{"id":2711,"date":"2017-08-03T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpulse.cloud.fruitionqa.com\/spreadsheets-dont-cut-it-anymore\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T06:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:27:57","slug":"spreadsheets-dont-cut-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/cmms\/spreadsheets-dont-cut-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Spreadsheets Don’t Cut It Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maintenance management in the past relied on pencil and paper and\/or spreadsheets to track maintenance work.<\/p>\n

And it worked.<\/p>\n

But maintenance management has changed. Organizations have discovered maintenance affects the entire operation. And that means they\u2019re paying attention in ways they weren\u2019t in the past.<\/p>\n

You used to get phone calls when something broke. Now you\u2019re getting phone calls asking for details about your maintenance operations: costs, productivity, inventory turnover, replacement forecasting, etc.<\/p>\n

That means you need a new approach. As one MPulse customer<\/a> said, \u201cOur spreadsheets just don\u2019t cut it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

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