Create a Material BOM
By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti A bill of materials or BOM, as it is called in SAP, is a useful tool...
Purchasing Analytics Monitors KPIs
The SAP S/4HANA purchasing analytics dashboard provides immediate access to critical operating...
Effectively Use SAP’s PM Functions
By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti In SAP, maintenance-task lists describe a series of individual...
Remove Run to Failure
By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti A fully integrated ERP, such as SAP, should contain data that help you...
ON THE FLOOR
Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.
A Tale of Two CitiesQ: Are R&M best practices equally applicable to consumer and manufacturing industries? A: The short answer is that most, if not all, practices are equally relevant to all types of industries.
This Approach Helps Implement IIoT
By Lorraine Howell, Illumiti From predictive algorithms that drive efficiencies throughout the...
Close The Reliability Gap
Seeing was believing at the Dana Driveline Toledo plant when it came to choosing a maintenance and...
Wean Your Site From Spreadsheets
A CMMS can jump-start your plant’s digital-transformation efforts and, in the most basic of terms...
IIoT Produces Plant Efficiency
By Lorraine Howell, Illumiti The Internet of Things (IoT) attracts plenty of media coverage these...
Use These Steps to Refurbish Assets
By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti
Maintenance Mobility Adoption Should Grow in 2019
Monitor Assets With Counter-Based Plans
By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti In past issues, we have discussed the flow of single-cycle maintenance...
Metrics That Gauge Plant Reliability
By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti In previous articles, we’ve focused on some SAP reports that help with...
