Facility Maintenance Management: How to Run It from Business Central
Facility Maintenance Management — FAQ
What is facility maintenance management?
Facility maintenance management is the practice of planning, scheduling, and executing maintenance across buildings, equipment, and assets to keep them operational and compliant — covering reactive repairs, preventive routines, and mandatory inspections.
What is the difference between facility maintenance and facility servicing?
Facility maintenance typically refers to in-house teams maintaining their own buildings and equipment. Facility servicing is used by third-party contractors who maintain client facilities on contract. Dynamics Mobile supports both models.
Can Business Central be used as a CMMS?
With Dynamics Mobile, Business Central can handle core CMMS functions — work order management, preventive maintenance scheduling, asset history, spare parts tracking, and technician dispatch — without a separate CMMS platform.
How does preventive maintenance differ from reactive maintenance?
Preventive maintenance is planned work carried out at scheduled intervals to prevent breakdowns. Reactive maintenance is unplanned work triggered by a failure. Preventive maintenance typically costs 3–9× less per event than reactive repair on the same assets.
