What do you think of when you are looking for an asset management resource for facilities, plant, property, utility, hotel, and municipal managers that can provide information, direction, news or solutions? Even though we live in a digital world, the first choice for many is still a warm referral from a trusted friend or mentor. In absence of a referral, the next step for most people is finding a resource using the Internet.
Finding Asset Management Sources on the Internet
Internet asset management resources come in three primary forms which are Blogs,
Top Asset Management Blogs
- Enterprise Asset Management 101: Applied EAM and CMMS to Industry Issues
- ReliablePlant Blogs: Good Collection of Authors and Articles
- Facility Blog: The First Facility Management Blog
- Reliability Success: No Downtime
- Managing The Built Environment: Facilities and Property Management
- Marshall Institute Blog: Making Good Companies Better
- Advance.beyond-the-building: Property Management
- ManagerLabs: Property Management Tips and Information
- Predictive-Preventive-Maintenance.com: PM-PdM Technology for Manufacturing Industries
- Industrial Skills Training: Industrial training post and resources only
- FM and Beyond: Thoughts on the Practice of Facility Management
- Resicom: Facility Maintenance Solutions
- Cooler Connection: The Coolest Blog in the Foodservice Industry
- Asset Performance Management: Asset Performance Management Information
- EAM Solutions.net: Implementing the Future of Asset Management Systems
- Facilities Leadership: Increasing the value of Facilities Management in higher education
Top Asset Management People
- Ralph Rio
Field of Expertise: EAM/CMMS technology trends and market dynamics
Company: ARC Advisory Group
Website: ARC Advisory Group
LinkedIn: Connect with Ralph
E-mail: rrio@arcweb.com
Telephone #: 781-471-1119
- Michel Theriault, RPA, LEED AP
Field of Expertise: Facilities Management & Property Management
Company: Principal, Strategic Advisor
Website: Strategic Advisor
Blog: Managing The Built Environment
Twitter: Michel Theriault
LinkedIn: Connect with Michel
Telephone #: 519-803-5401
- David Berger, P.Eng., MBA, CMC
Field of Expertise: Maintenance Strategy, Process Improvement, CMMS/EAM
Company: Western Management Consultants
Website: Western Management Consultants
Blog: Writes regular articles for Plant Services magazine, Plant Engineering and Maintenance and Engineering and Maintenance Magazine.
Telephone #: 416-362-6863 ext 237
- Lorne McDonald, UCLR, UCLM, MDiv.
Field of Expertise: Maintenance, Supply Chain and Procurement Specialist – Project Management
Company: The Createch Group AMS
Website: The Createch Group AMS
LinkedIn: Connect with Lorne
E-mail: Lorne.MacDonald@thecreatechgroup.com
Telephone #: 289-439-6044
- Daryl Mather
Field of Expertise: Maintenance and Reliability Improvement
Company: Reliability Success Pty Ltd
Website: Reliability Success
Blog: Reliability Success Blog
Twitter: Follow Daryl
LinkedIn: Connect with Daryl
E-mail: dmather@reliabilitysuccess.com Telephone #: 61 419025462
- Peter Garforth
Field of Expertise: Energy Assets
Company: Garforth International llc
Website: Garforth International llc
LinkedIn: Connect with Peter
E-mail: peter@garforthinternational.com Telephone #: 419-578-9613
- Jeff Shiver, CMRP, CPMM
Field of Expertise: Strategic Maintenance and Reliability Management
Company: People and Processes Inc.
Website: People and Processes
Blog: Ways of Working, Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Twitter: Follow Jeff
LinkedIn: Connect with Jeff
E-mail: jshiver@peopleandprocesses.com Telephone #: 843-813-6198
- Joel Leonard
Field of Expertise: The Maintenance Crisis
Company: SkillTV
Website: Skill TV
Blog: Skill TV Blog
Twitter: Joel Leonard
Telephone #: 336-338-1011
- Ralph Peters
Field of Expertise: Maintenance Management
Company: The Maintenance Excellence Institute
Website: The Maintenance Excellence Institute
Blog: The Maintenance Excellence Institute
LinkedIn: Connect with Ralph
Telephone #: 919-270-1173
- Steven Hanks
Field of Expertise: IWMS / CAFM, Business Analyst, Vendor Selection and Evaluation
Company: iwmsnews
Website: iwmsnews
Blog: iwmsnews
Twitter: Follow Steven
LinkedIn: Connect with Steven
E-mail: steve.hanks@iwmsnews.com
- Gabriel Gheorghiu
Field of Expertise: Asset maintenance for manufacturing, asset inventory management, asset performance management
Company: Technology Evaluation Centers
Website: Technology Evaluation Centers
Twitter: Gabriel Gheorghiu
LinkedIn: Connect with Gabriel
E-mail: ggheorghiu@tec-centers.com
Telephone #: 519-803-5401
Top Asset Management Websites
- ARC Advisory Group
- Aberdeen Group
- International Facilities Management Association
- Industrial Asset Management Council
- PlantServices.com
- ReliablePlant
- Mintek Mobile Data Solutions
- TEC Technology Evaluation Centers
- Reliability Success
- facilitiesnet
- ReliabilityWeb.com
- BeyondFM
- EM University
- Marshall Institute
- Resicom
- iwmsnews
- SKF USA Inc.
- Maintenance World
- Department of Energy
- Plant Maintenance Resource Center
- Environmental Leader
- Tririga
- Society of American Military Engineers
We hope that everyone has a great year and that the economy rebounds so that facilities managers around the world can focus their efforts on running better operations.