Choose your starting point

Essential Functionality or Full Functionality

The organization's key task is to choose a CMMS vendor and package that provides the best value-for-money proposition. The two main components of the value-for-money proposition are function and pricing.

Because there's considerable differentiation of CMMS vendor offerings along these dimensions, you can select either "Essential Functionality" or "Full Functionality" as your starting point.

Choosing "Essential Functionality" pre-assigns weightings that zero out advanced or specialized features such as handling linear assets, fleets, compatible units, calibration, encumbrance accounting, service level agreements, lockout/tagout and advanced warranty handling. At the same time, the tool increases the relative weighting for price.

Those with less price sensitivity who wish to start with full functionality can assign equal weight to every function by selecting the "Full Functionality" option.

Of course, there are applications and CMMS vendor offerings that sit somewhere between these two ends of the functionality spectrum. Starting from either the preset weightings of the "Full Functionality" or "Essential Functionality" options, you can adjust weightings in order to turn on or off features to match your requirements.

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