by Maria McLoughlin | Jun 16, 2020
Spare parts are some of the smallest subunits within the inventory of an EAM system. They typically fall lower in an organization’s hierarchy of assets. Yet spare parts are the foundation of an asset-intensive business’ success. If they’re not well maintained, poor... by Maria McLoughlin | Jun 11, 2020
The well-established trend of Industry 4.0 continues to govern the future of asset management and maintenance. Those who are consciously moving their business towards this framework of cloud-computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) know that the “manual” of manual... by Maria McLoughlin | Jun 9, 2020
Some rules are made to be broken. However, when it comes to standardizing your spare parts data, a strong set of manageable rules can uplift your EAM system. In our last post, we explored the topic of spare parts dictionaries. Spare parts dictionaries are a useful... by Maria McLoughlin | Jun 4, 2020
Imagine taking every item in the room you’re sitting in as you read this and trying to develop a system to classify all of them. Should one category be furniture? Should another be office supplies? Should the items in these categories be arranged alphabetically? Or... by Maria McLoughlin | Jun 2, 2020
Materials: they’re everywhere! We can think of a material as a spare part used for a larger piece of equipment. In everyday life, examples could include an oil filter in a car or a pump in a laundry machine. With repeated use, these materials experience wear and...