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By David Berger, P.Eng., contributing editor
Which key business issues does the CMMS address?
It’s not surprising that the top two business issues the CMMS addresses are improvement of asset performance and availability (Table 1). After all, 56% of respondents stated that there are more than 30 maintenance employees in their organization, implying a relatively asset-intensive environment. Furthermore, about 70% of respondents have a maintenance-related job title such as maintenance manager (40%) or reliability engineer (10%). Maintenance departments have historically focused on assets as the area of greatest improvement potential. (See Asset Manager on p. 21 for more information about asset-based measures.)
Table 1: Most Important Issues
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Issue |
Response % |
Importance(overall rank) |
| Improve asset performance |
88 |
1 |
| Foster a culture of productivity and reliability improvement |
72 |
3 |
| Improve labor productivity |
79 |
4 |
| Increase asset availability |
76 |
2 |
| Reduce MRO inventory costs |
64 |
7 |
| Decrease total cost of ownership (TCO) |
60 |
6 |
| Enhance maintenance visibility |
59 |
5 |
| Better capital project cost and risk management |
56 |
8 |
| Integrate asset management with other business processes |
54 |
9 |
• Utilization (i.e. percent productive, as opposed to percent non-value-added like wait time).
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