Acquisition strengthens TMA’s market leadership with capabilities to service SMB to enterprise customers TULSA, Oklahoma- TMA Systems, a US-based leader and developer of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and Enterprise Asset Management Solutions (EAMS), today announced the acquisition of Maxpanda, a cloud-based CMMS software company serving small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Founded in 2011 in Winnipeg, Canada, Maxpanda is a great fit for SMBs seeking maintenance management capabilities. The software is easy-to-use, affordable, and enables customers to onboard ..read more

Preventative. A word which should stand on its own strength with a definition of “used to stop something bad from happening.”. Now combine that with the word maintenance and the result is one of the most important outcomes of using Maxpanda CMMS – preventative maintenance. In fact maintenance management software can reduce downtime so you’re pm’s last longer. One of our largest customers is required to provide records to maintain government funding. That doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult until you take into account the sheer amount of paperwork required for over 1200 buildings. Reme ..read more

Keeping equipment and assets running properly, it’s important to get ahead of the maintenance curve. Being proactive and relevant when it comes to trends in the building asset management system industry means knowing the biggest challenges and how to resolve them. With all the unknowns in the last couple of years, the asset management industry has been relatively lucky with the ability to carry on business. The industry is growing in line with inflation with a forecast of 8.7% from 2020 to 2026. The shift from traditional paper systems towards modern CMMS building asset management system is he ..read more

At Maxpanda, our mission is to disrupt the CMMS industry with a platform that’s faster, better and more affordable than your current process. We want Maxpanda to be an amazing value for your organization with helpful on-boarding. We’ve shared customer feedback with you in the past and now we want to share why Kimberly, a Maxpanda client, recommends the Maxpanda CMMS to anyone who wants to streamline their maintenance management. Her organization went from traditional pen and paper to fully digital and the results speak for themselves. But don’t listen to us, take it from Kimberly. Maxpanda wi ..read more

TPM strategies were developed in Japan over 50 years ago with the purpose of continuous improvement of equipment effectiveness. Many operations have adopted this philosophy and now require a system to aid in managing it. That is where a CMMS can help. We’re going to go over the 8 pillars of TPM and how a CMMS can help. Pillar 1: Autonomous Maintenance Assigning the best resource to the task will allow your team to focus on areas that are best use of their skills. How a CMMS Provides Assistance Identifies the required skills and can assign the right resource. Pillar 2: Focused Improvement Relat ..read more

We’ve written about what a CMMS is, including its functionality options such as helping to track and diagnose assets in your organization. Now it’s time to talk about how it benefits you, your team and your facility or organization. This is just a small slice of the pie full of advantages: Plan and Schedule Maintenance Maintenance scheduling is the process of making sure planned work is carried out.  Appropriate preventive maintenance scheduling can reduce equipment downtime and increase reliability. The average CMMS solution offers planning, scheduling, and active monitoring of various ..read more

Regardless of the industry, for all companies with intensive asset management needs, maintenance strategy is imperative to maintaining uptime and reliability. Measuring the maturity of your Asset Management strategy is most commonly addressed with the Asset Maintenance Maturity Model which has been around for some time. The levels are as follows: Asset Maintenance Maturity Model Stage 1 – Reactive Maintenance This is the chaotic approach to maintenance where you wait for the worst to happen and jump to address it. Stage 2 – Planned Maintenance Maintenance schedules are established based on fix ..read more

From classrooms, offices, cafeterias and restrooms, there are many buildings and facilities which require maintenance on University campuses. Include the critical equipment and systems such as HVAC, alarms, elevators, sprinklers just to name a few and you can start to see the full extent of work orders that would be required every single day. Now consider the hundreds to thousands of individuals including students, faculty, staff and visitors on campus each day and how important it is to reduce liability and keep them safe. Computerized maintenance management software (CMMS) helps universities ..read more

WINNIPEG, Canada – Maxpanda, a leading developer of CMMS Software that is based in Winnipeg, Canada, is pleased to announce that its software is playing an important role in the global fight against the spread of the coronavirus. Their customers, including 1200 Carl’s Junior restaurants in California and Mexico, are utilizing the software to ensure daily cleaning and weekly filter changes. Weekly filter changes can help to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19.  The CMMS software effectively puts systems in place to help remind and monitor daily cleaning tasks, which in turn, ensures that ..read more

Preventative. A word which should stand on its own strength with a definition of “used to stop something bad from happening.”. Now combine that with the word maintenance and the result is one of the most important outcomes of using Maxpanda CMMS – preventative maintenance. One of our largest customers is required to provide records to maintain government funding. That doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult until you take into account the sheer amount of paperwork required for over 1200 buildings. Remember to consider not only the time to create the work orders, implement them, send them ..read more