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

"We are a major ski area so I clicked customize because of the different vehicles please advise, their are not many snow cat programs. We would like to track parts, part costs, vehicles, heavy equipment, small engines (chain saws,bush cutters, snowmobiles, snow cats."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Steamboat Springs, CO

"Totally user friendly.Need to be able to create a spreadsheet based on certain fields and maintenance required for an entire month."
-- Administrative Assistant, Manufacturing, New Britain, CT

"I would like to purchase a JMP Statistical Discovery software by SAS."
-- Administrative Assistant, Government, Sacramento, CA

"Pm and work order trackingsupply room inventory control bar codingvendor and equipment inventory must be user friendly."
-- Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Wetumpka, AL

"Database detail; reports; PO's and expenditure associations with equipment."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Consulting, Wheeling, IL

"We need a system to schedule, track and control maintenance costs. 33% of each location is dedicated to cooler/freezer and we want to get the related maintenance costs under control."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Wholesale, College Point, NY

"We would expect database to be located on our server and clients would be Windows based. We are a small company and ease of use is important. We also would like the package to handle hour tooling system, tracking, use, cost, etc.This is a very early look at what is available. At this point we do not have managment approval."
-- MIS/IT, Manufacturing, Auburn, IN

"I am looking for a multi-user truck and tool maintenance programs for 120+ trucks and 300+ tools. We have 5 departments with supervisors handling van maintenance in each department. Vans and tools get exchanged between departments so flexibility is key to the solution."
-- General Manager, Other Business Services, Cherry Hill, NJ

"Maintenance due list, after completed when is next due. equipment list with supplier, work orders, standard procedures,."
-- Facilities/Operations, Government, Oakley, CA

"While initial need is for one location there may be additional locations in the future."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Clifton, NJ

"Must be simple/intuitive and windows based. looking for automatic correlation of service info to equipment history, labor, service, parts, cost reports etc. Key organizer, fleet managemnt, pda, and affordable."
-- Facilities/Operations, Education, Ottawa, IL

"Would like program to display charts and graphs on general maintenance(monthly, quarterly, yearly)individual line specifics(downtime,changeover time, monthly maintenance costs per machine)."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Melrose Park, IL

"We would be interested in a webb based program only."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Neodesha, KS

"I have 100 forklifts I repair I would like software that would keep track of the lifts, PM's parts, etc. I want software that I can use myself. Not an online serviceThank youJeff."
-- Buyer, Equipment Sales & Service, San Jose, CA

"This system doesn't have to be deep or complex. Inventory of parts, Scheduled maintenance and work history in a simpple to use system."
-- General Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Wharton, NJ

"Our fleet consists of 10 vehicles. We need a software system to track preventative maintenance, and to provide a record of repairs and inspections."
-- Partner/Principal, Construction/General Contracting, Salt Lake City, UT

"PM program calander driven.capable of spare parts inventory control.Flexable for machine changes."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Martinsville, VA

"1.repair parts inventory control2.work order entry and traceability by floor technicians3.ability to enter custom PM/PdM task list 4.ability for software to auto generate PM/PdM work orders based on preset time based intervals."
-- General Manager, Manufacturing, Morristown, TN

"62K Sqft bldg. two floors, 5working modules of approx. 12,400 ft each. 3 Mods are working crew training areas and office space. 1. mod is training class rooms and instructor office space. 1 mod is administrative and computer training."
-- Facilities/Operations, Government, Pascagoula, MS

"Three specific items need to be performed:1)Typical scheduled maintenance, -agreements, invoicing, scheduling2)Typical service requests-- tracking response, scheduling and invoicing3) The ability to submit an estimate to client, then produce a work order from approved estimate, issue purchase orders to one or more sub contractors from that approved estimate and then produce invoice, and tracking these steps along the way."
-- Facilities/Operations, Construction/General Contracting, New York, NY

"We are looking for a software to easily input and manage work requsitions. It must have tha capability of reporting to the Original Requestor, the Maintenance Supervisor, and the Project Coordinator any time a change occures in the work order generated. IE When the request is opened and read (Recieved), when it is assigned to a work order and who was assigned the task, if there is a delay registered against the work order, when the work order is closed."
-- Facilities/Operations, Education, Grand Rapids, MI

"Keep track of vehicles, heavey equipment, sewage liftstations, drinking water facilities, building & grounds."
-- Buyer, Non-Profit, Fennville, MI

"Must be capable of linking Lock out Tag out and Critical Equipment with regular PM."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Manufacturing, Phoenix, AZ

"We want to track all the equipment in our plant, run maintenance history reports, track trouble call reports, plan preventative maintenance, and keep track of maintenance inventory.I am not in the maintenance department but offered to help find something that would work for them."
-- Human Resources, Telecom/Utilities, Virginia, MN

"We are looking for home maintenance tracking software. We have the accounting side, but the home maintenance portion of our system is lacking."
-- Accounting/Finance, Real Estate, Kitty Hawk, NC

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