The NRX Blog
When Batman met Robin: Key Outcomes from IIoT & EAM Solutions
With the ever-increasing adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in industries across the map, it comes as no surprise that these phenomena have found their way into EAM data solutions. Asset-intensive companies in particular...
Gaining Management Approval on Data Cleansing Projects
Asset-intensive companies that are on the lookout for ways to improve the functionality of their EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) or CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) often run into the same issue: employees find a solution that works for them but...
Back to Basics: Making Ordering Spare Parts Painless
Ordering spare parts remains one of the fundamental practices of employees at asset-intensive companies. Considering that maintenance work is heavily reliant on these parts for machine upkeep and repairs, ensuring that they are ordered correctly and efficiently is a...
Back to Basics: Best Practices for Maintenance Notifications
Good maintenance notifications are important for asset-intensive companies. Typically included in EAM systems such as SAP PM, they help employees to identify what parts need servicing and include important information that outlines details about the required...
Back to Basics: Efficient Equipment Tag Management Systems
Asset-intensive companies use a large number of equipment tags to locate and monitor their assets. They are a means to internally organize important physical capital and are heavily relied upon by employees. Many companies struggle with implementing these identifiers...
Back to Basics: Why simplifying BOMs is beneficial
Simplifying BOMs Asset-Intensive companies use BOMs to order parts, conduct maintenance and to ensure that machinery and operations are conducted in an efficient fashion. All too often though, they lay riddled with misinformation, incomplete lists and other errors and...
Watch Out for the Potholes: The Importance of Visualizing EAM Data
In a perfect world, trains run on time, the pace of traffic is fast enough to get to work on time and roads don’t have glaring potholes to avoid. In that same perfect world, we’d also like our data to be clean, organized and manageable. It wouldn’t be too much of a...
Don’t get left behind: The Top 5 Issues with Legacy Systems
When companies look to improve the quality of data in their CMMS system, one of the most common issues they face is with their assets that are tied up in legacy systems. It may seem easier to find a solution that will work with these systems, but as time goes on you...
Shifting the Gears to Success: The Benefits of KPIs in your EAM data
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are a crucial tool in evaluating the progress of goals set by businesses. They provide objective evidence that aids in decision making and planning for future projects. Ranging from measuring efficiency, to quality and resource...
One Size Does Not Fit All
Picking the right software for your company is a complicated task. This process is extremely bureaucratic due to the number of people that need to agree upon and approve of the software purchase. Often, the team that chooses or approves the software works separately...