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Use CMMS
To Improve Reliability
More about people
than machines, the
power of a CMMS can
help your organization
experience major
positive change.
John Bernet
Fluke Reliability
THE MAINTENANCE WORLD has undergone a transformation
for some time with the Industrial Internet of Th ings (IIoT), yet
many maintenance teams still face roadblocks to implementing a
Reliability-Centered Maintenance plan. RCM embraces the principles
of risk and asset-life-cycle management, and it lets maintenance
professionals leverage new techniques for avoiding machine failures.
One method to fast track this reliability journey is through properly
implemented Computerized Maintenance Management System
(CMMS) soſt ware.
CMMS soſt ware can standardize maintenance practices, increase
PM on-time completion rates, and manage parts inventory to
increase uptime. It also off ers reporting and dashboards to document
work-order histories, failures, and trends, and to collect and
centralize data for analysis. With critical information accessible
from anywhere there's internet service, CMMS soſt ware eliminates
data gaps and silos. As a result, maintenance managers can make
data-based decisions about asset health and priorities.
Once assets are set up in a CMMS, operators can enter work
orders and have them automatically assigned to available technicians.
Instead of a calendar, maintenance teams can determine the
best time to act. With asset criticality rankings and asset hierarchies
in place, maintenance teams can be sure that important assets and
critical work are prioritized. Th e soſt ware also tracks maintenance
KPIs and aligns those metrics with business goals.
MAY 2022
INFLUENCE CULTURE
It's not only about the tools connected in the soſt ware, but also about
their eff ect on your team. Th e power of a CMMS can help your
organization experience signifi cant positive change in a maintenance
culture because it enhances a team's understanding of the cause of
maintenance issues, and it helps create a more focused approach to
reliability. Th e correct maintenance-management system, properly
implemented and used, tells the story of maintenance. Ultimately,
that story will infl uence culture and drive an organization toward
excellence.
Many manufacturers standardize maintenance across all their
sites, yet it's still common to have multiple systems spread across several
independently operated plants. Th ese soſt ware systems are oſt en
incompatible, which makes standardization impossible. Th e correct
CMMS will off er a strong multi-site toolkit that makes it much easier
to start with a single-site implementation. Once you have a solid
foundation, you can build a roadmap for connected maintenance
and reliability teams to adopt across many sites.
Th anks to CMMS user-friendly tools, maintenance managers can
focus on increasing their work completion rates, evaluating each
plant's maintenance practices, and bringing them in line. Another
common focus is to help increase plant accountability and improve
adherence to standards. Th is is oſt en accomplished by setting up
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