Maintenance Management Software

[equipsys]

Hi all,

I am performing a market research about computer systems used to monitor and manage the maintenance of heavy construction equipment.
I would like to know whether you use any software (which one, if positive) and general impressions - like it? Does it attend your needs?
Anything you may add will help a lot.

I am new to this field, so tips of good references on the Web will also be very much appreciated!

Thanks in advance...

[Blademan]

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just kindin ,

Welcome to the board , is that Mr. Equipsys ?

can't really help you on the research you wanted ,but I'm sure if you call up your local Cat dealer you might find a lot of info there . Not sure about all of the peeps on this forum ,but so far it seems that most are small business owners or real operators/mechanics etc , not the type of crowd that sits at a screen or behind a desk too much ; heck , do they even have desks in cubicals or are they tables ?? Sorry , I digress . Anyway , I've worked for some larger construction outfits , and most of the maintenance was monitored by the individual doing the work ,and they usually just kept track of everything ( efficiently i might add ) in a couple of notebooks in the cab of the truck . But for really large outfits like NorthAmerican or Kiewitt , they probably have programs aquired thru their equipment dealers , such as this for Cat :


http://www.finning.ca/services/support/software/

and they can afford to pay someone to just keep track of everything . Smaller spreads though , with less iron , it'd just be a waste in my opinion .

best of luck with the research , someone around here hopefully can provide you with less sarcasim and more answers . Must be the coffee .....

Rob

[glsahl]

We have 60 employees,and less than 20 pieces,not counting trucks.Owner switched from American Contractor:mad: ,to Foundation :rolleyes: .First one was horrible from the shop side.Foundation is better,but is more accounting than tracking.Cat used to have a program called MCS that was good,but was DOS only,info had to be translated to accounting software.Have yet to see anything that has complete intergration,most are good at either money,or machines.

[hitachi ex75ur]

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[bkimbrell]

http://www.equipmentworldmagazine.com/apps/news/articleeqw.asp?id=70292

Here is an article dealing with some different Fleet Maintenance software.