iFAMS can grow with your needs simply by adding options or modules as desired, at any time. The primary, or core, modules, are the Asset Management System and the Inventory and Purchasing System, which are both fully integrated with each other.

Asset Management System (AMS)

AMS provides you with a comprehensive, yet easy to use asset management system. AMS includes the Asset, PM, Work Order, Work History, Labor and Scheduling, Labor Activity as well as Vendor and Budgets. There is also an optional Work/Service Request module.

• Setup Preventive Maintenance
  

  Generate PMs by calendar date, meter usage, or both - whatever suits your needs. iFAMS provides for Seasonal PM periods, as well as PM "children" and other PM groupings. Procedures enable you to set up Standard Operating Procedures and Safety Procedures. iFAMS also provides powerful PM Projection reports. As you set up PMs, iFAMS can automatically add new Equipments to the Equipment table.

• Work Request / Work Order / Work History
  

  Tasks can begin as requests awaiting approval, or be entered directly into Work Order. Work Order tracks complete task descriptions, standard operating procedures, checklists and tools needed, as well as detailed cost information by labor, parts and outside contractors. Completed work orders are moved to Work History. Costs are charged to each asset, master asset and budget accounts.

• Labor / Labor Activity
  

  The Labor table maintains detailed information on each employee including craft, overtime, sick time, vacation time, training time, personal information and four different pay rates per person. Labor Activity allows daily time sheets to be entered which can automatically update and create work orders.

• Budget Accounts
  

  The Budget table keeps running totals of maintenance and purchasing costs (labor, materials and outside costs) by Account / Cost Center by period per year. You may define any fiscal or calendar year, and up to 52 separate periods. On-screen calculations show actual vs. budgeted amounts.

Inventory and Purchasing System (IPS)

The IPS module is available as a complete Inventory Purchasing program, and includes the Inventory, Inventory Activity, Order Parts, Purchase Order, Purchase History and Vendor tables. The purchasing system can be interfaced with any other external purchasing or budgeting software you may be using.

• Set up Inventory
  

  As you order parts, iFAMS can automatically add new spare parts to your Inventory table, and new Vendors to your Vendor table. Get three jobs done at the same time!

• The Inventory table maintains complete part information - total quantity on hand with multiple separate locations for each part, quantity on order, quantities required and allocated, min/max quantities, re-order points and automatic Order Below Re-order Point functions.

• Each part can be set up with ordering information for multiple Vendors, and a Manufacturer's Cross Reference for each item. Parts can be requisitioned through the Order Parts table or directly through Purchase Orders. Parts are received through Purchase Order, Inventory Activity or through the Barcode scanning system.

Another core module is the User Customization System(UCS), which is unique to MicroWest products.