“The great thing about iMaint is that the software is very customizable. We can rename labels and views for what the facility is doing. For example, the field labels change for the net shop versus marine maintenance. In addition, I customize the navigation tree so that each location can see only what they need to see to do their job,” MacNeill explains. “iMaint also allows me to create custom security and custom forms, so that the data is always useful and easier to report on.”

One way that MacNeill made the data useful was to change labels on the main tab in the Asset and Work Order modules so that the secondary tab could be completely deleted. Customizing iMaint for their specific needs made it clear where data is stored. Making the fields required also ensured consistency in data entry. His plan is to move from reactive maintenance to preventive maintenance this year. “Moving to PMs this year is a tall order, but with the data iMaint provides, I know we can do it. We’ll start with the simple things like oil changes,” says MacNeill.

Cooke has both the iMaint Requesters and iMaint Mobile optional modules. When work needs to be done on vessels, equipment or nets, each user has an iPad or iPhone and submits a work request. This work request needs to include data such as engine hours and current location. A work order is then created in iMaint for the work that needs to be done. “We use the project module in iMaint for tracking vessels and utilize procedures to analyze estimated versus actual costs for work orders. Using the project module helps with costing. Any maintenance job might have multiple work orders associated with the project ID as well as multiple procedure lines, including comments and miscellaneous costs. The project module allows me to break down procedure lines by estimated versus actual costs” says MacNeill.