The Foundation for Operational Excellence

What is an Asset Data Foundation? An Asset Data Foundation is made up of high-quality master data, including Maintenance Master Data, accurately reflecting the physical plant and its needs. This data stands as the backbone of effective Maintenance Work Management and...

Heatwaves and Purging Dirty Data

This week in Canada, we hit a record high temperature for March 1st, 2017. This heat wave has started to get people into spring cleaning mode. Purging is so satisfying because you can get rid of the old, and make way for the new. If you find that you are struggling...

5 Secrets to Destroying Information Silos

In asset-intensive organizations, communication breakdowns between engineering and operations teams are extremely common, yet is an issue that will continue to persist if the right resources are not implemented. These breakdowns, also known as information silos, occur...

How to Run an Effective Data Cleansing Project

With the rise of international competition and market globalization, asset intensive organizations have made considerable efforts to improve efficiency and reliability while reducing operating costs. As a result, they have invested billions of dollars in ERP, EAM, and...