MainBoss CMMS Maintenance Tips

This section offers general maintenance tips which may be of use to any organization.

Note: While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of these tips, they are offered only as "food for thought," not as definite recommendations. Thinkage Ltd. takes no responsibility for any consequences that might result from the use of information offered here.

• Backing up your data
• Mirroring your disks to protect your data
• Hard copy records for legal proceedings
• Problems found during preventive maintenance
• Lubrication
• The costs of information
• Reviewing preventive maintenance tasks
• Reviewing work orders, past and present
• Checking that work gets done
• Keeping trace of software changes
• Value of Inventory
• Keeping a history of activity on a Work Order
• Using the Description Field
• Employee Training and Certifications
• Keeping trace of Critical Parts
• Suggestions for Expense Models
• Pro Forma WorkOrders
• Using Relationships
• Recording Sales Tax
• Service Vehicles
• Using Security Roles effectively
• Warranties and Preferred Service Providers
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Smart Coding of Units
• Specialized Equipment
• Using filters in MainBoss
• Noting the condition of Units
• Problems for Planned Maintenance Generation

By the way, if you have a tip to suggest, please see our page on Sending in Tips.