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 mobile fleet PM company. Ultimately I will be mananging 40 to 50 trucks and 3000 vehicles"
-- Partner/Principal, Other Business Services, Huntington Beach, CA

"Need ability to automatically generate work orders and preferably create bills as well."
-- Partner/Principal, Health Care, Saint Louis, MO

"I am currently a new supt of buildings in Taunton, Massachusetts, with aprx 86 public facilites or buildings with no current tracking software to manage the building maintenance or commissioning programs. We are in need of a computer based management system in a bad economic climate and with limited funding. The software chosen must be simple to use, will not be used by more than 5 people, and must create great efficiency. Thank you."
-- Buyer, Government, Taunton, MA

"Need system that would track mainteance orders and work completeded. Preventive maintenance schedule, etc."
-- Facilities/Operations, Non-Profit, Freeport, IL

"It needs to be easy to use, keep track of cost, manhours, dates, signatures."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Gautier, MS

"Looking for a simple equipment maintenance program that allows us to: quickly view past maintenance, alerts us when preventative mnt is due."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Mishawaka, IN

"Man hour tracking - equipment maintenance requirements - inventory control and tracking - work order distribution - purchase order accountability - future projections - ease of use."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Madera, CA

"We would like to initiate the system with maintenace work order preparation and control. We would then add parts inventory interface followed by an interface to our procurement department. Our final objective would be the development of our history files and the development of a predictive maintenance program."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Delaware, OH

"We are looking for a program that has automatic updates via the web and possibly produces work orders."
-- Facilities/Operations, Other Business Services, Vancouver, WA

"I am the new maintenance manager for our non profit flying club. Am looking to implement a maintenance program, including software, to make sure our planes can, and will last to there longest potential. We are non-profit so do not have fund for expensive maintenance programs, or to buy new aircraft, much less update current. Have 3 152 and 2 172."
-- Buyer, Non-Profit, College Station, TX

"Looking for more of a facilities based package vs. a more traditional manufacturing plant environment."
-- Facilities/Operations, Education, New Albany, IN

"We have approx. 200 pcs of equipment. We want something very simple that can schedule equipment on monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis. Have some data base capability to so common problems."
-- Manufacturing, Manufacturing, East Syracuse, NY

"Hotel to enter work request via Web interfaceCustom fields added to work order (invoiced flag, payment received flags, hotel specific items)Capability to service multiple hotels"
-- Consultant, Information Services, Alpharetta, GA

"Due to funding issues the ADOC needs a product that is cost effective, has the features and functionality needed, is user friendly (some plant maintenance supervisors are not computer savvy), and provides a way to tract not only maintenace but, also renovation and new construction projects, under the direction of the ADOC Engineering Division."
-- MIS/IT, Government, Elmore, AL

"Cost effective to manage a 284 room hotel and all the systems within hotel."
-- General Manager, Travel/Hospitality, New Orleans, LA

"This software must be easy to use, cover all of the areas needed, and can be used with the people that we have now. We do not want to look at something that we have to hire additional people for."
-- Buyer, Manufacturing, Beverly, OH

"My company is a large injection molding company. We curretnly have 9 plant locations located in North America. I am looking for a maintenance software package that can be utilized for both our machines and molds. The software needs to be user friendly and easy to navigate. Some of the items that I am interested in are the following: ability to schedule PM's, PM alerts indicating an upcoming scheduled PM, ability to link all plant locations together so each plant can view and edit PM information, lists of replacement parts and time intervals between replacing the parts, ect..."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Manufacturing, Dallas, TX

"WO history data queries.Link WO's to parts and inventory.Daily query for parts that are below safety stock, for purchasing.System for multiple approvals on a WO."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Springfield, OR

"I would like to incorporate my scada system and GIS into it in the future. i would like to be paperless."
-- Facilities/Operations, Government, Midland, MI

"I would like to see what you offer and thancomment on any other requirements I would need."
-- Facilities/Operations, Health Care, Warsaw, NY

"I would like to be able to use this program in combination with our plant control program."
-- Facilities/Operations, Government, Manhattan, KS

"We just need a simple way of maintenance scheduleing and record keeping .[waste water treatment plant]."
-- Buyer, Government, Fredericksburg, VA

"Ability to track work request, fuel consumptions, labor hours , expense per vehicle / heavy equipment."
-- Facilities/Operations, Telecom/Utilities, Tamuning, GU

"Tring to track costs and take better care of assetts."
-- Purchasing Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Evans, GA

"I am looking to implement a parts inventory management system in my warehouse. In specific it would apply to my mechanics who service a 900,000 sq. ft. warehouse and over 200 pieces of industrial equipment."
-- Buyer, Retail, Tully, NY

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