{"id":2553,"date":"2019-02-10T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpulse.cloud.fruitionqa.com\/five-mistakes-avoid-buying-cmms-software\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T06:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:27:29","slug":"mistakes-buying-cmms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/cmms\/mistakes-buying-cmms\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistakes that Occur When Buying CMMS"},"content":{"rendered":"

After more than 3,000 customers, MPulse employees have an insider\u2019s viewpoint of what works\u2014and what doesn\u2019t\u2014when it\u2019s the right time for your organization to buy CMMS software<\/a>. To help new and potential customers, we\u2019ve created a list of the five most common mistakes that occur when buying CMMS software. So, you can learn from other people\u2019s mistakes (and avoid them).<\/p>\n

Use these five items to ask questions now that will help your CMMS implementation succeed later.<\/p>\n

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  1. Scalability:<\/strong> Scalability<\/a> means the CMMS software can accommodate changes in size or volume as your needs change. That may mean something as simple as adding user licenses. Or, more complicated like adding advanced features or upgrades to meet new organizational needs.<\/li>\n
  2. Compatibility:<\/strong> Maintenance managers often need to share maintenance data with their organization\u2019s systems of record. CMMS software\u2019s compatibility with external applications<\/a> means you don\u2019t need to worry about manually reformatting volumes of data to just to satisfy the requirement of other systems.<\/li>\n
  3. Customizations & Modifications:<\/strong> It\u2019s important to be able to customize certain things so your CMMS software matches your organization’s needs. Make sure you can adjust layouts, add custom fields, create nested fields, and link custom prompts to fit your needs.<\/li>\n
  4. Mobile Devices:<\/strong> If you haven\u2019t started using mobile devices<\/a> in your maintenance operations, you probably will soon. Look for CMMS software with an adaptive interface. As a result, your maintenance team will experience the same easy access no matter what device (desktop computer, tablet, or mobile phone) they use.<\/li>\n
  5. Data Accessibility:<\/strong> A modern CMMS, properly integrated, can use data from virtually any source to feed its alerts, alarms, and reports. Make sure your CMMS software can track the data that your users need. You’ll also want to run custom reports<\/a> on the information you and your organization’s managers need to know about.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Sometimes failure can give you the tools and information you need to succeed.<\/p>\n

    Take advantage of our experience with maintenance management for a variety of organizations. Contact us<\/a>\u00a0to see how we can help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    After more than 3,000 customers, MPulse employees have an insider\u2019s viewpoint of what works\u2014and what doesn\u2019t\u2014when it\u2019s the right time for your organization to buy CMMS software. To help new and potential customers, we\u2019ve created a list of the five most common mistakes that occur when buying CMMS software. So, you can learn from other people\u2019s mistakes (and avoid them). Use these five items to ask questions now that will help your CMMS implementation succeed later. Scalability: Scalability means the CMMS software can accommodate changes in size or volume as your needs change. That may mean something as simple as adding user licenses. Or, more complicated like adding advanced features or upgrades to meet new organizational needs. Compatibility: Maintenance managers often need to share maintenance data with their organization\u2019s systems of record. CMMS software\u2019s compatibility with external applications means you don\u2019t need to worry about manually reformatting volumes of data to just to satisfy the requirement of other systems. Customizations & Modifications: It\u2019s important to be able to customize certain things so your CMMS software matches your organization’s needs. Make sure you can adjust layouts, add custom fields, create nested fields, and link custom prompts to fit your needs. Mobile Devices: If you haven\u2019t started using mobile devices in your maintenance operations, you probably will soon. Look for CMMS software with an adaptive interface. As a result, your maintenance team will experience the same easy access no matter what device (desktop computer, tablet, or mobile phone) they use. Data Accessibility: A modern CMMS, properly integrated, can use data from virtually any source to feed its alerts, alarms, and reports. Make sure your CMMS software can track the data that your users need. You’ll also want to run custom reports on the information you and your organization’s managers need to know about. Sometimes failure can give you the tools and information you need to succeed. Take advantage of our experience with maintenance management for a variety of organizations. Contact us\u00a0to see how we can help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cmms"],"yoast_head":"\nMistakes that Occur When Buying CMMS | MPulse Software<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Avoid common mistakes when buying CMMS software. 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