Why should you use job plans in comma CMMS?

Published 2021-07-29 by Rui J Alves (a 0.8 minute read)

Job plans aggregate work orders that have something in common. Usually that commonality is the period during which the work covered by those work orders is to take place. Perhaps one set of jobs depends on another and it would be beneficial to look at those jobs at a same time to allow for proper planning. Additionally, at the end of the period, there may be some things that were learnt not only on each of the jobs (that will be documented on each work order) but also on the overall collection o...

Maintenance cost calculations and cost reports in comma CMMS (new on version 1.4.2 (April 2020))

Published 2020-03-31 by Rui J Alves (a 1.4 minute read)

Some new changes were introduced in version 1.4.2 (April 2020) and it is worth to quickly go through them on this article.

The first thing of note is that, by default, consumable costs are always counted in and costs of non-consumables are only counted in by default if the move is from any other status to "installed". In all cases, however, users have the option to manually count costs in or out. To do that, check the checkbox on the equipment move table inside the work order (c...

Auto-approval and cancellation of movement of spares (new on version 1.4.2 (April 2020))

Published 2020-03-31 by Rui J Alves (a 1 minute read)

From release 1.4.2 (April 2020) it is now possible to automatically approve spares movement on work orders. Previously, if you remember, parts were requested on work orders, but it was then required for the approver to go on to the equipment properties page and approve or cancel the movement there.

On this release there's a new settings option on the group permissions under the "WO/ WR" tab; set "Allow auto-approval of WO reserved equipment" to "ON" and users on...

Tracking maintenance costs in comma CMMS

Published 2020-03-19 by Rui J Alves (a 7.1 minute read)

comma CMMS (https://commacmm.com) provides you with the ability to track maintenance costs arising from both manpower and equipment usage. In this article we will go through the parameters and procedures that need to be set in order to properly setup the system to track these costs.

Setup general information

1. On the top menu bar go to “your username” and then “Modules”. Click “Organization/ Plant/ Departm...
   
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Some notes on the comma CMMS dashboard charts

Published 2020-03-16 by Rui J Alves (a 4.5 minute read)

The charts on the dashboard of comma CMMS are designed to give you a glimpse of the quality of your maintenance efforts and therefore it is useful to know what type of curve you should be aiming for. Remember that you can set the view depth of your dashboard charts by selecting the "Own"...