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IBM MAXIMO SOLUTION FOR MANUFACTURING Manufacturing, by its very nature, relies on the availability of physical assets. Selecting the right application to ensure the availability of those manufacturing assets is a key factor in long-term success, particularly for heavy industry (Gartner 08) IBM Enterprise Asset Management has come a long way to offer an extensive solution that satisfies all the requirement of manufacturing companies: (Gartner 08) - Detailed asset registry, combined with detailed parts and support descriptions
- Long-term maintenance, project and work schedules
- Support for complex inventory relationships for indirect (that is, blue-collar maintenance, repair and overhaul [MRO]) goods that are associated with forecasts of planned and unplanned work on installed assets
- Supply chain capability for indirect goods, with demand planning linked to maintenance and repair schedules
- Support for manufacturer logistic processes for equipment under warranty
- Human capital management (HCM) capabilities to match skills, training and availability with work requirements
- Statistical analysis of equipment performance and reliability
- Remote electronic monitoring of asset health and performance
- Serial number tracking and tracing for equipment and parts
- Financial support via detailed cost analysis
- Integration with whichever financial and HR packages are deployed
- Extensive warranty tracking to component levels
- Shutdown project planning
- For certain industries such as aerospace and defense, integration with product life cycle management (PLM) to support MRO activities for products with extremely long lives
Benefits: - Reduce the risk of downtime on critical revenue generating assets
- Reduce operating cost by reducing downtime on assets with high cost of stoppage
- Improve efficiency by providing advanced resource and material scheduling solutions
- Reduce operating costs by improving spare parts management
- Reduce operating cost by providing strategic sourcing and collaborative material management solutions. Critical mass of enabled suppliers in blue collar MRO.
- Improve efficiency by providing integrated mobile solutions
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