6) Usability still a prime concern High user adoption is a key part of building organizational buy-in. If the end-users are not satisfied with the technology because it is convoluted or hard to operate, it follows that they will not make full use of it. The same survey as above found the first and second… Continue Reading
1) Data entry errors account for a large portion of failed CMMS implementations It’s fairly obvious that a CMMS will only produce valid results if the data is consistent and accurate – garbage in, garbage out. It’s happened to all of us. You pick up a report that says your machine is running at 1200%… Continue Reading
A technical Post Mortem (TPM) is a retrospective analysis of observable events that preceded and influenced a technical failure. The purpose of a technical post mortem is to identify those influences, find out what went wrong and why, so we learn from those experiences and proactively make changes going forward. Technical post mortems are performed… Continue Reading
Today we’ll outline the more widely used maintenance strategies, as well as their pros and cons and situations when they are best applied. Typically we see plants employing either Run-to-Failure (only fix after a breakdown) or Preventive Maintenance (on a predetermined schedule). However, depending on the value of the asset or its criticality in the… Continue Reading
The classic model of repair is divided into four sequential phases: Request, Execution, Analysis and Monitoring. The process is simple but many maintenance departments to not see the process through to its conclusion. This is due to a number of reasons including organizational culture, resource constraints and the lack of an effective repair management system…. Continue Reading
Pioneered by consumer demand and enabled through the agility of modern software, the benefits of the newest wave of CMMS are for everyone. And what’s more, they’re affordable, flexible, and more robust than ever before. Look ahead for the rise of the CMMS for the SME (Small to Mid-Sized Enterprise) to rule in the coming… Continue Reading
Companies who recognize the value of a cost-effective approach to maintenance usually start with a maintenance strategy that involves inputting maintenance management data into a homemade maintenance spreadsheet. Spreadsheets let you log work orders, document upcoming maintenance cycles and use filters to manipulate the data and produce nice lists of work completed, however, maintenance managers… Continue Reading
What are failure codes? Failure codes illustrate why an asset failed during production. Additionally, a failure code applied to a work order marks an instance of a particular failure behavior. The use of codes in a CMMS system ensures a consistent way of documenting the key aspects of the failure event according to pre-defined categories…. Continue Reading
The call comes at 2AM Wednesday night – a nervous yet worn out tone that one associates with calls of this sort. An old university friend, Matt, has been frantically sorting out a network issue since he got to work 15 hours earlier and is in a bad way. His day has consisted of being… Continue Reading
If you missed the lead in to this article, it featured technicians deliberately breaking $50, 000 machines. Check it out. Several factors weigh in to what causes poor user adoption. Don Brules does a good job outlining them here. To paraphrase: No benefit to end users demonstrated Lack of effective training System isn’t designed for how users actually… Continue Reading
