Bigfoot CMMS by Smartware Group

Following is a list of posted enhancements and issue corrections. Note, the higher the "Version", the more recent the addition. To find your version of Bigfoot Traditional, on the main screen, click on menu option HELP then ABOUT (Client-server version only).

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Bigfoot Traditional Enhancements:

ID Version Enhancement
4058 10.0 PM Calendar View date picker is now set to min and max to +/- 5 years from system date - to avoid sliding into the next millenium.
4086 10.0 The equipment list may now be sorted by Category OR Sub-Category.
4091 10.0 Lockout/Tagout procedure now viewable from WO screen. It will also optionally print with WO.
4132 10.0 New option to quickly show just PMs or non-PMs in WO Management/summary area.
4133 10.0 In e-mailed WOs - equipment name is now in subject line.
4141 10.0 Purchase Order module is completely re-vamped and very user-friendly.
4150 10.0 New PM Utility that is run independent from Bigfoot core software. Can be run from server, nightly, etc.
4189 10.0 Optional stand-alone PM Utility can generate PMs/WOs without intervention; great for the 2AM shift!
4197 10.0 Hotspot Analysis now may filter out scheduled procedures - corrective work orders more accurately show failures & problem areas.
4210 10.0 Optional color coding (by status) of equipment on main screen.
4217 10.0 Executive Summary - new option to hide rows in the Work Order Summary section when active & completed WOs are zero.
4248 10.0 Equipment Profile Tabs may be renamed - certain legacy info may be hidden (Controls Interface Tab, RFID field, Checklist)
4273 10.0 In View PM Reminders, when you switch to Non-Complete, the TOTAL # of Non-Complete PMs shows in lower left corner.
3967 10.0 New PM Setting allows for the date expected to be calculated by either the priority assigned or a number supplied in the PM itself.
4005 09.0 When sending a Request, if the email checkbox is selected, contact area is examined for an e-mail address.
3784 09.0 A red warning is issued if supplies are not sufficient when checking with the Parts I Need feature.
3727 09.0 On Work Order Summary - priorities may be assigned colors (via Priority droplist).
3811 09.0 Request Utility now has the printer dialog option
3817 09.0 Labor analysis tab inside Executive Summary now shows number of PMs completed (with cost) per employee.
3852 09.0 Vendor name and vendor part number added to emailed PO.
3854 09.0 Inventory Utilities now has printer dialogue option.
3858 09.0 WO Summary report now shows total hours in header.
3884 09.0 When selecting items for a PO, the form now imports more information from a part's Inventory record.
3892 09.0 Added option for page breaks when printing PMs not completed.
3897 09.0 The FIND feature above equipment list on main screen will now search the notes field.
3898 09.0 Executive Summary enhancement shows when requests get made, how long to respond, assign, complete, etc.
3903 09.0 You can now create a Master/Sub-Assemblies relationship among pieces of equipment. i.e. Building / room_1 - room_2 - closet_1 - etc
3912 09.0 Inventory Summary now remembers last sort preference (#/name).
3735 08.1 Bigfoot On-The-Go may be set to show only the Active WOs.
3740 08.1 Individual WO Detail printout now has 3 formats: [Normal] [w/LOTO] [Simple]
3743 08.1 You may now set your BigfootCMMS to automatically archive all completed work orders over X days old.
3744 08.1 Purchase Order Summary: an option to view all BUT Closed Orders
3745 08.1 You may select and print multiple work orders from Work Orders Summary.
3755 08.1 WO & PO Summaries now have "Qucik Find" similar to Equipment List
3461 08.1 You may set up BigfootCMMS to create an audit trail of Users' log in/log out dates and times.
3537 08.1 New tab in WO Management - a report which displays cost sub-totals for each piece of equipment.
3807 08.1 In the Utilities area you may set default to/from dates for your Executive Summary to decrease the time it takes to load.
3550 08.1 The cause code is now included when exporting lists from Work Orders Management.
3561 08.1 Inventory Summary may be sorted by vendor.
3379 08.1 Multiple vendors now allowed on PO (Why? PO may go to distributor)
3607 08.1 Step-by-step intructions for PMs print at the top of the page when a work order is printed out instead of printing separately.
3638 08.1 Printed version of the Parts Usage Report includes the total.
3649 08.1 Total number of work orders for any given time, regardless of category or how they were acquired, was added to the Executive Summary.
3652 08.1 In PO, the tabbed cursor path is now divided into content areas (rather than a physical line-by-line path)
3661 08.1 Meter Readings now have a "note" field
3672 08.1 Improvements were made to the layout of the Downtime Report with Charts.
3718 08.1 Today's date displayed in lower left of Main Screen
3724 08.1 The E-mail system was updated, when using the internal mail settings, to identify the sender and that the E-mail was generated from Bigfoot.
3725 08.1 Optional deletion log, "SmartMaintenance.log" changed to "BigfootCMMSDelete.log"
3393 08.0 General Inventory - added 'pop-up' calendars throughout General Inventory screens.
3405 08.0 WO Management - WO Balance tab - added 'estimated hours' to the WO Balance screen.
3449 08.0 Purchase Orders - now a 'Notes' area where can enter general notations on a purchase order.
3450 08.0 Purchase Orders - Parts Tab - new drop list allows user to show all parts, parts for selected vendor or no parts.
3249 08.0 Location & Hotspot - added date range to this screen.
3325 08.0 Executive Summary - can now print individual tabs with new tab specific Print option.
3326 08.0 JCAHO - added 'Selection Method' drop list with option to show this column in spreadsheet.
3340 08.0 Work Order Detail - can now print out Lockout-Tagout Information from the Work Order Detail screen, Print LOTO.
2975 08.0 Work Order Trend Analysis - added labor and materials totals for a date range to top of screen.
3569 08.0 Utilities/Setup - new Work Order renumbering utility.
3542 08.0 OTG - Work Order detail now have 'Problem Code' and 'Cause Code' drop list.
3543 08.0 OTG - Work Order detail now have 'Problem Code' and 'Cause Code' drop list.
3544 08.0 OTG - if complete Work Order on PDA the status on Work Order Detail inside Work Order Management will show 'completed'.
3545 08.0 Equipment Profile - Manufacturer tab now has a field and command to email the manufacturer.
