CMMS

Create a Material BOM

By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti A bill of materials or BOM, as it is called in SAP, is a useful tool as it allows the maintenance planner to easily view the materials associated with a specific piece of equipment. This saves time and money.

CMMS • Reliability • Reliability & Maintenance Center

Purchasing Analytics Monitors KPIs

4 months ago

The SAP S/4HANA purchasing analytics dashboard provides immediate access to critical operating...

CMMS • Reliability • Reliability & Maintenance Center

Effectively Use SAP’s PM Functions

5 months ago

By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti In SAP, maintenance-task lists describe a series of individual...

CMMS • Reliability • Reliability & Maintenance Center

Remove Run to Failure

6 months ago

By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti A fully integrated ERP, such as SAP, should contain data that help you...

Automation • CMMS • IIoT • Reliability • Reliability & Maintenance Center

This Approach Helps Implement IIoT

7 months ago

By Lorraine Howell, Illumiti From predictive algorithms that drive efficiencies throughout the...

ON THE FLOOR

Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.

On The Floor

ON THE FLOOR
FMEA or RCM: Is There a Difference?
Q: Should I do a FMEA or RCM to resolve a machine issue? A:The short answer is that it depends on several things, primarily frequency of occurrence and severity of the failure mode. I frequently am asked, what’s the difference between doing an FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis) and an RCM (reliability-centered maintenance) evaluation?
On The Floor