MaintiMizer Erfahrungen

MaintiMizer is a great CMMS.

Kommentare: Cost tracking. Job tickets. Job logs. Maintenance procedures. Great system.

Vorteile:

It has all the features we require and is very easy to use. It's very easy to track how much time/money is spent on an asset to complete cost benefit analysis and figure out what we should fix and what we should replace. All of our staff (technical and non-technical) can easily use the software. Their technical staff is very nice to work with. They know us by name.

Nachteile:

MaintiMizer has grown over the years. We've had issues with it, but their staff have helped us very quickly. The current version has no issues for us.

It's the Bread and Butter of Engineering and Maintenance

Kommentare: The value for your money is a selling point because it was more cost effective then other programs. As for customer support I have never heard of a time that we have not been able to get ahold of anyone. The ease of use of this program has a learning curve but once you work with it you will understand how the program works. This program has several features, we use it in Engineering and Maintenance for our preventive maintenance program. It is an excellent reminder on all the things we have to keep in shape around the casino and hotels and the new event center. We also have lots of inventory. We maintain a inventory file. We can search and update parts. We can issue and receive parts. We can print adhesive labels with barcodes for our bins. We have added pictures of our parts. We have inventory reports. We do so many PM so we are able to maintain equipment. We can search and update it. We have created several reports that we use all the time. Right now we are on the cutting edge of rolling out a work order system to the whole casino. It has lots of features, some we use and some we don't. I know that we have our MaintiMizer program running very well. It's a work in progress and you need people to work to keep it that way. And I guess you will have to stay tuned on what else it will brings. We are happy with what we have built in it.

Vorteile:

Its a great reminder of all the things you have to do.

Nachteile:

Importing old program to new program will require work on cleaning up old data.

Maintimizer manipulation

Kommentare: We have thousands of pieces of equipment ranging from facility related to factory machines. The system tracks our PM status, maintains inventory levels and alerts us to when we need to order parts based on a minimum level.

Vorteile:

Inventory tracking and work order/PM tracking is pretty straight forward.

Nachteile:

Once data is entered for a specific machine or inventory item you're stuck with it. It is written in sequel server so you can't change anything is certain areas. If a person leaves the organization you are stuck with their records permanently. The same thing applies to machinery. If you update anything, the old parts are still listed as valid components.

Update of previous review.

Kommentare: Good as far as the software. Most issues I have had Ashcom has fixed. Other problems have been how we use it not the software.

Vorteile:

I have used Maintimizer to keep track of parts for years and the search engine is hard to beat. In my previous review I had issues with not being able to delete parts but changes have been made with the software and this is not an issue anymore. I have used another products search tool and it and it does not come close to the ability of maintimizer's. I have seen complaints of to many fields, but this is the best part. You don't need to use all of them to search, often I use just part of one field and can find what I need fast. Just be through when you enter a part, it will pay off later when someone hands you a part with a mangled label.

Nachteile:

No real complaints other than maybe the manual, I'm sure this has been updated from what I have. There is so much that can be done with this software that more detail in the manual would have sped up utilization. My experience with inventory has shown that any problems are usually with the user not with the software. Be consistent and through with how you enter information, this will pay off in the long run.

Too powerful for most

Kommentare: overall MaintiMizer works well for us with few issues or glitches

Vorteile:

This has gotten easier to use over the past 13 years that I've used it. It can give you a lot of information and do many things. You do get a lot here and the reports generated have gotten much better. faster too since it's now web-based.

Nachteile:

This is a huge program that does much more than most people need. Since we stopped doing work orders except for PMs. There are some things that it's won't do but maybe on the next version or update they may be included but nothing major. I wish this could be scaled up or down based on the actual features you need.

Entering WO's into system, and giving out Pm 's to Techs on a daily basis.

Kommentare: ease of knowing what you put in comes out the way it should

Vorteile:

Pros: easy to use once you put in the right info (easier to search for) parent, and division with in each building. Cons: PM dates are wrong when in search/update, you must go though the WO's to seek. and it does not talk to any other software like Outlook to auto input into system.

Nachteile:

PM dates or craft, does not show right date or who (craft) is doing WO at a glance, on search / update screen. (we use the Craft as each tech) Also auto E-mail function does not work to show when each WO is in process and or complete it said dept needs to know.

Quick to respond to issues, feature-rich solution.

Kommentare: Able to monitor and report on maintenance issues easily.

Vorteile:

Multitude of options and features. Support is quick to respond to tickets. Web based portal allows flexibility when logging in from different devices on or off site.

Nachteile:

Mobile platform is not user friendly, MS tablet PCs underwhelming performers. Didn't live up to the hype, ended up moving away from mobile licensing and adopted using the web portal on iPads instead. If an atypical issue was encountered support would sometimes respond along the lines of, "well, it works for everyone else..." Wish the GUI was more modern.

Decent software, but not as customizable as we need.

Kommentare: Generally it is a way for maintenance related requests to be submitted and completed by users in the organization. It also generates PM schedules and tracks their completion rates which we use to audit our efficiency internally and to our customers.

Vorteile:

Inventory can be maintained and adjusted either by the technician or the administrator. The PM schedule can be set up and maintained fairly easily.

Nachteile:

Once information has been put in, you can't delete it even though it no longer applies. The parts list continues to grow even if one part number is replaced by another.

I found it fairly easy to navigate the system

Vorteile:

It is easy to understand. Fairly simple to add data. Navigating within the system is simple. The clarity of roles and role rights is helpful. As long as the system is set up correctly initially it is a great tool.