3547 08.0 Executive Summary - new checkbox option for vertical titles on the charts.
3172 07.1.1 General Inventory - "Parts Below Re-Order" on main screen now links to the inventory summary page.
3174 07.1.1 Lockout/Tagout - can now rename the File Names on the Picture tab.
3175 07.1.1 PM Procedures - The Priority field now automatically fills in the 'date expected' (if defined in manage drop list) when converting PM to WO.
2723 07.1 Automated Emails for Maintenance Request - can now include the 'date expected' field.
2734 07.1 OTG - Setup Filters - M Request - no longer required to load equipment to make a maintenance request, filter allows to turn off loading of equipment.
3002 07.1 Work Order Management - expanded the 'equipment' filter drop list so more characters can be viewed.
3047 07.1 PM Scheduled vs. Actual - new predictive analysis screen added to program.
3052 07.1 Maintenance Request Utility - the 'location' drop list now prefills data based on equipment drop list selection.
3067 07.1 Throughout Program - new setting in Utilities/Custom Settings tab displays a menu tool bar throughout program.
3086 07.1 General Inventory - Inventory Detail - an 'old' price will remain on existing work orders although price has changed in inventory detail.
3114 07.1 Executive Summary - Major and Sub Category Breakdown tabs now print out on report.
3145 07.1 PM Balancing - Long Term Scheduled - new check box allows you to only include equipment selected (highlighted) on main screen.
2358 07.1 Security - when using security system the user logged in will now display on the main screen.
2437 07.1 Purchase Orders - new option allows you to Update Inventory Prices in General Inventory based on a price typed in the 'price per each' column.
2486 07.1 General Inventory - Par Sheet Order - the Vendor name and phone number now appear on the printout.
2518 07.1 Emergency/Lockout-Tagout - three new fields are available to attach documents and/or images.
2585 07.1 General Inventory - the main screen now displays a message warning user there are part quantities below their re-order levels.
2627 07.1 Tool Crib/Equipment Management - when assigning a tool to an individual you will now see a message noting if the equipment 'status' is down.
2781 07.1 Work Order Detail - if work order originated from a maintenance request it will display date/time the request was originally made.
2784 07.1 Today's PM and WO Reminders - a new 'priority' field for a PM Procedure has been added and will also convert to the WO priority field.
2786 07.1 Work Order Detail - now when click on 'Go to PO' the new purchase order will automatically fill in the 'equipment' drop list.
2803 07.1 Work Order Management - the Work Order Balancing tab now uses a date range.
2807 07.1 Work Order Detail - can now associate up to three documents per work order, located on Downtime/Custom/Document tab.
2830 07.1 Work Order Detail - the work order detail printout now includes the Major and/or Sub Category.
2846 07.1 Work Order Trend History Analysis - now displays the material cost, labor cost, other cost and hours.
2847 07.1 Main Screen - a new 'print' command has been added above the 'Equipment List'.
2855 07.1 Work Order Detail - a new setting in Utilities/WO Settings forces users to select from drop list vs. typing in these fields.
2861 07.1 Utiliites/Manage Drop List - the description has been increased to hold 2000 entries per drop list title.
2870 07.1 Work Order Detail - the report now displays 'other cost' and 'other hours' fields.
2874 07.1 General Inventory - Inventory Detail - the inventory part # has been expanded to hold 40 characters.
2875 07.1 Work Order Detail - Material and Invoicing tab can now set the 'other' markup percentage.
2877 07.1 Request Utility - Utilities - Request tab now allows user to select a special sound for 'high' priority request.
2882 07.1 General Inventory - Inventory Detail - added fields for Manufacturer Part # on the Vendor tab.
2883 07.1 Work Order Detail - new equipment name 'search' feature to the right of the equipment drop list .
2889 07.1 General Inventory - Inventory Detail - new filter checkbox allows you to view only items needing re-order.
2891 07.1 General Inventory - Inventory Detail - bar code scan field now accepts up to 40 digits.
2892 07.1 General Inventory - Inventory Detail - Vendor tab part number now holds 40 characters.
2919 07.1 Work Order Management - can now highlight a work order from summary screen and print the work order detail.
2921 07.1 PM History Log Book - added sort option so can sort by ascending or descending date.
2122 07.1 General Inventory - When duplicate piece of equipment the equipment part list also duplicates.
2144 07.1 Work Order Detail - Material and Invoicing tab now highlights 'on-hand' field in red when on-hand level is zero.
2237 07.1 Purchase Orders - now reflect Major and/or Sub Category selection on main screen, this is displayed on the Purchase Order Summary screen.
2256 07.1 Tool Crib/Equipment Management - new setting in Utilities/Custom Settings allows to select a Sub-Category to display in Tool Crib screen.
2648 07.0 Today's PM and WO Reminders - you will now be able to select a printer to run report on newly created work orders, .if using Printer Dialog option.
2654 07.0 Equipment Profile - new Custom tab holds up to fifteen customizable fields. Right click on label to change the text.
2657 07.0 Equipment Profile - Fleet tab now has three customizable fields. Right click on label to change text.
2678 07.0 Work Order Detail - Now display the estimated time for a work order and the difference in actual time.
2686 07.0 Today's PM and WO Reminders - can now view/print report of
2709 07.0 PM Balancing and Schedule - Longterm schedule view - now displays every 'x' number of Weeks into future, this did display Months.
2588 07.0 Purchase Orders - the extended price quantity will now print out on purchase order detail report.
2611 07.0 PM Balancing and Schedule - improved for speed optimization in loading the PM Procedures.
2619 07.0 Manage Drop Down List - expand the drop list descriptions for various fields.
2420 07.0 Utilities - Work Order Settings - can now select a 'quick date' and default screen to view when you first go into Work Order Management screen.
2323 07.0 Tool Crib Management - Can now specify a 'sub-category' to display associated equipment in Tool Crib Maintenance, setting in Utilities/Custom Settings
2736 07.0 PM Balancing and Schedule - now displays a 'processing' by date progress bar.
2741 07.0 Manage Drop Down List - the Major Category and Sub Category drop down list will now hold 1000 descriptions.
2752 07.0 PM Procedures - the "estimated hours" field now appears in the new WO estimated hours field instead of the "other" field.
