Why Maintenance BOMs Need to be Accurate

Maintenance BOMs contain information about what spare parts are used to maintain different types of assets within your facilities. In order for maintenance to be done effectively though, maintenance BOMs need to be accurate. Inaccurate BOMs make the process of finding...

Why Material Cleansing Can Help You Find Spare Parts

Data cleansing is the process by which inaccurate and irrelevant parts of a dataset are identified and removed to be replaced by more accurate and relevant information.  In Enterprise Asset Management, a materials data cleanse is not just a good idea but is very...

How to Build the Perfect BoM

Recipes are a great way to achieve a certain outcome through a thought-out, structured process. That delicious homestyle burger you ordered a week ago? The chef followed a recipe to make it – and it’s no different from a BoM. In essence, a BoM is an exhaustive list of...

Back to Basics: Why simplifying BOMs is beneficial

Simplifying BOMs Asset-Intensive companies use BOMs to order parts, conduct maintenance and to ensure that machinery and operations are conducted in an efficient fashion. All too often though, they lay riddled with misinformation, incomplete lists and other errors and...

Getting Practical on Managing Spare Parts

With better methods for managing spare parts, you can achieve savings of at least 10% in ongoing maintenance and operations. Effective spare parts management can help reduce costs while keeping operations running smoothly. But the first step in solving any problem is...