by Maria McLoughlin | Aug 4, 2020
Having the language to describe something complicated can be very empowering. This is what makes a spare parts dictionary so useful and important. Searching for and identifying spare parts becomes much easier when you have the language to understand what you’re... by Maria McLoughlin | Jul 30, 2020
Spare parts are the foundation of many asset-intensive businesses. They can affect operations in multiple ways at every level. With this in mind, knowing what costs the spare parts in your EAM system may be creating for your business is critical to understanding how... by Maria McLoughlin | Jul 28, 2020
Just like your materials data, a successful cleansing project should be efficient and manageable. Investing a great deal of time and resources into a poorly executed project that does not give your organization the returns it expected would be incredibly... by Maria McLoughlin | Jul 23, 2020
Sometimes, our materials data gets messy because the system that hosts it is tricky to navigate. When your EAM system, CMMS system, or other enterprise software is unwieldy, changing and improving the data within it can become a time consuming and tedious task. As we... by Maria McLoughlin | Jul 21, 2020
If we imagine each project an organization undertakes as a story, then ideally each story finishes with a nice resolution and a happily ever after. All the loose ends are tied up with a neat little bow on top, and everything is in a better place than it was when the... by Maria McLoughlin | Jul 16, 2020
We’ve given you a run down of what materials data is and what it means to clean it. However, we have yet to put those two things together and give you a more holistic step-by-step guide to cleansing spare parts data. A cleansing project can take months, and knowing...