FastMaint CMMS software is preventive maintenance management software for small to midsize organizations that need to perform facility maintenance, equipment maintenance, plant maintenance, fleet maintenance, building maintenance, and so on. A free 30-day trial download is available from www.smglobal.com.

For Immediate Release
SMGlobal Inc. Releases FastMaint CMMS Software 4.0 - Affordable Preventive Maintenance Management Software for Small to Mid-size Businesses

Cary, NC November 18, 2003 -- SMGlobal Inc. (http://www.smglobal.com) has released FastMaint CMMS software version 4.0; a Microsoft Windows based computerized maintenance management solution (CMMS) for small to mid-size organizations. FastMaint is useful for enterprise asset maintenance, plant maintenance, facility maintenance, fleet maintenance and many other types of periodic tasks. A good maintenance management system is essential for organizations to be able to reduce asset downtime and meet goals of improving operational performance, quality and cost savings.

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 easily 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 plus 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. The new version adds the ability to insert pictures and links to external maintenance documents on work orders, asset records, etc. as well as support for Microsoft's SQL Server database.

FastMaint’s affordable price, low maintenance needs and ease of use make it possible for small to medium size organizations to reap many of the benefits of computerized maintenance management software (CMMS software). These benefits have traditionally been available only to very large organizations that could afford the steep costs, complex deployments and high level of consulting support and training required.