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Maintenance Scheduling 101
Many organizations have tried to address their maintenance scheduling woes by introducing new and sometimes very advanced technologies. The reality is that trying to automate something that's broken will cause even more frustration and finger-pointing.

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1/29/2005

How to Choose a Service and Maintenance Application
Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Service and Maintenance Application. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound. If you’re not using a service and maintenance application, you may have reached the point where manual systems no longer support the pace of business. Where to start? You should know the five important questions to ask before implementing. The ten essential features to look for. How to prepare for product demonstrations. And the five most common mistakes people make.

COST EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE: productivity levels and the cost of not making any change at all. It s always helpful to have a benchmark, especially when you start to think about budgets and ROI. Gather metrics such as predictive error rate, man hours spent on redundant processes, the cost of stocking unused spare parts, and the cost of losing a percentage of your customer base due to poor customer service. Define your goals and objectives and gather some ballpark numbers so that you can communicate to your organization s decision
1/25/2007 11:14:00 AM

What Are the Support and Maintenance Options?
Enterprise software licensees do have a choice when it comes to software support and maintenance (S&M) providers, with several, less expensive options existing for any company that is considering discontinuing S&M for an application product.

COST EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE: as a rule, more costly) or by independent mechanics shops (if not solely by a mechanics-savvy owner). If regulatory and compliance updates are not a big issue, and upgrades are not a priority, the savings from dropping maintenance altogether may outweigh the risks. Canceling S&M contracts (sometimes referred to as going naked ) for older or less critical systems might be an alternative too, especially for self-sufficient users that seldom use the help desk and that are not planning to upgrade in the
4/4/2007

The Elusive Weekly Maintenance Schedule
The weekly schedule process is by far the most significant yet underutilized tool for work force efficiency. A resource-leveled weekly schedule provides a logical way to balance required work versus available man-hours.

COST EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE: Service (SaaS) | Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
1/10/2006 11:58:00 AM

Is There a Street Corner for a Vendor-neutral Third Party Support and Maintenance Provider?
Although Rimini Street's client base is still budding, the third party provider of support and maintenance has been quite bullish, owing to the accelerating demand for its service lines; healthy win ratios; and solid execution of its aggressive business plan.

COST EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE: than a 50 percent cost savings compared to Oracle s annual support fee. This is not counting if the user company is paying maintenance for products it has not implemented or user seats that it is not using, in which case the price might drop even further. Rimini Street points out that its offering is not for those Siebel, PeopleSoft, and JD Edwards licensees who prefer an early-adopter migration to new technology platforms. Rather, the provider s offering is for those that are choosing more conservative
4/20/2007

Unlock Hidden Profits Using Effective Pricing Strategies
In Get Greener with SaaS-based ERP, you'll learn how a SaaS delivery model can help you reduce...

COST EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE: usage printer and toner costs carbon dioxide emissions And the savings can add up. You ll learn how one company eliminated 120 suppliers by switching from paper-based to electronic communication; and how another reduced electricity use by 15% and paper consumption by more than 200,000 sheets per year. Learn how to be kinder to the environment while you improve your bottom line. Download your PDF copy of Get Greener with SaaS-based ERP today. For assistance, please contact customer service. Hours: 8:00
8/29/2011 11:02:00 AM

Support and Maintenance: No Longer the Software Industry s Best Kept Secret ?
Support and maintenance (S&M) contracts mean very different things to vendors and to users. With user enterprises' growing awareness of how these S&M agreements affect their bottom lines, vendors need to reassess their pricing and value proposition strategies.

COST EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE: and should amortize the cost of the original sales effort. But again, it is the free market that should determine the fair price, as is the case in other industries (given that retail has been mentioned for comparison). To be fair, many software customers radically alter the products they receive, making support for those products infinitely harder. Staying with the retail goods example in Will User Enterprises Ever Get onto an Easy (Support and Maintenance) Street? , when a consumer buys a TV set, the
3/30/2007

5 Tips to Effective Succession Planning
Succession planning systems manage business risk and ensure leadership and critical role continuity across all levels of an organization. This field guide will explore five critical steps to ensure that you get the most out of your succession planning investments.

COST EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE: Service (SaaS) | Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
1/18/2011 1:50:00 PM

Maintenance Tips For Improved Profits: Creating the Business Case to Invest in Automation
Maintenance Tips for Improved Profits: Creating the Business Case to Invest in Automation. Secure Documents to Use In Your Dynamic System and to Create the Business Case to Invest in Automation. Does it really make sense to spend money to save money? The answer may surprise you when it comes to maintenance of large capital assets including Facilities, Fleet, Plant Equipment and yes, even computers. It makes even more sense when you consider that today more and more companies are adding a new line item in their financial statements called

COST EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE: costs are the highest cost to most maintenance shops. Published studies have proven that an effective maintenance program can increase labor productivity by as much as 24% through better human resource allocation. Besides being able to more effectively manage schedules, by automating the data sharing between accounting and maintenance, you can greatly reduce data entry times as well. It s not just about managing the people you have, it also has to do with measuring to see if you have enough resources, so
11/30/2005 11:40:00 AM

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems: A TutorialPart One: Challenges and Features
Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore is equipment maintenance. The class of software that can help to cultivate these savings is computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS). This article discusses the basics of CMMS and its key features, enabling you to determine whether your company should investigate this software as a potential source of savings.

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7/7/2003

10 Steps in Presenting an Effective Business Case for a Learning Management System
Many companies don’t place a high enough value on the importance of learning and development. How can you convince the rest of your organization to get on board? You need to build a business case that involves more than a return on investment (ROI) document or static business plan. Find out ten steps that can help you address immediate problems, build alliances throughout the company, and make a successful business case.

COST EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE: Service (SaaS) | Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
6/12/2008 11:28:00 AM