Maintenance Software for Manufacturing Plants, Industrial and Commercial Facilities -- FastMaint CMMS 4.4 Trial Download Now Available

    /24-7PressRelease/ - CARY, NC, July 27, 2005 -- SMGlobal Inc. (http://www.smglobal.com) announces the release of version 4.4 of its FastMaint CMMS software for preventive maintenance management. FastMaint is a computerized maintenance management solution (CMMS) suitable for manufacturing plants, industrial and commercial facilities. It is one of the few maintenance software packages to pass Microsoft's certification tests.

"We are very pleased with FastMaint. I am learning more about its versatility each day. I have been able to see a downward trend in equipment break downs and spare parts usage" says David Cook, Maintenance Planner.

FastMaint's affordable price, low maintenance needs and ease of use make it possible even for small to medium size companies to reap many of the benefits of computerized maintenance management software (CMMS software).

FastMaint is designed to be "fast" and easy to install and use so that users can become productive soon. Both planned and preventive maintenance tasks can be scheduled, managed and tracked. An integrated inventory system allows one to track inventory use and when to reorder parts. Maintenance managers can plan ahead and budget work for the week, month, quarter, year or any defined period. One can easily create work orders and collect feedback on jobs done. The multi-user Professional edition provides a way for non-maintenance personnel to submit maintenance requests. Users rights to view or change information can be restricted to protect maintenance data. Many third party tools such as report writers; data extraction utilities, etc... can also be integrated with the FastMaint database. FastMaint can work with Microsoft's Access or SQL Server database. Te new release brings in purchase order support, improved work order support and a host of other enhancements.

Prices start at US$995 for the single user version. For more information and a free 30-day trial of FastMaint please visit http://www.smglobal.com.

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Contact: SMGlobal Inc.
Phone: 919-434-5146
Web: http://www.smglobal.com

SMGlobal Inc., a Microsoft Certified Partner, publishes FastMaint CMMS a preventive maintenance management software program.

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