2754 07.0 Purchase Orders - Custom Purchase Order Title for reports can be set in Utilities - Custom Settings.
2756 07.0 Work Order Management - optimized Work Order Management Summary screen for faster loading of data.
2725 07.0 Maintenance Request - the 'department' field for Maintenance Request now appears in General Code 2 field when converted to a work order.
2760 07 PM Procedures - Longterm Balancing - can now use printer orientation for the report.
2175 06.1 Equipment Profile - add 'previous' and 'next' functions so can scroll through the equipment list without having to exit out of equipment profile.
2176 06.1 Purchase Orders - the purchase order summary screen will remember the last selected "type" (submitted, denied, all etc.) for each station.
2179 06.1 Downtime/Utilization Analysis - now includes both active and completed work orders.
2199 06.1 Purchase Orders - can now associate purchase order detail to equipment and filter by equipment on purchase order summary screen.
2213 06.1 Work Order Management - added a full text search to the work order summary screen.
2220 06.1 Work Order Detail - the Labor Tab now has a "stop watch" which will record time to a valid row on the labor spreadsheet.
2221 06.1 Today's PM and WO Reminders - can now sort the PM Remindes list by 'location'.
2281 06.1 In Purchase Order Detail, Inventory items available in the spreadsheet change based on the vendor selected.
2293 06.1 Work Order Management - new 'quick dates' for print filter date range, active WO always display all time, completed and archive display last 30 days.
2297 06.1 PM Procedures- now displays the serial #, asset # and location below the equipment name and also includes this information on the printouts.
2298 06.1 Purchase Order Summary - added a full text search to the work order summary screen.
2299 06.1 Purchase Orders - now reflect only equipment shown on the main screen based on Major and/or Sub Category selections.
2306 06.1 Work Orders Management - faster loading of completed work orders, default to last 30 days.
2128 06.1 PM Balancing - the 'allowable PM hours' now appear on the PM Balance Graph.
2140 06.1 Work Order Detail - new setting in Utilities, WO Settings, allows the user signed in via security to be the default "assigned to" on WO Detail.
2160 06.1 Work Order Management - the last work order "sort" is now saved to a local file so different stations can have their own sort preferences.
2166 06.1 Equipment List - will now hold up to 50,000 pieces of equipment.
1942 06.1 WO Detail Screen - now displays the serial #, asset # and location below the equipment name and also includes on the work order detail printout.
1910 06.1 PM Balance Schedule - you can now select an employee name from a drop list to view/print PM Schedule for that employee.
2024 06.1 PM Procedures - setting in Utilities, PM Settings tab will default the 'responsible person' for a new PM based on the equipments warranty information.
2058 06.1 KPI (Key Performance Indicators) - can now view the KPI thresholds by highlighting test 'key' with mouse.
2089 06.1 Work Order Balancing - now have the ability to include completed work orders by selecting the checkbox at top of the screen.
2116 06.1 Equipment Profile - added a 'downtime cost per hour' field used to calculate downtime cost on WO detail screen and Downtime Analysis.
1609 06.1 Equipment Profile - new field 'cost center' added and will autofill cost center field on work orders when associated to the equipment.
1611 06.1 Purchase Orders - you can now add 'more rows' if needed on your purchase order spreadsheet, this will add 10 rows at a time, limit is 200 rows.
1868 06.1 Work Order Detail - 'Tasks' can now be selected from the work order detail screen, they are added to action field.
1483 06.1 Manage Maintenance Request - automated email notification sends originator an update on the "status" each time it changes.
1497 06.1 Work Orders Management - Update Inventory - new setting in Utilities allows inventory items to be decremented from active work orders.
2172 06.0.2 Executive Summary - now displays work order breakdown by both Major and Sub Categories.
2173 06.0.2 Added new feature - If the Major Category for a piece of equipment = Unassigned, the equipment will not be displayed on most screens in program.
2174 06.0.2 Display company's logo: name image "logofile2.gif" (or .bmp or .jpg) and place in C:\Program Files\Smartware Group\Smart Maintenance\pictures.
2146 06.0.2 General Inventory - Manage Drop List - now holds more data descriptions.
2147 06.0.1 Main Screen - Major Category - new settings forces program to open showing only equipment listed in the Major Category selected in Custom Settings.
2025 06.0 Manage Maintenance Request - now able to sort by priority.
2049 06.0 Automated Maintenance Request Emails - now display the equipment name on the email.
1920 06.0 Work Order Detail - added text to display the 'serial #', 'asset #' and 'location' information from the Equipment Profile screen.
1921 06.0 Equipment Status/Asset Inventory - customized labels from the Equipment Profile screen now reflect on Equipment Status/Asset Inventory screen.
1924 06.0 Manage Drop List - Increased field size to fifty characters for both Major Categories and Sub Categories.
1932 06.0 Equipment Status/Asset Inventory - now displays the Major and/or Sub Categories you have selected on the main screen.
1941 06.0 Setup Employees - added 'contractor' information to setup employees screen, this information is also displayed on 'Contractor Summary' screen.
1946 06.0 Equipment Profile - added the 'Asset #' to the equipment profile report.
1952 06.0 Work Order Detail - if you print a work order with an associated document, program will ask if you want to print associated document too.
1954 06.0 Main Screen - can now quickly create a new work order from the main screen, highlight equipment and select 'Quick WO' above equipment list.
1956 06.0 Executive Summary Screen - enhanced information on the 'Executive Summary' screen.
1961 06.0 Utilities/Setup - Security - added separate security settings for 'Manage Maintenance Request', used to be combined with work orders.
1965 06.0 Automated Maintenance Request Emails - when work order is completed now displays work order number as well as action.
1998 06.0 Meter Readings - a new setting allows user to generate a maintenance request if a meter reading is outside the minimum and maximum thresholds.
2006 06.0 Printed Reports and Analysis - added asset number to the 'Asset Summary List' report.
2021 06.0 Today's PM and WO Reminders - setting 'Run Nightly PMs' allows automated emails for PMs to be sent without having to first run the reminders screen.
1779 06.0 Utilities/Setup - new 'Reassign Task' screen added to allow user to reassign work orders and/or pm procedures to another individual.
1883 06.0 Work Order Spare Parts - can now group by equipment, cost center etc., can also view by a date range.
