CMMS Software for Business

In recent years, Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) has become a household name in the facility management world. But this has not always been the case. When CMMS software was first introduced 50 years ago, its appeal at that time was limited to large manufacturing companies that could afford them. Early versions of CMMS software required large and costly centralized mainframe computers systems, and keypunch operators well versed in Fortran or Cobol computer languages to respectively, house and run them. However, since that time, CMMS software has evolved such that the newest versions make it attractive and affordable to businesses of all types and sizes. Today, the CMMS market has exploded by making its robust, powerful and user-friendly systems available to a growing number of companies spanning a broad range of industry, corporate and retail sectors. Here, I’ll provide a sampling of business of types and show how each can benefit from using CMMS software. Let’s start by first describing CMMS software and providing an overview of its most valued features.