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A Vision of Enterprise Reliability

Looking Into the Future of the Industry

by Dennis Belanger

What is the ultimate vision for enterprise reliability? If you’re like me, occasionally you find yourself drifting off into a day dream. One of the recurring day dreams I’ve been having for the last 10 years involves this question. I often lapse into deep thought, pondering, “How is all of this reliability and maintenance stuff supposed to work?

“Busted” - The SAP EAM/PM Maintenance Myth

by Steve Thomas

Stephen J. Thomas

There are those that believe that SAP EAM/PM is a software application that does not provide satisfactory support for the maintenance and reliability work processes that exist within the plant environment. The recent survey of over 700 maintenance managers and reliability professionals conducted by Reliabilityweb.com dispels this belief entirely! In fact 66% of the respondents actually rated SAP EAM/PM as a good to excellent tool for the execution of maintenance activities.

Book Review: CMMS Explained Made Simple Series

Written by Dave Bertolini
Reviewed by Larry Carver

While working with Dave on our manufacturing reliability initiative (MRI), I learned he was writing a book. Little did I realize he was also figuring out methods to breathe new life into our existing computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).

Bring the Smart Grid Within the Four Walls of Your Operation

The electric grid, as we know it, can't keep up. It's increasingly unreliable, costly to maintain and deliver electricity, vulnerable to attack, and environmentally unsound.

Calibration Management and your ERP: have the best of both worlds

By Bryce Johannes, Blue Mountain Quality Systems

Originally presented at Reliability 2.0

With recent pressures to improve information flow and collaboration driving consolidation of activity through ERP systems, companies have struggled with questions about what they are willing to compromise in order to achieve this harmonization. Particularly for companies in heavily regulated industries, such as those regulated by the FDA, where the compliance issues around calibration management are more sensitive, compromises in calibration management functionality have been hard to swallow.

This article will provide some insights into deciding when to integrate with a 3rd party calibration management solution and how workflow typically occurs between the two applications in an integrated solution.

Can a CMMS/EAM Solution Really Solve All Your Problems?

By Johnny Bofilios

After working in the CMMS/ EAM software world for almost 16 years, I recently switched to an engineering consulting firm focused on helping clients implement reliability best practices. I've developed a fresh perspective on what it takes to implement CMMS/ EAM software successfully.

Challenges in Asset Management And ways that you can deal with them

by Michael Israel

Disclaimer: In our efforts to make readers aware of technology innovations, this Reliabilityweb.com article make extensive mention of a specfic product. This should not be taken to imply endorsement. The product names were used to support the informational delivery of an innovation for the maintenance and reliability community. - Editor

Asset Management: An Explanation

What is asset management?

There are varied points of view, no doubt. So let's get a generally acceptable perspective from two reliable sources:

Championing SAP Plant Maintenance at Your Organization

By Rajen Patel

Do you feel that in your organization SAP Plant maintenance is not being used at its full potential? Do you think you can integrate maintenance activities with other departments? SAP plant maintenance module can't work on its own. It needs to be integrated with other modules in order to get maximum benefits.

Cintas Discovers Keys to Organizational Change Through CMMS Rollout

By Gene Pargas

Changing the way a large corporation operates is a challenge under any circumstances. But Cintas, one of America's largest providers of specialized business services, has discovered four keys to success that not only facilitated the launch of its first company-wide CMMS system, but could help others avoid costly delays and overcome crippling inertia.

Cloudy with a 100% Chance of Enhanced Operational Efficiency

A Brief Introduction to Cloud Computing

by Jonathan Hakim

Software as a Service (SaaS), also commonly referred to as “cloud computing” or “on-demand services,” is sweeping through enterprises in just about every industry. With SaaS, a customer licenses an application for use as a service on demand, either through a time subscription or a “pay-as-you-go” model, rather than purchase the hardware and software to run a standalone application on their own.

CMMS Best Practices Study - A Perspective

Julie Rampello

Selected graphs are taken from the CMMS Best Practices Study and are consistent with report's figure reference.

Reliabilityweb.com produced a CMMS Best Practices Study in July 2011 demonstrating the value computerized maintenance management systems add, as well as areas for future growth and improvement. The report was based on a survey of users conducted earlier that year which focused on implementation, use and sustainability.

As a marketer, this report is important as it provides an opportunity to better understand the user experience with CMMS in general and, for the Maximo brand specifically, the CMMS that Projetech provides. From this report, we see there is much that is changing in CMMS and the details summarized in the report provide us with opportunities to address the evolving needs of our customers. It is my pleasure to provide a perspective on the results of the survey and report.

CMMS Cost Justification: How Do You Justify the Purchase of a New CMMS System?

by John Reeves

Questions

Are you purchasing a new system which is “best of breed?”
Are you after a different system because the current product is declining?
Are you trying to improve process, utilization, analytics and decision-making capabilities (at the same time as purchasing a new product)?

COGEP: Celebrating 20 Years Of Helping Businesses Control Management Costs

"We see the recession as an opportunity-since we're in the business of helping companies reduce costs and maintain better control of their strategic assets!" It is through these optimistic eyes that Michel Fournier, president of Cogep, sees the uncertain economic climate. What follows is an intimate interview in which one of Canada's finest businessmen goes on to outline how today's financial challenges highlight the need for cost-cutting business solutions.

Computer Maintenance Management System

Your computer maintenance management system (CMMS) is your maintenance management database, and like any database, if the input is bad the output will also be bad. A well-utilized and well-managed CMMS is an invaluable tool that should be in close alignment with a work management system. What does a good CMMS look like?

By Mark Brunner