1892 06.0 Utilities/Setup - new 'show settings origin' checkbox displays if configuration settings are global (G) or pc specific (P).
1895 06.0 On-the-Go - can now complete a maintenance request on the PDA software On-the-Go.
1903 06.0 Work Order Detail - added 'date expected' field to an emailed work order.
1905 06.0 Work Order Detail - created a new link 'Whom' next to the 'Assigned to' field, displays employee names and number of work orders assigned to them.
1907 06.0 Healthcare Database - new 'JCAHO' screen added for "'Risk Assessment' evaluation scoring.
1770 06.0 PM Balancing - added Major Category and Sub Category to the screen.
1771 06.0 Purchase Orders - in the spreadsheet the quantity now multiplies by the price to show the ext. amount.
1790 06.0 PM Procedures - if converting a PM reminder to a Work Order, the 'step by step' information will now write to the work order detail.
1807 06.0 Today's PM and WO Reminders - added link to 'pending' maintenance request, link takes you directly to Manage Maintenance Request screen.
1808 06.0 SQL Version - Work Order Detail - increase size of the 'work requested' field no longer truncates data.
1701 06.0 Equipment Status/Asset Inventory - the report now prints in color.
1721 06.0 Utilities/Request tab - when work order is completed email to original requester includes 'action', 'comments' and 'completed by' fields.
1722 06.0 General Inventory - Inventory Maintenance - added 'bar code' to inventory summary printout.
1748 06.0 Equipment Status/Asset Inventory - can now change the equipment 'location' from this screen by double clicking on a row.
1565 06.0 Downtime/Utilization Analysis - new graph created for utilization screen.
1602 06.0 PM Balancing - added 'estimated allowed hours' fields for each day of the week, highlights when scheduled PMs hours exceed allowed hours.
1606 05.5 PM Balancing and Schedule - the Calendar View has been moved so it is the first screen you see when entering this area.
1568 05.5 Equipment Status/Asset Inventory - can now adjust and save column widths.
1576 05.5 Manage Drop List - added ability to print drop list descriptions.
1529 05.5 Work Orders - can now highlight and mark multiple work orders as complete at the same time.
1533 05.5 Work Order Detail - user can now select a larger font to use before printing the work order detail report.
1350 05.5 Equipment Profile - Pictures tab - selecting option to 'stretch/fit' image or 'keep original' image now saves upon exiting.
1759 05.5 Manage Maintenance Request - can now select which major categories you would like to accept/display request for, setting in Utilities - Request Tab.
1706 05.5 Manage Maintenance Request - can now remove more than one row at a time when viewing those 'converted to work orders' or 'denied'.
1708 05.5 Downtime/Utlization Analysis - the from and to date range is now displayed on the graph printout.
1712 05.5 Work Order Detail - received by, assigned to and completed by drop list which pull names from employees and manage drop list are now alphabetized.
1641 05.5 Work Orders - added a second sort filter on work order summary screen.
1652 05.5 Work Orders - if work order generated from PM is not completed by date expected, user will be prompted to make a schedule change.
1672 05.5 Equipment Profile - added new field "condition" which can be sorted on the Equipment Status/Asset Inventory Screen.
1677 05.5 Email System - can now use Outlook to send emails versus emailing directly through Smart Maintenance.
1678 05.5 Customize Field Names - now by user log in, if user does not have custom titles the default will be used.
1695 05.5 Work Order Detail - custom fields 1-3 can now be sorted on and will print on the work order detail.
1697 05.5 Work Order Detail - the equipment name drop list has been widened to view full equipment name.
1849 05.5 ACLA - new Repair/Replace analysis based on replacement cost, projected 12 months cost and allowable % for projected 12 months maintenance expense.
1850 05.5 Manage Maintenance Request - added option to only show request if they are associated to a piece of equipment, setting Utilities - Request tab.
1860 05.5 Smart Maintenance is now date compliant with regional settings of Dutch - Netherlands, Spanish - Mexico and English - Austrialia.
1773 05.5 Equipment Profile - Document Management - now based on windows association file types, no need to edit document associations (has been removed).
1774 05.5 Graphs - graphs throughout the program will now print in color.
1776 05.5 Equipment Profile - Warranty/Assigned to - can now auto assign work orders based on warranty expiration dates.
1784 05.5 Todays PM and WO Reminders - documents associated to PMs can now print out automatically, setting is found in Utilities - PM Settings.
1788 05.5 Manage Maintenance Request - the spreadsheet now automatically adjust to show all text, no need to select refresh to view all text.
1875 05.5 Equipment Profile - the Primary Driver drop list on the Vehicle tab now pulls names from both setup employees and manage drop list.
693 05.5 General Inventory - Vendors - added print option to vendor detail screen.
1655 05.4 Asset Life Cycle Analysis (A.L.C.A.) - double click on equipment name in list and jump either to the Log book or work order trend analysis screen.
1656 05.4 Asset Life Cycle Analysis (A.L.C.A.) - double click on equipment name in list and jump either to the Log book or work order trend analysis screen.
1358 05.4 Work Order Detail - added pop up calendar buttons to the start and end dates on the Downtime screen.
1359 05.4 Equipment Profile - new field "Asset #" was added and can be used in the Sort above the equipment list on the main screen.
1360 05.4 Executive Summary - the Work Order Type Breakdown graph now prints on report.
1361 05.4 Setup Employees - multiple email addresses can now be entered, they must be separated by a comma.
1362 05.4 Work Order Application Link - this button can now open a website address from within the work order detail screen, the URL is set in the ini file.
1363 05.4 Equipment Profile - the Manufacturer information is now a droplist and pulls data from the Vendor area located in General Inventory.
1364 05.4 Unlocking - instead of calling the help desk, you can now unlock your software at anytime via the internet.
1365 05.4 Work Order Detail - ability to change the equipment status upon creation and completion of a work order.
1366 05.4 Work Order Detail - ability to "hide" work order cost, this is a pc specific setting selected in WO Settings in Utilities.
1367 05.4 KPI (Key Performance Indicators) have been added to Smart Maintenance and can be displayed on the main screen. KPIs are set up in Utilities.
1368 05.4 Today's PM Reminders - new setting auto completes PM if a WO was generated from them, eliminates need to manage both original PM and the WO.
