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PMXpert is an innovative automated preventive maintenance program designed for p.c.'s running Windows 9x and above. The program enables managers to track equipment, and automatically schedule preventative maintenance activities. The program's prime objective is to reduce day-to-day operating costs and extend equipment longevity as well providing a sophisticated environment within which a company's equipment and maintenance information may be effectively managed.
The program has been designed to achieve its objective with a minimum of effort and time required by the manager and data entry personnel. PMXpert can be operated by first-time computer users via the simple menu driven screens supported by extensive Help screens.
One of the features that sets PMXpert above other preventive maintenance and CMMS programs is its user friendliness and it's capacity to accommodate any method of calibrating vehicle/equipment usage. The three major usage types are distance, time, and frequency. The flexibility of the package is such that every PMXpert user can develop their own unique unit categories, unit (equipment) codes, preventive maintenance and inspection service types and frequencies.
PMXpert program provides the operator with reports detailing parts and fluid usage and costs which can help identify problems before they occur. This feature serves to increase equipment efficiency and assists in identifying the potential for catastrophic component failures. The program also ensures that preventive maintenance and inspection activities are not accidentally missed or forgotten. Thus, the cost savings obtained through aggressive performance tracking added to the early detection of problems that can lead to major component failure as well as the strict adherence to preventative maintenance programs will result in significant cost savings to the user. Read CMMS features list for a full overview of everything PMXpert has to offer.
The concept of preventive (or predictive) maintenance is not a new one. However, due to the extensive amount of information that is needed to track part wear in non-computerised maintenance environments, it has been almost impossible to enforce. The PMXpert user is able to assign a warranty count or number of days to replacement parts/components. Once a part is installed a counter is started. If the same part is installed in the same unit during the warranty period the program generates a warning to the user.
PMXpert produces a full spectrum of standard reports that include equipment lists, work orders, service schedules, unit costing and labor costing. PMXpert's unique filtering system allows the user tremendous flexibility for customising the information required in the reports.
Cost Savings
PMXpert has the flexibility to keep track of all the different types of equipment you operate.
PMXpert reduces the time required to do the tedious repetitive activities involved in tracking the type of activities/costs which are attributed to a particular piece of equipment. PMXpert also produces various reports that provide critical management information which is virtually impossible to acquire in a manual record keeping environment.
Maintenance Cost Savings
Users of PMXpert have typically enjoyed savings of 5% or more on overall maintenance costs. These savings are achieved through increased management control and general productivity increases as well as through the following unique features of the program:
- automatic scheduling of preventive maintenance (PM) and inspection activities:
- grouping of PMs and inspections together to minimise down time;
- work order creation using service types indicating labor and part requirements and procedures (pm checklist).
Another important cost saving feature of the program is its ability to ensure against over maintenance of vehicles.
Minimise Equipment Down Time
Using the PMXpert program will reduce your equipment down time by as much as 10% since the program ensures that preventive maintenance activities, your greatest insurance against breakdown, are scheduled at the proper intervals.
Minimise Equipment Failures
Despite appearances to the contrary, unexpected catastrophic equipment failure does not happen suddenly. It is often the result of neglect. In virtually all instances, the introduction of preventive maintenance scheduling reduces catastrophic equipment failures by as much as 10% per year.
Increase Value
Employing the preventive maintenance features of the PMXpert CMMS program leads, quite simply, to a higher quality piece of equipment. That's worth money on the resale market. By being able to produce detailed maintenance histories at the point of resale or trade-in-histories which allow you to document the claim means the resale/lease turn-in value of your used equipment will increase by as much as 6% to 10%.
Maximise Labor Productivity
Labor activities and mechanics' performances can be tracked through the PMXpert system. Using the power of the system, you can quickly identify variances between book or shop labor rates and actual labor activities. Tracking mechanics' activities can assist in producing payroll information as well as providing the basis for determining the optimal mechanic staff size. Beyond accountability, the PMXpert Preventative Maintenance and Inspection Service Schedule also produces a listing of all the required labor inputs for each job thus giving you the capacity to ensure proper and efficient labor scheduling. | 
