by Maria McLoughlin | Jun 30, 2020
Understanding the benefits of a materials data cleanse can be tricky. After all, your organization’s spare parts data is not something physical you can hold in the palm of your hand and watch as it changes and improves. In general, data can be more obscure and... by Maria McLoughlin | Jun 25, 2020
Our blog has extensively covered the topic of Bills of Materials (or BoMs), whether it be a post about building better BoMs, the effects of poor maintenance BoMs, or simplifying BoMs. As our most recent blog on the topic helpfully describes them, BoMs can be thought... by Maria McLoughlin | Jun 23, 2020
If you’re struggling to see the right spare parts in your EAM or CMMS system, chances are you may be struggling to see that spare part in real life as well. There can be a big difference between the materials data found on a spreadsheet and the actual physical assets... by Maria McLoughlin | Jun 18, 2020
An asset-intensive business usually decides to carry out a materials data cleanse because something about their existing data is hindering their work. Though poor legacy materials data may be the whole reason for undertaking a cleansing project, dealing directly with... by Maria McLoughlin | Jun 16, 2020
Spare parts are some of the smallest subunits within the inventory of an EAM system. They typically fall lower in an organization’s hierarchy of assets. Yet spare parts are the foundation of an asset-intensive business’ success. If they’re not well maintained, poor... by Maria McLoughlin | Jun 11, 2020
The well-established trend of Industry 4.0 continues to govern the future of asset management and maintenance. Those who are consciously moving their business towards this framework of cloud-computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) know that the “manual” of manual...