1369 05.4 PM Procedure - can now schedule PM to run every 'X' number of years.
1370 05.4 Scheduled PM Impact - added the pm procedures estimated hours to this screen.
1371 05.4 Manage Maintenance Request - newest maintenance request now appears at top of the pending request spreadsheet.
1372 05.4 Database - if main database 'smdb.mdb' is no longer found by program, the user will be prompted to select a new location.
1373 05.4 Equipment Status/Asset Inventory - barcode # and asset # have been added to this screen.
1374 05.4 Equipment PM History/Log Book - when mark PM as complete, the responsible person now writes to the "person" field in history/log book.
1375 05.4 Meter Readings - can now highlight multiple rows and remove them from meter reading spreadsheet.
1376 05.4 PM Balancing and Schedule - weekends now appear in alternate color (blue).
1379 05.4 Purchase Orders - General Inventory items are now linked to purchase orders, select spare parts by inventory name and/or part #.
1382 05.4 PM Procedures - ability to add a predefined pm task to the procedure detail area.
1383 05.4 Work Orders - work order cost area enhanced; totals are calculated on the fly and "other" cost can now be used to better manage work order totals.
1387 05.4 Work Order Summary - new Work Order Spare Parts Usage screen and report.
1388 05.4 General Inventory - Vendors - adjusted column widths are now saved upon exiting the vendor summary screen.
1389 05.4 General Inventory - Inventory Maintenance - new "Quick Check Out" allows you to quickly decrement inventory quantities on hand.
1390 05.4 General Inventory - Inventory Maintenance - added new filters for Vendor 2 and Vendor 3.
1391 05.4 General Inventory - Inventory Maintenance - can now auto generate a part # on inventory detail screen, button located to the right of part # field.
1393 05.4 OTG - Work Orders - the work order "priority" has been added to the work order screen.
1394 05.4 OTG - Work Orders - the work order "date expected" has been added to the work order screen.
1395 05.4 Request Utility - Administrative - added ability to "Remember last contact information".
1396 05.4 Request Utility - Administrative - added option for for "Do not display email request status" checkbox.
1397 05.4 Request Utility - Administrative - create options for "email request status defaults ON" and "email request status defaults OFF".
1398 05.4 Request Utility - new "Set Stop Time" functionality allows user to stop recording downtime of an existing request.
1410 05.4 Equipment Profile - new field "replacement cost" added to Depreciation/Projected Life tab and used in A.L.C.A.
1164 05.3 Equipment PM History/Log Book - entries are now sorted by most recent date at top of screen.
1167 05.3 Work Orders - can now duplicate a work order (s).
1176 05.3 Email system - now emails from local pc settings versus database stored email address.
1188 05.3 Meter Readings - can now print and graph by a date range.
1199 05.3 Downtime Analysis - added aTotal line for all entries.
1222 05.3 PM Procedures - can now attach an "Inventory Kit" to a PM Procedure.
1235 05.3 PM Calendar - the total estimated hours calculates and appears on the screen.
1236 05.3 PM Calendar - the total estimated hours for current date calculates and appears on the screen.
1237 05.3 Work Orders - added "Top 10 Lists" analysis which includes problem codes, cause codes and spare parts.
1238 05.3 Equipment PM History/Log Book - can now select what you would like to show: entries from PMs, WOs or manually created.
1240 05.3 Work Orders - moved Labor area to a tab on the work order detail screen.
1241 05.3 Work Order - work order date expected field will auto fill based on a work order priority drop down list value.
1242 05.3 Work Order Detail - added new fields for priority code and cause code, which are used in Top 10 Lists analysis.
1243 05.3 Request Utility - can now narrow down the equipment list by using Category and Sub-Category filters.
1244 05.3 Equipment Profile - added a Utilization tab for input of equipments scheduled operational hours, information is used in Utilization report.
1245 05.3 Utilization Analysis - added new Utilization Analysis report in Downtime Analysis area.
1246 05.3 Equipment Status/Asset Inventory - added a "Location History" report, which can also interface with RFID technology.
1247 05.3 New Report Designer - a report designer is now available to run custom reports.
1254 05.3 Work Orders - when mark WO as completed status will change to reflect so if have "completed" as a work order 'status' entry in manage drop list.
1255 05.3 Work Order Detail - now have ability to link to external program (application) from work order detail screen, settings made in smartm.ini file.
1256 05.3 Work Order Detail - if status drop list entry = completed, the status field will change to "completed" when you save a completed work order.
1257 05.3 Work Order Detail - Non-admin employees can not edit certain fields in existing work orders if setting is selected and security is on.
1260 05.3 Asset Life Cycle Trend Analysis - added the purchase year and estimated life factor to the spreadsheet.
1041 05.2 PM Procedures - added step by step picture procedures, this is located on new tab next to procedure detail.
1042 05.2 Customized Fields - now have the ability to customize labels when using
1043 05.2 Meter Readings - can select whether or not to display the
1044 05.2 PM Procedures - now able to schedule a procedure to run every 'X' number of days, weeks, months etc...
1045 05.2 Equipment Profile - Document Management - can now customized the label for
1046 05.2 Purchase Orders - sorting by Date Created now puts most recent purchase orders at top of list.
1047 05.2 Maintenance Request - now able to convert maintenance request into multiple work orders. Setting is found on Custom Settings tab in Utilities.
1048 05.2 Equipment Profile - added retired/out of service and in storage to the Equipment Status drop list choices.
1049 05.2 Tool Crib/Equipment Management - created new screen for tool/equipment check out and check in.
1050 05.2 Work Order Management - added an equipment drop list to summary screen, allows user to filter out work orders for specific selected equipment.
1051 05.2 PM Daily Reminders - now called Todays PO & WO Reminders. Overdue work orders are displayed on this screen, if the setting in Utilities is selected.
1052 05.2 Work Order Management - work order # will now appear in red if the work order is overdue (late), this is determined by the
1053 05.2 Work Order Detail - added new tab which contains ten customizable fields.
1054 05.2 General Inventory - Update Inventory on Hand - the primary vendor has been added to the spreadsheet.
1055 05.2 General Inventory - Reports and Analysis - created a new report, valuation by vendor.
1056 05.2 General Inventory - Reports and Analysis - created new report, reorder by all vendors.
