Case Study: Oconomowoc School District achieves 5× faster work order management and improved visibility with Brightly Software's Asset Essentials

Oconomowoc Area School District gains efficiencies with Brightly Asset Essentials

Oconomowoc School District in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin serves more than 5,000 students across nine school buildings and 120 square miles. Its 75‑person Buildings and Grounds team (30 regular Brightly users) was on Brightly’s legacy SchoolDude tools but needed a more robust, user‑friendly platform to improve work‑order management and visibility.

The district migrated to Brightly Asset Essentials with a phased rollout, starting with Buildings and Grounds and then expanding to staff. The new system enabled bulk assigning/editing that made work‑order management five times faster, mobile app updates and real‑time field access, and a dashboard showing 50 work orders at once (vs. 10 previously), giving the team much greater visibility and time to focus on proactive facility management.

Oconomowoc School District

Tracy Peterson

Operations Supervisor