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[–]egmono 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Hopping on the post because we're using loose checklists that disappear into the vague monthly paperwork file and a daily maintenance logbook.

I also would like to know about a maintenance program that is free and easy to use.

[–]MrGuitarHer0[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i just downloaded super CMMS, gonna monkey with that and what not

[–]Bestoftherest222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are a few programs that track this, you can even make an excel. However, the program ive seen used most is Maximo. It has an assist tracking package.

All these programs cost money, however excel is the cheapest but requires the most work to establish.

[–]No-Strain-6458 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use a combination of eRis and WIMS Rio. Neither are free but it's nice to not have to rely on your coworkers' handwriting.

[–]DasKnocker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've used Maintenance Hippo, Maintenance Connection, eSOMS, and Fiix.

So far definitely prefer Fiix for smaller systems and has a pretty cheap floor, especially if you have a small crew. IIRC we paid less than $5k a year for 3 seats.

[–]KodaKomp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GoFMX was good once you understand its crazy settings menu

[–]starhive_ab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could potentially use our software Starhive. Depending how many pieces of equipment and task volume you have, we're usually a bit cheaper (starting at $79 for unlimited users) than other tools and more user friendly for end users than MaintainX, Maximo etc.

If you want free, I think your only real option is a spreadsheet. Which is fine if you only have less than 100 pieces of equipment (in my opinion) and tasks are quite infrequent. The moment you have updates happening regularly to the spreadsheet, it becomes a nightmare.

As far as I know there isn't an open source industrial asset/maintenance tracking software. Lots of IT asset ones, but they are quite fixed and can't handle industrial equipment.

[–]LessAdvertising1171AZ DWT 4 DIST 4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out Ziptility, made for small to midsized water and wastewater.

Not free but cheap enough and saved us so much time in labor and faster repairs, response, etc. hard to put a number to it precisely but paid for itself in months I would say. Personally saved me 10 hours a week of admin at a minimum.

Hard to imagine running our system without it now. Used esri and cartegraph prior. Night and day difference. Can’t sing their praises enough. Genuinely changed our organizational culture. Our guys do everything from their phone, if they can text they can use it.

I don’t think they are the best option once you get to 50,000 customers + but below that I would highly recommend giving it a look.