Understanding asset failure David Berger says implement maintenance practices to predict, prevent or react to a failure. Share this article on
Your CMMS can be a powerful tool to optimize asset performance and reliability and manage the total cost of ownership. But like any software tool, a CMMS is only as good as the data being entered and the user's skill in analyzing and acting on the information. Thus, properly managing your physical assets requires a basic understanding of how each asset and its components behave throughout the lifecycle.
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Because facility asset management can be complex, the heart of maintenance operations often is a computer with specialized maintenance management software such as computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software or enterprise asset management (EAM) software.
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Effective configuration management for complex assets
This white paper outlines solution requirements and technology best practices for the automation of complex asset life-cycle management for organizations that maintain complex assets. Examples include aircraft, aero-engines, locomotives and other complex, component-based assets.
Supporting Environmental, Health and Safety Programs Through CMMS/EAM
Effective enterprise asset management solutions will support your reliability and maintenance improvement initiatives. Best-in-class EAM/CMMS solutions go further by providing additional functionality to support your environmental, health and safety programs.