computerized maintenance management system

I was considering the choices that groups make when setting up their CMMS/EAM systems the other day while reviewing a client's implementation and reflected on this analogy. When you go to the

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When is a work order truly complete? There's more to work order completion than simply performing the actual maintenance tasks and changing the WO status to "Complete" within the CMMS/SAP.

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1. Your current EAM system offers limited functionality.
2. The user interface in your current EAM system is difficult to use.
3. External factors are rendering your EAM system obsolete.
4. Your current EAM

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Although maps may be a thing of the past for most of us, getting lost isn't. A majority of us have a GPS to help us navigate and avoid getting lost in our personal lives, but, what about at work?

One of the most mission critical elements of any SAP EAM implementation is a successful data conversion. The amount of effort required for data conversion is often overlooked, as the attention

· ...Monitor the progress of the data conversion

When using your EAM or CMMS software, or paper based system if that is what you use for work management, insure you measure your backlog or 'open work' by using the 'Duration' field on the work

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One of the more common utilized and misunderstood Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) is MP-2. This system is relatively easy to use provided there is a fundamental understanding

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No one likes to write reports. This includes your craftsmen. However, documenting the work performed, parts found broken, parts installed, and what root problems were observed can be invaluable

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From what we see - there is very little managing of enterprise level assets in most EAM systems and a great deal of maintenance accounting.

Examples of Maintenance Accounting include:

• Labor hours

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It's that time of the year again, where we all make resolutions and try and actually make them last for more than a month. This year why not make a maintenance New Year's resolution? Let's start

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As the holidays rapidly approach us, many organizations are "shopping" for a new Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Have we outgrown our current system? Has our business model

Take back your process. Don't let the ERP/EAM/CMMS consultants tell you how to run your business. Drive more value out of your existing EAM/ERP/CMMS systems by concentrating on the following

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