Center Harbor, New Hampshire - Smartware Group Inc. today launched its first native mobile application for Bigfoot CMMS, the cloud-based asset and equipment management software used by maintenance teams worldwide. The app offers a robust suite of capabilities for maintenance professionals on the go and is included with a Bigfoot CMMS Enterprise+ subscription, for both existing and future users. Developed for iOS and Android devices, the Bigfoot mobile app provides maintenance professionals with easy access to core CMMS functionality using the same login credentials as the browser-based Bigfoot system. Leveraging an intuitively-designed interface, users can quickly navigate parts, work orders and assets through the app’s QR code or swipe gesture functionality. The app’s built-in camera integration also provides users with the ability to upload and associate images to assets, work orders and parts.
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“Today’s technologies afford us unprecedented options to advance our system, particularly within a mobile
environment,” said Paul Lachance, president of Smartware Group, Inc. “We continue to push the envelope for
higher design and functionality quality in order to better enhance the maintenance management experience for
our users.”
The mobile app also features a geo-tagging capability that allows users to visually map all of their assets, parts
and work orders by location. The feature enables users to assess all necessary repairs, current equipment
statuses, and preventive maintenance while updating in real time, regardless of whether they are onsite or en
route to a particular area. The app also provides offline editing access to work order data when outside of WiFi
or cellular connection, allowing users to simply sync when back online.
In February of this year, Smartware Group and Technology Evaluation Centers released the results of a comprehensive survey of more than 100 manufacturers in which 34 percent of respondents stated they don’t capture operational asset data at all. Of the 60 percent that said they are capturing this data, two-thirds said they do so manually.
“There’s a demonstrated market need for an app like ours that is both highly usable and functional,” Lachance
said. “With so many organizations still neglecting asset data collection combined with a market shift towards
mobile accessibility, we hope to elevate and improve the maintenance management software standard for both
our users and the maintenance industry as a whole, to help them capture and utilize this valuable data where and
when they need it.”
Source: Smartware Group Inc.