1057 05.2 OTG - Work Orders - can now filter out completed work orders.
1058 05.2 OTG - Work Orders - can now enter in labor hours, no longer need to use stop watch.
1059 05.2 Equipment Part List Detail - added warning message if try to add same inventory part to the current part list, does not let you add more than once.
1061 05.2 General Inventory - create new screen which shows historical purchases and historical usage of inventory items.
1062 05.2 OTG - Emergency Procedures - lockout/tagout procedures now appear in the emergency procedures screen.
1063 05.2 Work Order Management - can now print work orders on separate pages, select checkbox before printing work order summary report.
1064 05.2 PM Procedures - associated documents will now be sent as an attachment if emailing PM procedures.
1065 05.2 Throughout - setting in Utilities - Custom Settings tab which displays printer dialog box when select Print. Allows user to select another printer.
1066 05.2 Maintenance Request - new setting will automatically start recording downtime and change equipment status to down when request comes in.
1079 05.2 PM Schedule - can now print procedure details in report.
1080 05.2 PM Schedule - can now print procedure details in report.
861 05.1.0 Emergency Lockout - Tagout - added lockout - tagout procedures to program.
928 05.1.0 PM Procedures - added a number of days to add to date expected field, which will fill in the work order date expected field at time of conversion.
930 05.1.0 Request Utility - now have the ability to customize the Priority drop down list.
931 05.1.0 Manage Maintenace Request - when convert to a work order, the date and time of conversion appears in the Comments area in work order detail screen.
932 05.1.0 Manage Orders - Par Sheet Ordering - now can view items below the reorder level.
933 05.1.0 General Inventory - added a message box indicating when no matches are found, also saves search data in field to review for spelling errors.
934 05.1.0 General Inventory - added password security feature to the utilities Tasks area.
935 05.1.0 Work Orders - created an invoice markup report.
936 05.1.0 Work Orders - custom header is now available for all work order reports on summary screen.
937 05.1.0 Work Orders - must now have full security settings to archive a work order.
938 05.1.0 Work Orders - the materials spreadsheet, part numbers are in numerical order.
939 05.1.0 PM Procedures - added field to Trigger on Meter reading indicating the last time a procedures was performed.
940 05.1.0 Setup Employees - expand the employees notes field to hold more information.
941 05.1.0 PM Settings - added setting to not send PM Procedure for equipment with status of down.
942 05.1.0 Downtime Analysis - ability to sort the downtime analysis screen.
943 05.1.0 Equipment Status - Asset Inventory - can now copy/paste spreadsheet into another spreadsheet program.
944 05.1.0 Work Order Type Breakdown - created new analysis work order type breakdown, found on the Executive Summary screen.
945 05.1.0 Work Orders - created Work Order Balancing analysis.
946 05.1.0 Labor Analysis - created labor analysis by labor code and employee, by date range. This is found in Executive Summary screen.
947 05.1.0 Equipment Profile - created tab for Vehicle or Fleet related information.
948 05.1.0 PM Daily Reminders - reminders in the Non-completed area will now write to the repair and issue log when they are marked as complete.
949 05.1.0 PM Procedures - can now schedule seasonal procedures by using a from and to date range.
950 05.1.0 PM Procedures - added an estimated hours field for PM procedures, this is used in PM Balancing.
951 05.1.0 PM Balancing - allows you to view graph of schedule procedures and their respective estimated hours. Reschedule PMs from this screen.
952 05.1.0 PM Daily Reminders - added responsible person to the reports.
953 05.1.0 Throughout program - scroll bars will appear throughout the program when needed.
954 05.1.0 PM Procedures - can now sort the PM Procedures in alphabetical order.
955 05.1.0 Email system - multiple supervisors (3) can now receive email notification of non-completed work orders.
956 05.1.0 Purchase Orders - added an option to view "closed" purchase orders.
957 05.1.0 Purchase Orders - the vendor selected for the purchase order now prints on the report.
958 05.1.0 Purchase Orders - the phone number for the vendor selected to use for purchase order now appears on screen.
959 05.1.0 Purchase Orders - no longer required to use a requisition number when creating new purchase order.
960 05.1.0 Repair & Issue Log - there is now a drop down list for the Person field.
961 05.1.0 Throughout program - a calendar control appears throughout program to assist in filling out date fields.
962 05.1.0 Request Utility - the contact information remains in fields after sending a request, ready to be used for next request made.
963 05.1.0 Equipment Profile - can now enter a reason for why a piece of equipment has a status of down, displays on Equipment Status screen.
787 04.5.5 Meter Readings - Now have up to 100 meter reading titles as well as Minimum and Maximum thresholds.
699 04.5 Work Order Summary Report - improve report layout and scale.
755 04.5 On-the-Go - added
756 04.5 On-the-Go - added "status" to Equipment Profile to determine whether equipment is up, down or missing.
757 04.5 Equipment Status/Inventory Asset - created new screen to display and report on status of equipment (up, down or missing) as well as asset information.
758 04.5 Equipment Profile - added option as to whether or not piece of equipment should be included in Equipment Status/Inventory Asset screen.
759 04.5 General Inventory - Inventory Detail - now have ability to change inventory part numbers for existing inventory items.
760 04.5 Equipment Profile - can now determine status of equipment Up-online, Down - temporary, Down - long term, Down - out for repair and Down - missing.
761 04.5 Equipment Profile - Document Management - can now associate up to five documents to the piece of equipment.
762 04.5 On-the-Go - add functionality to create a new piece of equipment from On-the-Go.
763 04.5 Equipment Profile - up to three pictures can now be associated to piece of equipment.
764 04.5 PM Procedures - can now link a document to an individual PM Procedure.
766 04.5 PM Daily Reminders - added option to "Sort by" date, equipment, procedure type, procedure description and responsible person.
767 04.5 Work Order Detail - added a date/time stamp shortcut key, F7, which inserts date/time at end of action, comments and work requested boxes.
768 04.5 Work Order Summary - can now sort by Cost Center.
769 04.5 Work Order Detail - to ease moving between work order detail screens added Previous and Next buttons.
770 04.5 Work Order Detail - able to attach a document, such as invoice or manifest, to work order detail screen.
