CMMS software: 5 criteria for choosing it

The Choosing a CMMS software is unfortunately still done today according to the old method used to choose industrial software. There are several reasons for this: the complexity of the software, the installation on your own server, the additional cost associated with certain operations such as the support or integration of your data, etc. All these criteria have led decision-makers on maintenance management projects to be very careful and to propose specifications and busy schedules.

The philosophy of Mobility Work, very different from that of the other editors of maintenance solutions, consists in supporting you throughout your transition project to Industry 4.0. To do this, we have put in place a simple and effective process, which consists of 5 steps.

1. Free integration of your data

All maintenance departments rely on data, which is often scattered (Excel files, old CMMS software, Access databases, etc.), which can be integrated into their future asset management software. They often contain equipment, intervention histories, lists of spare parts or even maintenance ranges. However, most of the time, the publisher of your maintenance solution offers to bill you forintegration of this data.

Companies then have several choices: they must abandon their old data, or pay for the service so that the publisher agrees to integrate it into their maintenance system. At Mobility Work, our philosophy is different: we offer a free history import service, because we think that your free trial period will be much more interesting if you can test the potential of the application using your own data.

The Mobility Work search engine allows you to find your equipment in one click, and to access the results of your network and the community.

This thus makes it possible to avoid increasing the cost and the time required to set up the project for management, who will want to know how long it will take for the application to be operational, and what will be the resources needed to the implementation of data in the maintenance system.

2. No training required

The difference between a deployed CMMS software and an adopted maintenance solution depends exclusively on theuser experience. Ergonomics is an essential criterion, as it makes it possible to define the quality of use of your asset management software by your technicians, and therefore the quality and quantity of data entry. The main problem lies in the fact that conventional maintenance management software offers outdated and unintuitive interfaces : we are used to using simple and very practical applications on a daily basis in our personal life, but we only have access to complicated software in the professional context.

The Mobility Work CMMS software is designed to offer a very simplified experience, which allows any maintenance technician to Take ownership of the application in a few minutes thanks to screens similar to the applications he uses every day in his personal life.

Today, a company with a staff of 20 maintenance technicians can switch In one day on the use of Mobility Work. No more 50,000 euro software, with one month of training!

3. Regular updates to your maintenance system

We have all experienced software in version 7.8.4.5, with a patch to be installed on the software hosted on the server to be updated by the IT team 2 months later. We were also faced with the arrival of a new feature that had to be updated for a fee.

We offer Mobility Work app updates every two weeks. Thanks to the feedback and choices of users concerning the next functionalities, we try to best meet the needs of the field. The advantage of a SaaS application is that it is updated automatically.

All the news relating to ongoing interventions are available from the Mobility Work application news feed (equipment, tasks, activities).

An idea for improvement? Do you need specific functionality? We will be happy to study your request and develop for free if it meets the needs of our users. It may come as a surprise, but maintenance management, whether you work in a municipal swimming pool or in a metallurgical company, is much the same. Your issues may have already been resolved by another user, or may be of interest to the entire community.

4. 24/7 support

Do you have a problem with your CMMS software, or do you want to ask a question about optimizing your maintenance concerning the use of meters for example? Contact our support at any time thanks to chat service.

No more hotlines, late answers or paid support: Mobility Work support can intervene at any time and help you use our application. It is thanks to this feedback that we improve our CMMS software every day. The support service is free and available to all users.

5. A lower cost of use than a circuit breaker

Cost is one of the main obstacles for businesses when deploying a new maintenance application. Many software programs are now between 50,000 and 200,000 euros, with maintenance costs current at 10,000 euros, to which you must also add days of service to integrate your data, and training days for your users.

As mentioned earlier, Mobility Work CMMS software allows you to integrate your data for free and test the application free of charge for 7 days.

The simplicity and ergonomics of the application will save you from whole days of training, and will prove to you that your CMMS project can be operational in a few days. The monthly subscription to Mobility Work is 33 euros/maintenance user. Only technician and administrator profiles are invoiced.. For example, if your factory has 100 production applicants and 10 maintenance people, we will only bill you for the 10 technicians for 330 euros/month.

Subscription includes updates and support. The Mobility Work application is generally cheaper than the annual support contract for maintenance solution publishers.

Thanks to Mobility Work, transform your maintenance quickly and easily at a lower cost! Do not hesitate to contact us for more information or to schedule a demonstration of the application.

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