Maintenance and facilities

Maintenance CMMS software for small business: features and price What a small maintenance team needs from CMMS software, how CMMS prices are built, a worked cost example in euros, and what to test in a free trial. 8 min read Maintenance & facilities CMMS for hospitals: medical equipment and plant What a hospital CMMS must hold: device inventory, PPM plans, work orders, permits and the records German, French, UK, US and Saudi rules ask for, with examples. 12 min read Maintenance & facilities Preventive maintenance of medical equipment How to build a preventive maintenance plan for medical equipment: intervals from the IFU and national rules, risk ranking, IEC 62353 and a costed sample plan. 10 min read Maintenance & facilities Hospital facility management: systems and spaces Hospital facility management explained: critical plant, spaces, service requests, infection-control permits, fire safety and energy, with a cost example. 9 min read Maintenance & facilities Medical equipment inventory and asset register How to build a medical equipment inventory that serves regulators and finance: required fields, annual audits, acceptance, depreciation and disposal. 9 min read Maintenance & facilities PPM compliance in hospitals: records and KPIs What hospital inspectors sample, how to define PPM compliance precisely, the WHO maintenance KPIs, and a worked monthly report for a medical devices committee. 9 min read Maintenance & facilities MTBF and MTTR: maintenance KPIs with formulas MTBF, MTTR, availability, PPM compliance, backlog and cost KPIs explained with formulas and worked examples, plus KPI sets for hospitals and municipalities. 9 min read Maintenance & facilities CMMS for Government Agencies and Municipalities How ministries and municipalities use a CMMS: request to sign-off, statutory inspections, contractor SLAs, cost per asset, EU and Saudi procurement rules. 12 min read Maintenance & facilities Government Facility Management: A Practical Guide Government facility management explained: ISO 41011 and 41001, hard and soft FM, space utilisation, room-to-work-order requests, compliance and energy data. 10 min read Maintenance & facilities FM Contract SLA, KPIs and Penalty Deductions How to write and run an FM or O&M contract SLA: scope matrix, response and resolution clocks, KPI pools, penalty deductions and a worked payment certificate. 10 min read Maintenance & facilities Maintenance Backlog: Formula and Public-Sector Plans Maintenance backlog explained: the crew-weeks formula, deferred maintenance cost, NHS and school figures, risk-based priorities and a multi-year budget plan. 9 min read Maintenance & facilities IPSAS 17 vs IPSAS 45: Public-Sector Asset Registers IPSAS 45 replaced IPSAS 17 for periods from 1 January 2025. What changed, componentisation with a worked example, heritage and infrastructure, register fields. 11 min read Maintenance & facilities CAFM vs CMMS vs IWMS vs EAM: The Differences CMMS, CAFM, EAM and IWMS compared: definitions with sources, scope side by side, where they overlap, the cost of two asset lists and a selection checklist. 9 min read