There are many improvements to the form and content of the maintenance process which can be of great benefit to the engineering and maintenance manager today. Maintenance and facility managers everywhere follow the lead of their financial, materials and operations counterparts toward automating the maintenance management process. Computerized maintenance management systems have been a featured attraction at seminars, shows and conferences. The software packages available contain modules that help control organization tables, equipment records and history, work orders, preventive maintenance, project management and scheduling, to name a few.