About the Author

Name: Kris Bagadia

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Bio: Kris Bagadia, PE, CPE, is the owner of PEAK Industrial Solutions, a Wisconsin-based firm that provides CMMS software solutions and consulting. Prior to developing PEAK in 1980, Kris spent eight years as a plant engineer and project manager for three different manufacturing companies. He has been involved with every aspect of CMMS for more than two decades, including designing, developing, testing, selling and marketing CMMS. He understands maintenance functionality and how a CMMS can accomplish them. Kris has authored several books on computerized maintenance and has been a contributing author of several handbooks. He can be reached at krisb@peakis.com.

Articles written by Kris Bagadia

Follow-up, performance matrix frequently absent from CMMS process flow

Follow-up, performance matrix frequently absent from CMMS process flow

By Kris Bagadia • on February 9, 2010

Many organizations are using their computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) as a recordkeeping tool. If that’s all they want, a spreadsheet

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Expert tips on successfully planning a CMMS project

Expert tips on successfully planning a CMMS project

By Kris Bagadia • on October 28, 2009

A well-planned and executed computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) project can yield a maximum return on your investment (ROI). This return

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Skimping on the training puts your CMMS project at risk

Skimping on the training puts your CMMS project at risk

By Kris Bagadia • on September 10, 2009

Training for users of a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) is a multiple-phase process. There are three areas of training needs: 1) Basic

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Important considerations for CMMS data entry

Important considerations for CMMS data entry

By Kris Bagadia • on June 3, 2009

When implementing a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) into a facility, one of the largest tasks involved is entering the data into the

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10 key factors to a successful CMMS implementation

10 key factors to a successful CMMS implementation

By Kris Bagadia • on April 7, 2009

The statistics are startling - up to 80 percent of all computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) implementations have failed. When considering

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