Nachteile:

It can be a little tedious to make changes. If the initial setup was not done properly it can be difficult to navigate some of the information previously entered. On the plus side Ashcom will assist with making changes.

I've used Maintimizer for 26 years and we currently are using the web version

Kommentare: It's ran our preventive maintenance and work orders for the past 26 years and I've enjoyed using it and being the administrator of the program.

Vorteile:

The affordability of this product is great. Our company is soon changing to a new CMMS system but from what I've seen it does not do much more than Maintimizer and it's much more costly

Nachteile:

I think that the customer support could be a lot better and online training via webinar would make training easier and more affordable.

Use this every day and it seems things get changed at times making task more difficult.

Kommentare: It is easy to set up PMs and generate. It would be helpful in setting up inventory also. Management likes the report on the front page.

Vorteile:

There is a lot of information that can be entered to aid with finding what you need later. I like the way the home page is set up.

Nachteile:

It can be difficult to find some of the fields when you need to add something. There are issues with picking dates from the calendar.

Customer support is great and has a very quick response.

Kommentare: Logs data relevant to machinery.

Vorteile:

The system accurately logs our data that we need. As long as we know the right query we can access that data.

Nachteile:

If the data isn't enter just right or, the query isn't set up just right good luck getting the data you are seeking. Entering data is very time consuming.

Useful software

Kommentare: Tracking history of equipment
Parts inventory
PM schedule

Vorteile:

easy to deploy standard features are very useful

Nachteile:

New queries are difficult to handle but they can be defined by the user.

Up and running in no time

Vorteile:

Price is right and the program is very easy to get up and running. Support has always been able to help when needed

Nachteile:

Some areas of the program are very hard to use and the instruction manual doesn't help much. Support is good when called

Just my input

Kommentare: There are still some areas that could be made more user friendly. Like printing reports, Hierarchy viewing abilities could be better, especially for those who don't use it all the time.

Vorteile:

I like the Customer Service I receive when I need help. There is no hesitation on waiting time and I am not tech savvy but they understand what I what I need.

Nachteile:

the Queries are usually the most challenging

Functional Maintenance Management

Vorteile:

Track equipment, parts, labor, and costs. I love that I can assign work orders to my techs and they can see a list on their homepage

Nachteile:

Customization is pricey but most of the things I need I can figure out a way. I wish I could query on "Assigned Employees" not just actual though.

The company I work for pays for maintimizer and I enjoy the product

Vorteile:

ability to look up old POs and work orders and the ease of generating PM work orders that is pretty much all I use the software for

Nachteile:

a lot of features that I don't use I only do pms purchase orders and work orders on the software so I do not use the software to its fullest extent

It has been good, very helpful when I call and need help, training has been great

Kommentare: I am able to track Wo and Pm and inventory

Vorteile:

It tracks my Wo and Pm and assets, im able to to see who did what Wo and see real costs. I also like the inventory aspect to the system as it gives me Min and Max for reordering.

Nachteile:

Sometimes it is hard to find the place in the program, to get it to do what you want. Confusion in the titles causes issues with other users. Without proper training the program is hard to use.

Is a great tool to manage your inventory once you get your training it will be more easy use.

Kommentare: Real time knowledge about where is my inventory and the exact amount. Also the tool send automated PM for the equipment's.

Vorteile:

The inventory management part. Also the facility to create a work request in the basic mode. Is a really easy tool to use once you understand it.

Nachteile:

It don't have a mobile app. In a World that the phone is very very use it. The tool need a mobile APP.

Maintimizer is an excellent CMMS tool with good functionality.

Vorteile:

The system is easy to use and administrate. Excellent customer support from the team. The functionality of the program enables the administrator to make some screen changes without further costs.

Nachteile:

Some minor issues at the start but resolved on the run. This was mostly due to the program upload which was corrected.

I've been a user of Maintimizer for over 20 years. I've found it easy to use and very affordable.

Kommentare: Improver reliability of equipment.

Vorteile:

Very usable for our needs at an affordable price. I like that we can use just the PM portion without having to populate the rest of the system.

Nachteile:

Has many features that we don't use. Would be nice if we could just pay for the portions we use. We use only the PM portion.

Review of Maintimizer

Kommentare: Maintimizer seems like it could be a highly effective software tool for scheduling routine maintenance and also for predicting future break downs on machines. If the software is used correctly it can make the job of the maintenance technician a lot easier. The one feature that I am not sure it has as our company does not use it is if parts can be added to a work order. This would allow for parts tracking, but would only work if the parts are set up in a computer system which we do not have.

Vorteile:

I like that the pm's are generated automatically.

It doesn't do much

Kommentare: The company had this installed but relied on it but little. The maintenance function was the only one using it....production barely knew of its existence.

Vorteile:

It is easy to use for the most part.

Nachteile:

It didn't give the company what they needed which was a way to run their maintenance function better.

Maintimizer Users

Kommentare: I feel as though this product is only as good as it's user. If you are going to create work orders, schedules, preventative maintenance, and use it to review and create a timeline then it's a good platform for planning ahead and finding flaws. But if it's not used in that way, it just seems like a place to put information to never be seen again.

The software seems to have almost unlimited capabilities.

Vorteile:

Our reo knows the software inside and out. The support group for the software is great. The Aschom company seems to care about customer.

Nachteile:

Setting up the software is cumbersome. Would like to see examples of what other companies did so we don't have to reinvent the "wheel" When taking the classes, I would have like to have spent more time on setting up examples to back to work to use as outlines. A "help window" (like windows has) would be nice instead of having to call or email (for simple problems)