�We are excited about offering our customers this new technology,� says Mark Sokol, director of product marketing for Dunedin, Fla.-based Mintek Mobile Data Solutions. �Our WinTrack PM Management Portal already gives our customers the ability to monitor preventative maintenance progress online. WinTrack PM Management Alerts takes that one step farther and gives users the ability to oversee maintenance tasks no matter where they happen to be.�

The parameters for an alert can be set for any event or situation within WinTrack�s preventative maintenance system. For example, a regional manager may wish to be notified when any of his properties have a certain number of overdue work orders. When that point is reached, a text message would be sent by e-mail or pager. The message can be modified to include the property-specific information so that a manager can take action to validate status or coordinate an action plan.

Alerts System Hosted by Mintek

�Messages sent using WinTrack PM Management Alerts can include fixed text and variable text from within the system so the information that is sent is communicated effectively,� Sokol says. �The criteria selection can be created using a SQL tool builder or a SQL statement. Currently the Alerts feature is only for users of the WinTrack PM Management Portal. There are no hardware costs associated with the system. This is a hosted application that works side by side with the WinTrack PM Management Portal.�

A manager using WinTrack PM Management Alerts would get an e-mail or pager message similar to the following:
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In addition to maintenance issues such as overdue work orders, WinTrack PM Management Portal and WinTrack PM Management Alerts enable a manager to monitor what preventative maintenance work and rounds tasks are done, and how often they are done. The systems allow managers to predict, measure and manage maintenance of all managed properties. 

�Ultimately, what preventative maintenance does is prevent incidents that inconvenience guests,� Sokol says. �In a competitive marketplace, hoteliers need to do everything they can to keep guests content.�

About Mintek Mobile Data Solutions:

Mintek Mobile Data Solutions, based in Dunedin, Fla., is the developer and maker of WinTrack® PM, a mobile property maintenance solution for lodging engineers. WinTrack PM uses barcodes for equipment identification and mobile, handheld devices for data collection. WinTrack PM, now used by more than 100 hotel properties in the United States, automates data capture for recurring maintenance, rounds, unscheduled work and room inspections. The Wintrack PM Management Portal provides managers online access to property maintenance data. For more information, call Mark Sokol, director of product marketing, at (727) 734-9175, or go to: www.mintek.com. 

WinTrack is a registered trademark of Mintek Corp. Third party product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Meet Mark Sokol at booth 907 at this year�s HITEC, June 21-24, at the Dallas Convention Center.