771 04.5 Work Order Summary - the spreadsheet can now be sorted by Received By field.
772 04.5 Work Order Summary - work orders created today will appear on work order summary screen with the date highlighted, this helps finding new work orders.
773 04.5 Repair & Issue Log - can now print one Repair and Issue Log entry at a time.
774 04.5 Work Order Summary - when narrow down equipment list with Category & Sub-Category on main screen further narrows down which work orders are displayed.
775 04.5 Work Order Detail - if narrow down Category & Sub-Category on main screen the associate equipment list in work order detail narrows to match list.
776 04.5 Work Order Summary - text appears above spreadsheet displaying the Category & Sub-Category filters.
777 04.5 Work Order Detail - can now create drop down list entries for General Code 1 and General Code 2.
778 04.5 General Inventory - ability to do an exclusion (wildcard) with "Find" option on the Inventory Summary, Part Group Summary and Update Orders screens.
779 04.5 Purchase Order Summary - can now sort by Vendors.
780 04.5 Work Order Detail - after creating new inventory item from "add part" you can now associate it to the equipment's part group.
782 04.5 SM Anywhere Headquarters Version - sends executive summary data to web so can look at predictive, preventive and work order comparisons.
783 04.5 SM Anywhere Headquarters Version - sends inventory data to web so can perform an inventory spare parts search.
784 04.5 SM Anywhere Remote Request - is an easy to use Internet based system that allows you to make remote maintenance request.
587 04.5 Equipment Profile - created space in certain fields to allow for more characters to be typed in.
596 04.5 PM Daily Reminders - added a "Delete All" option to the Show Not Completed Procedures screen.
626 04.5 General Inventory - inventory Detail - created new option to select whether item is corporate inventory item or not.
641 04.5 PM Daily Reminders - created new spreadsheet which allows multiple selection of procedures for ease in marking procedures complete.
644 04.5 Downtime Analysis - added new Downtime Analysis to program, downtime analysis data originates in work order detail screen.
685 04.5 General Inventory - Vendors - added phone 2, fax, email, vendor code, url, ID and user name to report.
526 04.4.1 Equipment Profile - Added ability to "Stretch/Fit" the Picture's image.
527 04.4.1 PM Monthly Schedule/Calendar View - Added ability to print PM Reminders in advance.
528 04.4.1 PM Monthly Schedule/Calendar View - Can now print each reminder on a separate page.
529 04.4.1 Work Order Detail - Inventory items can now be selected by part # on the Materials Used spreadsheet.
530 04.4.1 General Inventory - Vendors has been moved to the main screen for convenience.
531 04.4.1 PM Settings - Added option to send completed PM Daily Reminders to the Repair & Issue Log.
532 04.4.1 Work Order Detail/Materials Used spreadsheet - "Add New Part" can now input description, location, Qty on hand, Cost Per and How Used.
533 04.4.1 Work Order Detail/Materials Used spreadsheet - "Add New Part" created an automatic "Generate Part #" button.
534 04.4.1 Equipment Checklist - Can now "Save column widths" on checklist.
535 04.4.1 PM Procedures - New type of procedure which will "Trigger" on a specified meter reading.
536 04.4.1 Work Order Detail - setting write completed WO to Repair & Issue Log, "Completed By" will automatically fill in "Person" field.
537 04.4.1 Executive Summary - added the "Percent of open Work Orders" to the summary screen.
538 04.4.1 Executive Summary - added "number of Work Orders that closed on-time".
539 04.4.1 Executive Summary - added ability to included "archived Work Orders" in summary analysis.
540 04.4.1 Purchase Order Summary - change appearance & functionality of PO Summary screen similar to Work Order Summary screen.
541 04.4.1 Purchase Order Summary - Added ability to easily sort by status: Unsubmitted, Submitted/waiting for approval, Denied and Approved.
542 04.4.1 Purchase Order Summary - Added "Print/Filter using Date Range" option.
543 04.4.1 Purchase Order Summary - Now display total number of purchase orders on screen as well as the accumulative cost.
544 04.4.1 Vendors - United the Vendor information and Inventory Orders from General Inventory with Purchase Orders.
545 04.4.1 Purchase Order Detail - "Suggested Vendors" are now selected from a drop down list.
546 04.4.1 Purchase Order Detail - new option to automatically check associated Work Order and "Get materials from WO" to fill in the grid.
547 04.4.1 Purchase Order Detail - added option to "Use a suggested order from Inventory" system.
566 04.4.1 Smart Maintenance- added ability to type in text directly into most drop down list fields, SM automatically updates Manage Drop List.
459 04.3.2 PM Daily Reminders - created a setting to skip Saturday & Sunday PM Daily Reminders.
460 04.3.2 PM Daily Reminders - created setting to show only PM reminders for person who is logged in.
461 04.3.2 Work Orders - added setting to make Work Order Numbers read-only.
462 04.3.2 Work Orders - added setting to force security checkpoint to complete a work order.
463 04.3.2 Work Orders - added setting to show only work orders for the person who logged in.
464 04.3.2 Work Orders - now have ability to e-mail a work order.
465 04.3.2 Purchase Order - now have ability to e-mail purchase order.
466 04.3.2 Manage Maintenance Request - added a setting that will make a sound when a new maintenance request appears.
467 04.3.2 Set Up Employees - added e-mail address field to set up employees screen.
468 04.3.2 Set up e-mail system - now for convienance all employees and their e-mail addresses are now in set up employees.
469 04.3.2 Maintenance Request Utility - added functionality to be e-mailed the "status of a maintenance request" you sent.
470 04.3.2 Maintenance Request - added setting to auto send an e-mail when maintenance request is converted to a work order or is denied.
471 04.3.2 Maintenance Request - added setting to auto send an e-mail when maintenance request that was converted to a work order is marked completed
472 04.3.2 Work Order Detail - the "Received by", "Completed by" & "Assigned to" drop list names are also pulled from Set up employees.
473 04.3.2 Meter Readings - added ability to copy/paste the meter reading spreadsheet into another program.
474 04.3.2 PM Monthly Schedule - added a "calendar view".
475 04.3.2 Purchase Order - can now "export" Purchase Orders.
476 04.3.2 Executive Summary - new "predictive analysis" module for all equipment based on ACLA, work orders and repair & issue logs.
