CMMS & EAM Software for Asset-Intensive Industries

Maintenance looks different in a hospital, a fuel station and a production line. The assets, the cost of a failure, the people who do the work and the records that must be kept change from one industry to the next. This page lists the industries AssetsHub CMMS and EAM supports and the maintenance reality each one tends to share.

Buildings & Facilities

Facility Management

Service contracts span many client sites, each with its own assets, SLAs and technicians, and work that is not recorded per site is hard to bill or defend.

Typical assets
HVAC systems, lifts, fire systems, electrical panels, pumps.
Typical work
SLA-tracked reactive requests and recurring preventive routes per client site.

Real Estate & Property Management

Owners and managers of residential and commercial portfolios handle tenant requests alongside building-wide planned maintenance, and need cost history per unit and per building.

Typical assets
Building systems, common-area equipment, unit-level fixtures.
Typical work
Tenant request triage, unit turnover checks at lease end, annual inspections.

Hospitality

Failures in air conditioning, hot water or lifts reach the guest immediately, so room-level faults need to be logged and resolved quickly.

Typical assets
HVAC, boilers and water heaters, kitchens, pools, lifts, guest-room fixtures.
Typical work
Room-level fault reports from front desk and housekeeping, planned seasonal maintenance.

Education

Schools and universities combine many buildings, labs and sports facilities, and planned work has to be scheduled around the academic calendar.

Typical assets
HVAC, laboratory equipment, lighting, water systems, sports facilities.
Typical work
Planned maintenance during breaks, request intake from teaching and administrative staff.

Retail & Shopping Malls

Store uptime and tenant comfort depend on HVAC, lighting, escalators and refrigeration, spread across many branches or one large complex.

Typical assets
HVAC, escalators and lifts, refrigeration, lighting, fire systems.
Typical work
Multi-branch maintenance, after-hours jobs, tenant requests in malls.

Government & Municipal

Public buildings and city assets spread across several departments need a clear record of what was repaired, by whom and at what cost.

Typical assets
Public buildings, street lighting, pumping stations, vehicles, park equipment.
Typical work
Departmental requests, contractor work tracking, periodic inspections.

Healthcare

Clinical equipment and critical building systems must be available when needed, and maintenance records matter during audits.

Typical assets
Imaging and biomedical devices, medical gas systems, HVAC for controlled areas, generators, lifts.
Typical work
Preventive maintenance and calibration schedules for medical devices, priority work orders for critical areas, service history per device.

Data Centers

Availability depends on redundant power and cooling that must be maintained without interrupting service.

Typical assets
UPS systems, generators, cooling units and chillers, power distribution units, fire suppression.
Typical work
Scheduled generator and UPS tests, maintenance procedures that avoid downtime, precise asset records.

Energy, Utilities & Telecom

Fuel & Gas Stations

Station equipment runs continuously under safety-sensitive conditions, and a dispenser or tank-system fault stops revenue and can raise a compliance issue.

Typical assets
Fuel dispensers, underground tanks and level gauges, compressors, generators, canopy lighting, car-wash equipment.
Typical work
Scheduled inspections and calibration checks per station, fault tickets routed to field technicians.

Oil & Gas

Rotating equipment and process assets at remote sites need time-based and condition-based maintenance, with strict permit and shutdown planning.

Typical assets
Pumps, compressors, turbines, valves, instrumentation, pipelines.
Typical work
Work orders for planned shutdowns, inspection rounds, spare parts for critical equipment.

Utilities (Power & Water)

Distributed networks of substations, pumping stations and treatment plants require inspection rounds across geographically scattered assets.

Typical assets
Transformers, switchgear, pumps, valves, meters, treatment units.
Typical work
Field inspection rounds by location, asset condition history, emergency repairs.

Telecommunications

Towers and exchange sites are spread over long distances and every visit is costly, so recurring visits have to be planned carefully.

Typical assets
Towers, power systems, generators, batteries, cooling units, equipment shelters.
Typical work
Planned site rounds, fuel and battery checks, fault tickets from remote sites.

Production & Construction

Manufacturing

Unplanned line stoppages are the largest cost, so maintenance centers on preventive schedules, downtime records and spare-part availability.

Typical assets
Production lines, CNC and packaging machines, conveyors, compressors, boilers.
Typical work
Preventive maintenance by calendar or running hours, breakdown records with root cause, spare-part tracking.

Food & Beverage

Production equipment has to stay both operational and hygienic, so maintenance overlaps with cleaning and inspection routines, and a refrigeration failure must not go unnoticed.

Typical assets
Refrigeration units, cold rooms, filling and packaging lines, boilers, ovens.
Typical work
Scheduled refrigeration checks, inspection tasks tied to cleaning routines within work orders.

Construction & Infrastructure

Heavy equipment moves between project sites, so maintenance has to follow each machine wherever it is deployed.

Typical assets
Excavators, cranes, loaders, generators, site equipment.
Typical work
Servicing by operating hours, equipment transfers between projects, repair-versus-replace or rental decisions.

Transport & Logistics

Transportation & Fleet

Vehicle maintenance accrues by distance and engine hours rather than by calendar alone, and every idle vehicle is a service not delivered.

Typical assets
Buses, trucks, service vehicles, workshop equipment.
Typical work
Servicing by mileage or hours, vehicle inspection checklists, workshop spare parts.

Logistics & Warehousing

Goods movement depends on handling equipment and dock systems, and a forklift or conveyor failure delays shipments.

Typical assets
Forklifts, conveyors, racking, dock levelers, cold storage, generators.
Typical work
Forklift service schedules, pre-shift inspections, spare parts.

Airports

Airports operate around the clock, so planned work is scheduled in limited windows and prioritized by operational impact.

Typical assets
Baggage handling systems, passenger boarding bridges, escalators and lifts, HVAC, apron and airfield lighting, ground support equipment.
Typical work
Work orders prioritized by operational impact, maintenance in fixed time windows.
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Which industries can use AssetsHub?

AssetsHub is a CMMS and EAM platform for organizations that maintain physical assets and manage work orders. This page groups industries by typical assets and maintenance patterns, and the list is not exhaustive.

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