Category Archives: ENTERPRISE ASSET MANAGEMENT

Companies using the SAP suite of products may not be seeing the full benefits from the range of features purchased. Much of this has to do with systems that weren’t designed for different end users of varying skill levels who need to complete a variety of tasks throughout the day. Indifference, confusion and frustration cause hundreds of hours’ worth of wasted time and only further nurture the unproductive work environment. Through high-level User Experience projects, companies can easily reverse this inefficiency. A customized project plan can be developed through the help of a User Experience system analysis that not only simplifies processes for employees, but also allows companies to optimize their operation. These solutions maintain data integrity across departments and can even completely eliminate the need for system training. The intuitive interface can remain consistent across every device for higher user adaptation, ultimately bringing more money to the bottom line.

Vibration analysis is used to detect wear in rotating equipment. Thermography is used to detect loose connections or hot spots in electrical equipment. And oil analysis has at least two uses — to determine the condition of a lubricant and to examine the wear particles contained in the lubricant to determine the wear rate of the components in the system. When used to determine the relative condition of the equipment being lubricated, it is often referred to as “wear-particle analysis.” In addition to these technologies, there are others such as ultrasound that can be used to isolate air leaks, steam leaks, defective fluid power components, and other problems. 

Companies often use GIS and SAP for different purposes even if they are part of the same workflow. At its most basic level, GIS is used to add location to business processes. The majority of business data has a location component and GIS imbeds the “spatial factor” into operations. Download this paper to find out how companies employ GIS systems to map their assets.

Construction of physical assets in a high volume, high repetition environment creates challenges within the entire build process from design, estimation, planning, capture of ”as-built” design, physical/ financial asset creation, and right into the associated activities of costing and reporting (including statutory reporting in regulated industries). Many organizations use a combination of separate systems and manual steps to address these challenges, and thereby introducing complexity, inefficiency and inaccuracy into these processes and outcomes…