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 identifying there is one, and in order to adopt an effective method for managing spare parts, you...
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Better Maintenance BOMs = Better Company
When Asset-Intensive companies need to order parts maintenance BOMs, usually maintenance workers have to track vendor maintenance documents or the spare parts list and manually figure out what is needed. There are endless possibilities but very few effective solutions that will save your company from all your maintenance troubles. However, time and money can be saved by simply building...
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Dr-EAMs can come true with better visualization
Efficiency is the dream when it comes to dealing with a work order. Being able to quickly find and visualize your assets, equipment and parts is very important. Some asset-intensive organizations are still using ancient methods of locating assets and equipment. However, there are many ways you can increase wrench time and save in ongoing maintenance and operations cost...
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Is finding materials in your EAM system hard?
Finding correct materials in your EAM system is a continuing challenge for many maintenance planners at asset-intensive organizations. From misnamed parts, nowhere to store legacy parts descriptions to confusing duplicates, the concerns are real and challenging. As companies realize that their descriptions of parts do not adhere to any sort of naming conventions or are not listed by part...
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Major issues that companies with poor maintenance BOMS face
Asset-intensive companies require maintenance BOMs to find and order spare parts that are needed to maintain assets. This will help you save money and increase wrench time by allowing your maintenance personnel can quickly locate required parts. What are some issues that companies with poor maintenance BOMs face? Difficulty of identifying correct parts to plan, schedule and complete work...
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Maintenance BOMs Will Save Your Life!
Yes! You heard us, better maintenance BOMs will save your companies’ life. But what is a bill of material exactly? Well, in an EAM system, an equipment BOM captures spare part information for a piece of equipment. This information is used during maintenance to determine the correct spare parts to replace. In an asset intensive company, not only do...
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Change Your Companies’ Life by Changing Your Maintenance BOMs
When your asset-intensive company requires maintenance BOMs, what do you do? Do maintenance workers have to figure out what parts are needed and track down vendor maintenance documents? Or do they find the recommended spare parts lists and figure out what is needed? There are endless possibilities but very few effective solutions that will save your company from all...
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5 Reasons Why You Need Better BOMs
Many asset-intensive companies struggle with maintaining bills of materials (BOMs) for their critical equipment. BOMs allow maintenance personnel to create work orders efficiently and accurately. Without BOMs, companies are faced with duplicate parts, unorganized data, and maintenance workers spending their time building work orders instead of performing maintenance. In an EAM system, an equipment BOM captures spare part information...
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