Date of Award
12-2005
Degree Name
Master of Science in Engineering
Department
Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engineering and Engineering Management
Department
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. Azim Houshyar
Second Advisor
Dr. Bob White
Third Advisor
Dr. Leonard Lamberson
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
In today's highly competitive global economy, maintenance personnel are presented with more difficult challenges than at any previous point in time. In order to meet these challenges, many maintenance managers tend to rely . on Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). When properly selected and implemented, CMMS is one of the most powerful cost reduction tools in any organization. However in reality, many CMMS implementations fail rather than achieve success. While there are many contributing factors, one major factor that greatly impacts successful implementation is selecting the right CMMS system. With more than 200 CMMS systems to choose from, selecting the right CMMS system is not a simple or easy task.
This research provides guidelines for CMMS selection and creates a CMMS Selection Tool, known as SELECTCMMS in Visual Basic software. SELECTCMMS provides various features and functions currently available in many CMMS systems. Using SELECTCMMS, manufacturing organizations can select all the features and functions needed in a CMMS system, specific to the needs of their organization. A detailed specifications document in Microsoft Word is automatically created, based on the features and functions selected. This document can be utilized to solicit proposals from different vendors to evaluate, select and implement the right CMMS system.
Recommended Citation
Kamalapurkar, Dattaraj, "Guidelines to Select a Computerized Maintenance Management System" (2005). Masters Theses. 5113.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/5113