information."
-- Facilities/Operations, Health Care, Martinsburg, PA

"The only thing we are really looking for is a way to keep track of repairs that need to be done on the trucks and equipment."
-- Office Manager, Other Business Services, Salem, OR

"I am doing reseach for a new owner of a golf course. I am trying to find am appropriate sofeware package for his grounds superintendant."
-- General Manager, Consulting, Lake Oswego, OR

"Needs to print work order, send emails with work order, and page or text cell phone to inform there is a work order automatically, also be able to key in when order is completed."
-- Buyer, Manufacturing, Muscle Shoals, AL

"Own 4 vehicle need simple help keepin up with maintence"
-- General Manager, Other Business Services, Graham, NC

"We are a federal govt institution and are required to buy on GSA or VA Federal Contracts."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Government, Bemidji, MN

"Need an application that will work with an Oracle or similar database. It needs to be able to validate, auto-fill, schedule, asset management, provide look-up tables, customer designed screens, preventive maintenance, work orders, project tracking, time keeping, record keeping and capable of handling 40 + users at once and provide record keeping for over 150,000 pieces of equipment and associated fields."
-- MIS/IT, Telecom/Utilities, Sacramento, CA

"Collecting customer personal info and putting insurance quotes together to meet needs."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Insurance, Hamilton, OH

"I oversee a fleet of 100 one ton trucks50 trailers 45 bobcats 145 toro snow blowers72 walk behind gravelys 50 backpack blowers and 20 snow plows.Plus salt inventory by the bag by the gallon and by the ton.Were looking to track the lifecycle of the equipment,maintenace required,maintenace performed,parts and labor applied to each piece.Budget capablity with monthly reports.Unit numbers assignment to each piece.Possiable bar codes for inventory.A maintenace schedule time line for summer time to insure repairs will be finished before the new snow removal season starts.Ability to add lawn care equipment with same options as above.If you have this software please respond.RickMaintenace manager Reliable property service."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Bloomington, MN

"We're a company of 25 people with 5 main assembly lines, fork trucks and aux. equipment. We're looking to schedule maintenance and track inventory of replacement parts only."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Manufacturing, Westwood, MA

"This is a commercial greenhouse that is 12 acres we have sprayers, coveyers, tractors, welders, and a assortment of different types of motors and equipment."
-- Facilities/Operations, Wholesale, Orange, VA

"Bar coding option for inventory. Must be able to interface with Trak Engineering Winncc software for fuel management.would like to be able to red flag parts that have been on shelf for 6 months as we have some older equipment that we are replacing. Good selection of reports for preventive maintenance and inspections. We have over 180 units from pickups to landfil compactors we need a good program with fields for equipment detail and notes on equipment, as well as good inventory controll for the new parts room that is being built."
-- Buyer, Government, Cambridge, MD

"We have a wide variety of trucks and equipment. we would like to be able to track all maintenance and repairs including warranty periods for parts and/or labor used outside or within our company, tires etc.. also help or reminders in knowing when maint. is due."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Joshua, TX

"Cost effective and easy to use, plus samall scale that can be added to."
-- Facilities/Operations, Government, Mead, CO

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