HxGN EAM vs. NEXGEN Asset Management

EAM is a very capable application without necessarily making it a complex tool to use. The nice thing with EAM is that, thanks to its configuration capabilities, it can be implemented in a multi-stage manner where users can start simple and then later (and over time) expand the usage as they learn or better understand its full potential.

Incentivized

It is very easy to use and everyone knows about it. It integrates quite easily with most everything. Our clients have not complained about it and seems to be well suited to the manufacturing sector where we work, but for small mom and pop shop it's a bit much, we would recommend a more simple product to those clients

Incentivized

• Real-time reporting; this was an improvement on the stand-along Microsoft Excel-based reports
• Integrates with Oracle; linking to an enterprise system help to link with the ledger
• Generally user friendly; the user interface and navigation is relatively intuitive to use

Incentivized

• Preventive maintenance scheduling
• Vertical asset hierarchies by class and location
• Allows customization of asset attributes through User Defined Fields
• Allows multiple editing of work orders, service requests, and inspections to populate commonly used fields quickly.
• Offers timely and helpful support assistance.

• The update schedule takes some getting used to
• Possible to accidentally lock yourself out of your own account (if admin)

Incentivized

• Am currently having issues with getting PM's to generate
• Customer service is great 75% of the time, but there are more difficult issues on the occasion that it takes me a while to hear back on, and I have to check-in

Incentivized

EAM is overall simple to use, especially since the UI and individual forms can be configured per user group with simple clicks by a system administrator.

Incentivized

The mobile platform has improved a lot in the 5-6 years we've been involved. In my opinion, NEXGEN Asset Management has targeted making mobile devices as user-friendly and useful as possible for field users. NEXGEN University has been a great tool to educate the use of these mobile platforms.

Incentivized

The user support is better than average when comparing it to other software vendors we use. Normally they reply very quickly, but there is also a tendency to even reply too fast without fully analyzing or understanding the whole underlying problem. However, when we ask support to escalate something to the development team, this is done quickly as well.

Incentivized

HxGN EAM is relatively comparable. Much of the software solutions for large enterprise businesses offer relatively comparable features and functionality. For example, integration with our organization's asset management strategy. The set-up of the asset management is organization-specific depending on the type of assets. At our organization, it was primarily equipment and buildings. HxGN EAM stacked up well against the other major solutions such as SAP EAM, IBM Maximo, etc. It may be best to include it as part of the options assessed for a solution to consider.

Incentivized

Nexgen is much more widely use and required less upfront investment in training. it was also less costly than Upkeep. The marketing was about the same for both, but it seemed like a simple decision as one of our key people had used nexgen previously and had good things to say about it

Incentivized

• Infor EAM works as well as the data contained. Management has to be dedicated to a change in culture and everyone must buy into this.
• Infor EAM is very useful in exposing shoddy maintenance practices, or poor reaction to required maintenance. A company cannot be afraid to let the system work for them, and take the necessary actions to improve maintenance practices to prolong the life of their investments.
• The only negative, is as mentioned above, Infor has the capabilities with KPIs and custom reports to easily identify unacceptable maintenance practices.

Incentivized

• Decrease travel time by reviewing groups of work orders for scheduling multiple jobs at one location.
• Improved work order completion rate by giving us an effective work status review tool.
• Improved communication between all parties by having updated information in one location (on the work order).

Incentivized