Up Time Magazine - December 2008/January 2009 - (Page 63) board allowing them to quickly and efficiently see data and perform tasks important for their job. Alerts: Sends customizable, real-time alerts via e-mail, text, & dashboard inbox messages. Report Builder: Provides the ability to create and access winning reports from anywhere in the world. Smart Scheduler: Presents top scheduling choices and allows drag and drop functionality. Rotating Schedules: Handles rotating schedules via a 52-week schedule. Barcode Device Users: Tracks maintenance activities via wireless barcodes scanners efficiently, accurately, & effortlessly. Repairable Spares: We handle repairable spares because we understand repairable spares. Accounting-Based: Lets you know where you stand financially because every maintenance department must be run like a business. Failure Modes, Effects, & Criticality Analysis (FMECA): Allows failure analysis to minimize and/or eliminate downtime. Security Roles: Provides pre-defined and customizable security roles via a simple and easy to use check-box system. Analysis (KPIs): Performs data analysis and delivers non-conforming data alerts. APIs: Integrates seamlessly with PLCs and ANY other software package. MVP Plant Mobile: Allows increased user access via ANY Internet-capable handheld device. Work Order Check-Off Lists: Displays the percent complete of a work order. How much training does it take on the software for a company to implement it? Training takes 5 days, however, there is more to CMMS than training. Implementation is dependent on top management support and the experience of the plant. If a plant possesses electronic lists of their assets, inventory, vendors, and people, then this data can be seamlessly imported and MVP Plant can be up and running in no time. However, if www.uptimemagazine.com upgrade and increase overall plant efficiency. In many cases the data is collected in CMMS, but not necessarily acted upon. Does MVP Plant a function that can deal with this issue in any way? Absolutely. Because MVP Plant alerts its users, no matter how many fires are being fought, users will be notified of eminent data that needs attention. If users don’t respond, alerts will be escalated to managers. If mangers don’t respond, alerts will be escalated to top management. That’s the beauty of MVP Plant. It works for you, not vice-versa. What kind of impact can MVP Plant have on overall plant and machinery reliability? Minimized/eliminated downtime. Improve reliability via meter-based and predictive maintenance tasks initiated by linked PLC data. Minimized inventory, purchasing, and work order costs. Minimized/eliminated manual processes. Eliminated downtime and expedited shipping costs due to out-of-stock parts. What size of an operation does it take to justify purchasing the MVP Plant? Honestly, it only takes 3 Maintenance Technicians How quickly can a company expect for a return on their investment in MVP Plant? As soon as complete and accurate asset and inventory data exists in MVP Plant and support personnel exist to support the data and software, a return on investment will be realized within 2-3 months. How can interested people get more information about your CMMS Data Group’s MVP Plant? Anyone interested in learning more about MVP plant can call us at (312) 863-6500, e-mail us at info@CMMSdatagroup.com or visit our website: CMMSdatagroup.com Sample Work Order (top) and Work Request (bottom) screen shot from MVP Plant™. data does not exist, then the time that it takes to collect this data is dependent on the plant’s time and resources. That is where top management comes in. They must be willing to invest time and resources to save time and money. Yes, getting MVP Plant up and running requires a significant amount of upfront work (but no more than any other properly-implemented program), however, once MVP Plant is up and running, it saves plants a tremendous amount of time through the automation of inventory, work, and purchasing workflows. We provide as much assistance as each plant wants us to provide and we work with them until they achieve MVP Plant success. CMMS is not just about selling software, it’s about providing support services to guarantee a successful implementation. In your opinion, what are the top three reasons a company should consider investing in MVP Plant? 1. To eliminate manual, inefficient inventory, work, and purchasing processes which bleed companies of their profits. 2. Ease of use. 3. To take advantage of today’s technology to share data, improve operating uptime, 63 http://www.CMMSdatagroup.com http://www.CMMSdatagroup.com http://www.uptimemagazine.com
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