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A CMMS is an excellent business opportunity whose implementation can significantly improve operations, reduce equipment downtime,
increase accountability of the maintenance functions, and produce substantial financial savings. Read on to learn how this
can be accomplished. (...)
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A CMMS is an excellent business opportunity whose implementation can significantly improve operations, reduce equipment downtime,
increase account...
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2003-07-08
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Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment maintenance. The class of software that can help to cultivate these savings is computerized maintenance management
systems (CMMS). This article discusses the basics (...)
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Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment mainte...
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2003-07-07
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Traditional license models may be wearing out their welcome for both vendors and customers. A competitive market and a more
IT savvy business generation is prompting change, but what alternatives are out there for software service and maintenance? (...)
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Traditional license models may be wearing out their welcome for both vendors and customers. A competitive market and a more
IT savvy business gene...
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2005-12-22
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Hardware maintenance can represent a significant information technology cost, but options for managing that cost exist.
If you analyze hardware maintenance from an enterprise perspective, you will identify those options and ensure the cost-effective
delivery of those services. (...)
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Hardware maintenance can represent a significant information technology cost, but options for managing that
cost exist. If you analyze hardware m...
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2000-10-24
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Aerospace and defense (A&D) companies are constantly seeking better ways to manage complexity, cut costs, and boost productivity.
One of the most challenging areas within the A&D industry is maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO). To introduce new efficiencies
and reduce MRO costs, many companies are lo (...)
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SAP for Aerospace and Defense in the Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul Industry. Source: SAP. Document Type:
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Published:
2010-03-11
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Most operating systems use logical file systems optimized for traditional magnetic hard disk drives (HDD). As a result, users
adopting newer solid state drive (SSD) technology often see poor write-speed performance caused by free space fragmentation.
Learn how new automatic disk maintenance technologies (...)
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The Best Gets Better: Automated Disk Maintenance. ... Download <strong>The Best Gets
Better: Automated Disk Maintenance</strong>. Comments: ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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How can we determine the right maintenance strategy for a specific asset? To meet the objectives of lean, we need to evaluate
the cost of failure in terms of both not meeting business objectives and any extra cost due to the need for unplanned or even
emergency repairs. (...)
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How can we determine the right maintenance strategy for a specific asset? ... Lean Asset
Management--Is Preventive Maintenance Anti-Lean? ...
Published:
2004-12-20
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Service and Maintenance Application. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant
and Time-Bound. If you’re not using a service and maintenance application, you may have reached the point where manual systems
no longer support the pace of business. Where t (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Service and Maintenance Application. Specific, Measurable,
Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound. I...
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2010-03-11
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An Integrated Maintenance and Logistics Solution for Defense. Search for Articles and Other Solutions to Delineate Your Diagnosis
Associated with an Integrated Maintenance and Logistics Solution. Today’s defense industry needs maintenance and logistics
software that increases the self-sustainability of (...)
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An Integrated Maintenance and Logistics Solution for Defense. Search for Articles and Other Solutions to
Delineate Your Diagnosis Associated with a...
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2010-03-11
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Lean Maintenance: Best Practices to Turn Asset Management into a Profit Center. Get Free White Papers Related To Lean Maintenance.
It’s common knowledge that asset downtime disrupts production and drives up both process and per-unit operating costs. However,
executives often lose sight of this because t (...)
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Lean Maintenance: Best Practices to Turn Asset Management into a Profit Center. Get Free White Papers Related
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Published:
2010-03-11
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When negotiating a contract with a computer maintenance management system (CMMS) vendor the guiding principals and definition
of the project must first be determined. Deliverables, pricing options, payment terms, continuance, product and service quality,
and liabilities are additional areas that must be (...)
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When negotiating a contract with a computer maintenance management system (CMMS) vendor the guiding principals
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Published:
2004-02-25
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Many organizations have tried to address their maintenance scheduling woes by introducing new and sometimes very advanced
technologies. The reality is that trying to automate something that's broken will cause even more frustration and finger-pointing. (...)
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Many organizations have tried to address their maintenance scheduling woes by introducing new and sometimes
very advanced technologies. The realit...
Published:
2005-01-29
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Computer maintenance management system (CMMS) packages are excellent tools for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data
and can offer insight into a process’ problem. Critical success factors for the effective use for the CMMS involves clear
support from management and measurable drivers involving tim (...)
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Computer maintenance management system (CMMS) packages are excellent tools for collecting, analyzing, and
reporting data and can offer insight int... ...
Published:
2004-02-24
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Companies that have moved from a highly reactive environment to a more planned one notice significant improvement. A computer
maintenance management or enterprise asset management system is useful tool to create a planned environment, help build accurate
equipment history, and develop comprehensive analy (...)
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Companies that have moved from a highly reactive environment to a more planned one notice significant improvement. A computer
maintenance manageme...
Published:
2008-08-06
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The main cause of lean maintenance failure is that companies fail to focus on asset reliability. The reliability approach
to capacity, which includes risk prioritization analyses of assets, can help a company achieve lean success. (...)
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The main cause of lean maintenance failure is that companies fail to focus on asset reliability. ...
Lean Maintenance—Does It Impact Reliability? ...
Published:
2005-07-12
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SAP is addressing the problem of customers wanting support that vendors are either not providing, or providing at unjustifiable
prices. Support and maintenance customers are committed to service contracts, but only to a point. New options are thus available. (...)
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SAP is addressing the problem of customers wanting support that vendors are either not providing, or providing at unjustifiable
prices. Support an...
Published:
2007-04-27
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For those looking for a computer maintenance management system (CMMS) vendor, the Web is often the first place to start.
There are a number of web site features one should examine in order to maximize web site visits. Reprinted with permission
from Plant Engineering and Maintenance magazine. (...)
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For those looking for a computer maintenance management system (CMMS) vendor, the Web is often the first
place to start. There are a number of web... ...
Published:
2004-02-21
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The metric of plant maintenance should now be in the ability of the plant to meet the strategic goals of the company beyond
customarily expected cost savings, such as improved plant output, performance predictability, product quality, customer service,
safety, environmental control, etc. (...)
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The metric of plant maintenance should now be in the ability of the plant to meet the strategic goals of
the company beyond customarily expected c... ...
Published:
2005-01-17
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Reliability driven maintenance (RDM) focuses on understanding the "asset health" to determine what maintenance work should
occur and when something should be done. It enables preemptive intervention before failure occurs, whereby failure would mean
that equipment is not delivering required performance re (...)
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Reliability driven maintenance (RDM) focuses on understanding the "asset health" to determine what
maintenance work should occur and when somethin... ...
Published:
2005-01-18
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Maintenance Tips for Improved Profits: Creating the Business Case to Invest in Automation. Secure Documents to Use In Your
Dynamic System and to Create the Business Case to Invest in Automation. Does it really make sense to spend money to save money?
The answer may surprise you when it comes to maintenanc (...)
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Maintenance Tips for Improved Profits: Creating the Business Case to Invest in Automation. Secure Documents
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2010-03-11