Asset management is much more than software

Publicado el 30 de diciembre de 2016

John Reeve Author, CRL, CMMS Champion

Above are quotes from Paul.

Continuing on this theme, I have stumbled on these 16 axioms over the years:

1. The CMMS alone does not make an Asset Management System. However, an asset

management system cannot exist without a sound CMMS.

2. Please note: The goal should not be to install world-class software, but rather, to

optimize reliability, enhance work force productivity, improve job safety and

verify/track adherence to regulatory requirements.

3. The Core Team should be responsible for the success – and failure – of the CMMS.

4. 80% of all potential improvement is in the surrounding process and procedure.

5. Advanced processes contain the largest potential return on investment – but

these processes are not taught by the vendor.

6. Failure to consider risks can be disastrous: Risk-based decision making should

be prevalent through-out, such as asset criticality ranking, RCM analysis to

identify best maintenance strategy, job planning, job hazard analysis at start of
shift, risk-based prioritization matrix, ODR training, precision maintenance

training, WO feedback (maintainability, ergonomics, safety-issues), chronic failure

analysis, RCA, and defect elimination.
7. Without (validated) failure data all you have is a work order “ticket system”. And

every day that goes by is lost failure history.

8. Without actionable data, you cannot write/extract a single analytical report.

A good failure analytic however would empower the reliability team and enable

them to drill-down on failure mode to identify physical cause.

9. Out of the box, there might be hundreds of reports. But the reports you really

need, most likely do not yet exist; you need to design them. And until then, there

is no need to discuss “reverse engineering” and validate necessary inputs.

10. In regards to “failure reporting”, if your only goal is to report what (asset) broke,

then you don’t need to discover and record the true cause (human-systemic-
latent).

11. You could be 100% schedule compliant .... but be doing the wrong PdM/PM

activities.

12. If you are wondering why you don’t have enough staff after rolling out a PdM/PM

program, it is because you never initiated defect elimination.

13. Most CMMS implementations never involve the reliability engineer on the team;

nor do they ask him for his requirements or model for the ideal failure analytic -

although he sits just down the hall.

14. Many RCM Practitioners give the CMMS a failing grade in terms of (failure) data

completeness/accuracy. Being a CMMS implementer myself, I accept the criticism.

But I also welcome the challenge to "make it better".

15. Return on investment (ROI) cannot be purchased.

16. The question should not be "Are you fully using the product?" but rather, "Are you

using the right bits to achieve operational excellence with high reliability, and,
seeking continuous improvement."