Maintenance & Operations
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          CMMS and Cybersecurity: Strengthening Your Defense in Industry
  The Case for Security Would you be comfortable knowing that complete strangers were wandering around your yard and inside your house? Most of us would say, “No way!”, even if we trust that most people don’t have malicious intent. We...
      
    
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      What is a CMMS: Computerized Maintenance Management System
7 minutes  What is a CMMS? A CMMS, or computerized maintenance management system , is software that makes scheduling and tracking maintenance work orders faster...
      
    
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      Maximize Funding: How Asset Management Software Can Help Navigate the U.S. Department of Education’s Grant Programs for Spring 2024
4 minutes  Exciting news broke in January, as the U.S. Treasury Department announced grants exceeding $32 million for state education departments in Alabama...
      
    
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      Understanding integration concepts
8 minutes  Have you ever sat in a meeting where the topic of software integration has come up? If you’re not from a technical background, chances are you...
      
    
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      Marcy Playground Appreciates Fans, Raleigh Triangle Ahead of Illuminate 2024
3 minutes  When Marcy Playground takes the stage to play at Illuminate 2024 , it’ll be a homecoming of sorts for the band. We caught up with the band’s bassist...
      
    
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      Practical Uses of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Operations
6 minutes  What Is Digital Transformation? Despite having the word “digital” in the name, your team, not your computer, is the most important vehicle for...
      
    
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      Bright ideas for higher education budgeting
4 minutes  Colleges, universities, and trade schools have many departments competing for funds. But for one reason or another, facilities and operational teams...
      
    
  
  How to protect your operations budget during inflation
In times of inflation, smart technology can help maximize budgets (including help with grant or funding requests) through more effective utility management, smart asset management, and reduced long-term or emergency costs from preventive maintenance.
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      Truth or myth: K–12 facilities and operational spending
5 minutes  When it comes to fund distribution for K–12 schools and districts, there are many folks who get to weigh in on the budget and where money goes. From...
      
    
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      Mastering MTBF, MTTR, and OEE: The Triple Crown of Asset Capacity Planning
5 minutes  In the landscape of asset performance and planning, a trio of terms continually crops up. The driving metrics of capacity planning are overall...
      
    
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      Beyond the Classroom: A Former Director's Desk on Educational Facilities Operations
3 minutes  Budget Season Has Begun! Being a facilities director in an educational institution comes with an extremely specific set of challenges, from juggling...
      
    
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      Stop reacting: Proactively prevent and save with Predictor
5 minutes  Predictor , part of the Brightly Software suite of solutions, is helping councils to predict problems before they arise; prioritise where to place...
      
    
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      Top 10 Sessions at Illuminate 2024
3 minutes  With over 70 unique learning sessions scheduled over four days at Illuminate, it’s hard to narrow down an incredible amount of knowledge sharing into...
      
    
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      Introducing Illuminate 2024: Ready to Run it Back in Raleigh?
2 minutes  Last year, Illuminate made an unforgettable in-person return, seeing hundreds across industries gather in our hometown of Raleigh, North Carolia, for...
      
    
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