Drawbacks of Bad Materials Data

Companies that manage numerous assets throughout daily operations depend on the effective management of spare parts. In turn, costs can be reduced while keeping pace with productivity targets. Effective spare parts management and optimization include: Stocking the...

Now it’s Time to Check for Obsolescence

Next up this week requires an investigation into obsolete parts in your EAM/CMMS systems. Obsolete parts in your systems and, by extension, your inventory can pose problems for your upkeep operations if they aren’t managed proactively. Obsolete parts occur over time...

Signs you should start building a BOM

Any organization trying to transition from a legacy CMMS system to a new EAM system has encountered some issues with spare parts and BOMs in the old system. Trying to identify duplicate or obsolete parts or the lack of good parts descriptions in the old EAM system,...

Signs You Have Inadequate Maintenance BOMs

Last week, we discussed the benefits of building maintenance BOMs and why they need to be accurate. BOMs help workers to be able to obtain accurate parts information for an asset quickly so that they can order parts accordingly and increase wrench time. There’s no...

Benefits of Building Maintenance BOMs

Maintenance BOMs are used in asset management as a list of parts that are needed in order to maintain any particular asset. Using BOMs helps your company to plan and be better prepared for when maintenance is required. Taking the time to create BOMs within your EAM...