Welcome to part three of our advanced maintenance metrics series. We’re going through the what, why, and how of the KPIs that you should be tracking with your CMMS. Check out the other blogs in the series: Mean time to repair (MTTR) Mean time between fail (MTBF) PM compliance Today’s... read more →
Jan
19
Jan
18
This is the second blog in our advanced metrics series, which looks at the KPIs you can use to optimize and improve your maintenance operations. We’ll discuss what these metrics mean and how they can be calculated in Fiix. In the first instalment, we took a look at mean time to... read more →
Jan
17
Over the next few days we’re going to update and republish a blog series we did way back in 2013 on important maintenance metrics that you can (and should) track with your CMMS. Don’t want to wait for all the blogs? You can get all this info in one printable document, by downloading our... read more →
Jan
16
As the adage goes, you can’t improve a process without measuring its performance. But what exactly should you be measuring? Establishing a baseline for success based on key performance indicators (KPIs) should be the first step whenever you set out to improve something. Bill Gates points to the steam engine—one... read more →
Jan
06
Updated on January 6, 2017 Preventive maintenance The idea behind preventive maintenance (PM) is that by performing regular maintenance on equipment, you lessen the chances of that equipment failing. It’s the same idea as taking your car in for regular oil changes to preempt a total breakdown. Preventive maintenance (also... read more →
Jan
05
Updated on January 5, 2017 Work orders are a maintenance manager’s best friend A work order is a communication tool, and the best way to get a job done right—the better the work order, the faster the work is completed. Work orders are crucial in maintenance, because modern infrastructure is... read more →
Nov
25
We’ve changed our brand from Maintenance Assistant to Fiix. Why did we do this? Because the market is growing, and we’re growing with it. We’re still in the business of providing easy-to-use, modern maintenance software, but now we’ve got our eye on bigger things. Why Fiix? Maintenance is the backbone... read more →
Nov
09
A huge part of your job is scheduling. Figuring out where technicians (both full-time employees and contractors) are at any given time, what they’re currently working on, and what’s on the docket for the rest of their day takes a lot of brainpower, and can be a huge pain in... read more →
Nov
04
At Fiix we’re committed to sincere social change, and a big part of this is taking care of the planet. That’s a pretty lofty goal, but going carbon neutral was an easy first step for us to take. And—exciting news—we did it! We recently got our carbon neutral certification from... read more →
Oct
18
We talk a lot about the benefits of getting training for your CMMS, but it can be hard to fully capture the repercussions that lack of training can have on an organization adopting new software. Then there’s the Phoenix pay system. If you’re not a Canadian civil servant, that might mean nothing... read more →