Assets Lifecycle Management. Discover what it is, and why you need it. What is it? ALM (Assets Lifecycle Management) approach helps you to properly define and register all your technical assets and keep track of every relevant event during its whole lifecycle. Do I need it? ALM is mainly targeted to manufacturers, EPC contractors, O&M contractors and owners involved in buildings, facilities, plants, machineries and equipments of any kind. If you wish to get at least one of the following top 5 benefits, maybe ALM is right for your business. Top 5 benefits Let’s start from the top 5 benefits of a successful implementation of ALM strategy. Provide unparalleled after-sales service to your customers Keep track of an updated asset’s maintenance history to gain speed and effectiveness in your technical interventions. Empower your information intelligence and get a perfect coordination Information is power: share real-time information with your sales force and service network, all acting as one to solve customer’s issues. Preserve asset’s value and performance Preserve future value and performance of your technical assets by performing state-of-the-art maintenance practices and keeping and accurate maintenance history. Improve your product Improve your products by tracking and rating the frequent issues. Feed your FMECA, QA and HSE strategies with fresh, daily information. Reduce uncertainty and risks Get full control over your maintenance budgets by preventing unpredictable costs due to poor, subjectivity-driven maintenance. Reduce risks for your business and your brand reputation. How ALM is applied? ALM consists in some good practices integrated into your existing business processes and supported with a good software tool likeonSite ALM. ALM approach guides you to: 1. Define your assets with structured data 2. Track the relevant events 3. Enjoy the benefits, and improve Define your assets Define your assets with the deepest level of detail. A complex asset structure could require many levels (e.g. plants > machines > functional groups > components), but also a simple, one-level structure can be used for an easier starting. Assign many properties on each asset’s item: 1. Main data: macro-category, category, description, model name, manufacturer, OEM part number, serial number, PO part number, manufacturing date, item working hours (or other metrics, if applicable), etc. 2. File attachments: typically used to store and share relevant technical information (e.g. user/service manuals, diagrams, schematics, maintenance routines, etc.). 3. Assets lineup and usage period definition on jobsites or plants. Track the relevant events Keep track of everything to perform the best maintenance practices with the best efficiency in technical interventions. Track every single activity from ordinary daily inspections to extraordinary interventions, including safety concerns. Design your own maintenance checklists to guide your technicians to effective, repeatable practices. Create the conditions to review the full maintenance history of every piece of equipment in a click. Assign many properties on each event and related interventions: 1. Issue opening/closing date, operator’s name, supervisor’s name, event type (e.g. inspection, ordinary maintenance, substitution of relevant component, etc.), event severity rating (impact on asset’s operativity), job site, AFE document number, work order, symptoms, causes, solutions, follow-up actions, etc. 2. Interventions performed to handle each event (e.g. cleaning, greasing, replacement, calibration, testing, assembling, etc.), operator’s name, starting/ending date, duration, notes. 3. View all the managed issues by status (e.g. pending, solved, etc.) and severity (impact on asset’s operativity). Enjoy all the benefits Implementing a successfull ALM strategy gives many benefits to start turning your data into value: 1. Provide unparalleled after-sales service to your customers. 2. Share real-time information with your sales force and service network, all acting as one. 3. Preserve future value and performance of your technical assets. 4. Improve your products by tracking and rating the frequent issues and feeding your FMECA, QA and HSE strategies with fresh, daily data. 5. Reduce uncertainty and its unpredictable cost. What to expect from onSite ALM software to support your brand new ALM methodology? Multiple user profiles Role-based permissions for asset managers, supervisors, field technicians, customers, etc. Situational awareness Quick dashboard with summary of issues by status and by asset, to help prioritize the daily activities and monitor the workload of case managers and technicians. Efficient troubleshooting Symptoms, causes, solutions archive with keyword tagging, to quickly solve known and/or frequent issues. Knowledge-sharing Knowledge-base articles archive with attachments and keyword tagging, to provide operative instructions. Checklist-driven ops Operation checklists archive with detailed activities definition (category, type, involved component, theoretical value, measurement unit, execution metrics and frequency, etc.) ensure proper, repeatable, trackable execution of the best maintenance practices for your assets. QR code tagging The built-in QR code generator allows to print tags to be sticked to machines and/or components. By scanning the codes using a smartphone or a tablet it’s possible to quickly recall all the relevant data (maintenance history, technical documentation, schematics, diagrams, etc.). Zero impact on your IT Its a lightweight web application, nothing to install, accessible anywhere from any connected device. Its BYOD friendly. It’s your choice if externally or in-house hosted. Ultra-compatible Runs on all modern browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Android Browser, Kindle, etc. so you can equip your users (e.g. field technicians) with freedom of choice about hardware and software. Now do your evaluation about ALM methodology How much does it cost to my company? ...or better to ask yourself how much will it cost tomorrow not having started today? Get a fast and effective implementation of Assets Lifecycle Management practices with zero impact on your IT. Discover onSite ALM on deltacomgreen/onsite Feel free to contact us! Andrea Dellamore
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 23:59:10 +0000
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