477 04.3.2 Manage Maintenance Request - now have the ability to provide a reason why a request was "Denied".
478 04.3.2 Work Order Detail - When auto create a WO from a PM, the PM “responsible person” becomes the WO “assigned to” person.
479 04.3.2 Work Order Summary - now can export work order summary spreadsheet.
480 04.3.2 Work Orders Summary - now able to sort by major category & sub category from main screen and in turn this subsets & display only those related WO.
481 04.3.2 Work Order Detail - added a Date Expected for work order completion field which is used in the Executive Summary analysis module.
482 04.3.2 Work Order Detail - added "repair type" field with sort capablity, used for Preventive & Corrective maintenance.
483 04.3.2 Work Order Detail - the Total Work Order Cost & Total Hours Worked fields now "autofill" with totals from Labor & Material
484 04.3.2 Work Order Detail - the Work Requested area on the work order report has been formated to stand out better.
485 04.3.2 Work Order Summary - created a new "invoice" report which breaks down the cost for a group of work orders to bill on.
486 04.3.2 Work Order Summary - moved all reports to Reports Menu found at top of screen.
363 04.3.1 Help - added updated User Guide to system.
388 04.3.1 Utilities Security - Added access and/or edit security for General Inventory.
389 04.3.1 Work Order Summary - Total Hours worked and Total Cost are now calculated and displayed above the spreadsheet.
390 04.3.1 Log & Work Order Combo Trend - a total for all entries now appears on screen.
391 04.3.1 Main Screen - created an "Every Day View" for users who would like access to modules they use most often.
392 04.3.1 Work Order Summary - added ability to print and filter the work order summary screen by date range.
393 04.3.1 Printed Reports & Analysis - now saves previous print selection settings instead of defaulting back to clear state.
401 04.3.1 On-the-Go Release - a separate module that puts Smart Maintenance on your PDA (Palm, Handspring, Sony, etc.)
403 04.3.1 Asset Life Cycle Analysis - predictive maintenance analysis that "grades" your equipment based on projected life, frequency of events and maintenance
404 04.3.1 Work Orders - added ability to "archive" work orders, they also can be "unarchived".
304 04.2.4 PM Procedures - the "responsible person" now prints on reports from within PM Procedures.
311 04.2.4 Work Order Detail - add message to "send to log" option to prevent duplicate Log entries when auto create log entry from completed work orders is on.
312 04.2.4 Work Order Summary - "Sort"screen contains 2 new options: General Code 1 & General Code 2. Also will sort "customized field" names assigned.
313 04.2.4 Equipment Profile - a new tab called "Depreciation" has been added to perform straight-line depreciation calculations on equipment.
314 04.2.4 Meter Readings module has been added to Smart Maintenance and is based on a specific piece of equipment. Meter Reading Titles are user defined.
315 04.2.4 Manage Maintenance Request - after converting maintenance request to work order now have ability to "jump" to work order detail screen to input data.
323 04.2.4 Work Order Detail - the "location" drop down list will auto fill if the 'equipment' & 'work order' location drop down list contain matching text.
324 04.2.4 Work Order Detail - the "Quantity on Hand" now appears for inventory items used in materials spreadsheet.
325 04.2.4 Work Order Detail - can now "Add new part" for inventory materials spreadsheet on the fly, allows input of inventory item name and #.
326 04.2.4 PM Procedures - added functionality to duplicate a procedure by way of "Copy" and "Paste" feature.
338 04.2.4 Work Order Detail - The "location" of inventory items now appears in the materials spreadsheet and on work order detail printout.
340 04.2.4 Equipment List - now maintains the equipment list narrowed down by category and/or sub-category after exiting in and out of modules.
342 04.2.4 Work Order Summary - added capability to hold the spreadsheet "Sort" selection and adhere to selection until changed again.
352 04.2.4 PM Daily Reminders - label now says "Mark as Completed" within the "Show Non Completed PM" screen.
362 04.2.4 Printed Reports & Analysis - Create new report called "Asset Summary List" found in the general reports section of screen.
295 04.2.3 Purchase Orders - the Date Created field is no longer auto filled with todays date, allowing user more flexibility with data entry.
301 04.2.3 Work Order Summary - moved the "Priority" field so it is immediately visible to user.
302 04.2.3 Duplicate Equipment - when duplicating equipment added functionality to duplicate the PM Procedures for piece of equipment as well.
303 04.2.3 PM Procedures - added ability to print a selected pm procedure from list. Can now print only 1 pm procedure vs printing all pm procedures.
204 04.2.2 Manage Maintenance Request - added refresh option in order to view any new request immediately.
208 04.2.2 Manage Maintenance Request - added header to title of printed reports to indicate what data is on report and how the data is sorted.
210 04.2.2 Purchase Orders - ability to customize three fields on Purchase Order detail screen; Req #, Trans # and Justification.
211 04.2.2 Inventory Maintenance - added functionality to display Inventory Detail screen in an Alternate View. Setting is found in General Inventory, Utilities
218 04.2.2 Work Orders - added Date to Work Order Labor report.
222 04.2.2 Purchase Orders - added functionality to have the first two customizable fields available in Sort feature.
226 04.2.2 Setup Email for Employees - improved so now employees names are drawn from main "Setup Employees" within Utilities.
250 04.2.2 Utilities - rearranged layout and location of various settings on tabs to flow more logically.
255 04.2.2 Completed PM Reminders - can now be stored in a log file named Histproc.txt which can be found in SmartMaintenance folder.
258 04.2.2 Repair Issue and Log Trend - added refresh button.
275 04.2.2 Work Orders - enhanced "Go to PO" so it brings the matching highlighted Purchase Order to top of spreadsheet, no longer need to scroll down.
276 04.2.2 Work Orders - added message to Work Order Summary report to notify user of how many entries will print.
278 04.2.2 Printed Reports & Analysis - Added descriptions of type of procedures that are printed when utilizing PM procs 1 per page reports.
280 04.2.2 Work Orders - created a "User Stamp" indicating the originator, date/time a work order is created. Setting is found in Utilities.
285 04.2.2 Security System, increase digits for security code. User can also define the number of digits, up to 8, to use .
286 04.2.2 Customizable Fields - added functionality to "HIDE" customizable fields thus making them accessible.