by Sobhiyar Memon | Mar 28, 2018
With better methods for managing spare parts, you can achieve savings of at least 10% in ongoing maintenance and operations. Effective spare parts management can help reduce costs while keeping operations running smoothly. But the first step in solving any problem is... by Sobhiyar Memon | Mar 20, 2018
$3.1 trillion. That is how much IBM estimates the yearly cost of poor quality data. This is despite companies spending billions already to maintain their data. According to the Harvard Business Review, what makes up that mammoth figure is the “Hidden Data Factory” in... by Sobhiyar Memon | Mar 16, 2018
For many asset-intensive companies, complete and accurate data is a recipe for success. However, while your asset and maintenance data may be complete and accurate, it will start to rust as assets are upgraded or decommissioned. If the master data is not constantly... by Sobhiyar Memon | Mar 15, 2018
Asset-intensive companies often have a hard time finding maintenance documents in their enterprise document management systems. Integration between maintenance processes that are based on EAM/CMMS workflows and document management systems can be difficult. Many... by Sobhiyar Memon | Mar 9, 2018
Although it sounds easy, tracking equipment maintenance is not easy. Maintenance becomes very daunting when you have poor quality EAM/CMMS asset master data. Poor data makes it very hard for maintenance personnel to do their job as well. Every year, companies spend... by Sobhiyar Memon | Mar 7, 2018
MS Excel is a great tool for crunching numbers. But you shouldn’t be using it for asset management. Most of the time, standard spreadsheet formats are used as a way to load key data into operational EAM systems. Although standard spreadsheet formats are great at...