CMMS Fundamentals & Strategy

A dashboard that triggers no decision is worthless. This guide details 15 maritime maintenance KPIs across four families — reliability, execution, cost and compliance — each with its formula, unit, frequency, a realistic target range, the decision it triggers and the calculation trap to avoid.

A line-by-line technical OPEX structure, three budgeting methods, how to cost a planned maintenance system, contingency provisions, monthly tracking on committed/actual/budget, and the argument that lets you defend every line in front of finance. Includes a fully worked illustrative example.

Spreadsheets still run maintenance on thousands of ships, and for good reason: free, familiar, flexible. But past the third vessel, diverging versions, lost history, missed certificate dates and unreliable stock cost far more than software. Breaking points, comparison table, cost calculation and a clean migration path.

Intermittent connectivity, crew rotation, the ISM Code, logistical remoteness: maintenance on board is nothing like factory maintenance. This pillar guide explains what a maritime CMMS is, breaks down its architecture module by module, puts real figures on its ROI and sets out how to implement it without getting it wrong.

A complete method for choosing a maritime CMMS: a 32-criteria scorecard in 6 families, weighting and scoring rules, trap questions for vendor demos, a reusable RFP template, the red flags that should stop a deal, and a worked 3-year total cost of ownership model for a six-vessel fleet.