Accruent CMMS - Maintenance Connection is a multi-site facilities management platform acquired by Accruent in June 2018 and now part of the Accruent IWMS portfolio of products.
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UpKeep Maintenance Management
Score 7.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
UpKeep allows users to snap a picture of a broken piece of equipment, create a work order, and schedule it for repair - all from a mobile device. UpKeep is designed for facility, property, restaurant, and manufacturing managers looking to improve communication by enabling real-time status updates for their teams. The vendor says it is a modern, intuitive, and customizable CMMS that is proven to expedite workflow processes. Capabilities include: -Add co-workers and easily assign work…
Everyone has assets, everyone has people, and everyone has to do some work on those assets with those people. Maintenance Connection strives to provide an efficient solution to help get the work done while making it simple to record that you did. Aggregate that data and make decisions for the future based on real information.
Very appropriate within our business since It is so easy to use and implement. The software gives the techs more accountability and ownership of jobs, along with the ability to create re-occurring work orders for inspections and checks. I now get accurate data to report against on a weekly basis, and get KPI's to set goals for our team.
Periodic maintenance needs are still a little tricky keeping in the system without flooding the user with too many work orders.
It does not immediately update all the time. For example, closing out work orders and the number of total work orders stays the same until it’s rebooted.
I think the platform is user-friendly but there have been some issues that colleagues have been complaining about. For example, the program tends to run slow from time to time. Reporting could be better. We could use more fields for categories under parts and assets.
They are timely, responsive, and resolve issues within a day. I only give them one less point because in their recent acquisition by Accruent they lost the MC Support portal they used to have, and in its place they are using Accruents version. Which is well, just not as good.
I cannot say enough great things about their customer service. From the start of the purchase, Upkeep was extremely helpful and informative. They have been ongoingly keeping us informed and available to answer any of our questions as they arise. They ongoing learning portal is also helpful when new features and changes happen with the interface.
If you do not have a scheduler for the PM and work order program hire one first. They can help with the migration and know how everything works in your facility.
It much more user-friendly and does not have a lot of wasted information that you would never use. I did a lot of research on other CMMS programs and questioned other users and was allowed to use the test module for 3 months. That pretty much sealed the deal for everyone except for those afraid of change. Eventually, they all fall in line and accept the new CMMS system.
We liked the Hippo CMMS for the mapping feature - you can do an overlay of the building plan and markup the locations - but the barcode feature was not there at the time we reviewed, so there was some automation lost there. UpKeep had the barcode - but lacked the mapping. We preferred the barcode feature. Also - the mobile app for UpKeep was much more mature, and they've since added the sensors (beta) which I don't believe Hippo has yet.
Our parts cost overall has had a great positive impact on our ROI. We are able to track parts in a more efficient manner that helps us to optimize inventory and reduce stock outs, in addition to helping us identify items that have no turn over.
Equipment downtime with regards to Corrective vs Preventive type work orders has made a big impact to our ROI. With the use of the Preventive Maintenance Module in Maintenance Connection, we have made a good shift towards more planned machine maintenance and less corrective type failures.
It's a bit too soon to speak of ROI, but being able to track issues over multiple service calls has proven to be useful, especially when it comes to holding workers accountable for their use of the machines.
It's easy to use for those who use it.
It's no harder to submit issues than it is to send an email. If you can send an email, you can submit an issue.
