Managing Maintenance Backlog with Work Orders

March 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, maintenance teams had the responsibility to help their companies operate through this major disaster. As businesses return into operation, maintenance teams are now facing the biggest challenges of our time. Added to their maintenance backlog and routine responsibilities, they now have larger responsibilities of minimizing risks to employees with new sanitization and safety guidelines.

Facing those maintenance backlogs from preventive maintenance routines, predictive maintenance tasks, to corrective maintenance work – where do you start? To get these tasks under control you need effective Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) software to help you in your planning, scheduling, and organization of resources and tasks to keep your business operating. You perform these tasks for a reason: to prevent any safety issues, damages, and hazards that could put you, your equipment, your workers, or your customers in danger. Read More…

Janet Jaquis is a CMMS software specialist with over 8 years at eWorkOrders, where she develops educational content, technical guides, whitepapers, and implementation resources for maintenance management professionals. Her work covers preventive maintenance, work order management, asset reliability, inventory and spare parts, mobile maintenance, and CMMS implementation across manufacturing, healthcare, government, food and beverage, and facilities operations. Janet's content is grounded in customer testimonials, case studies, industry research, and ongoing engagement with the eWorkOrders product team and customer base. Prior to eWorkOrders, she spent her career at AT&T in enterprise technology, working on the development and launch of AT&T WorldNet — one of the first major commercial internet services — and serving as Product Marketing Manager for AT&T WorldNet and AT&T Satellite Services. She holds a degree in Marketing and completed the full PMP (Project Management Professional) certification program.