Case Study: Pinellas County Schools achieves streamlined maintenance communication and scheduling with Brightly Software's Asset Essentials

Software Simplicity Motivates Pinellas County Schools to Implement Asset Essentials

Pinellas County Schools, the seventh-largest district in Florida serving 102,000 students, oversees 18 million square feet with a 271-person maintenance team. After their legacy CMMS lost support and staff familiarity waned, the district reverted to inefficient pen-and-paper processes that strained communication and scheduling across a large technician and customer base.

They implemented Dude Solutions Asset Essentials with a smooth rollout and immediate benefits: system-generated status emails, clearer scheduling windows, and a simple request interface that drove rapid adoption. According to Director of Maintenance & Warehouse Mike Hewett and Manager Melissa Hinote, the district processed 3,256 work orders in the first three weeks and two days (~140/day), reporting improved communication, easier scheduling and plans to use the platform for KPI tracking and operational reporting.

Pinellas County Schools

Mike Hewett

Director of Maintenance & Warehouse