CMMS for a
World Class Maintenance
It is common to
hear these days that we all need to be in the "World Class" and
perhaps the words have been abused, because not everyone has a clear definition
of their meaning.
Being World
Class in any activity represents a real challenge to measure ourselves with the
top performers in the World. We all know that in order to compete these days, we
not only need to learn, but also keep up to date. The famous 5th S of Kobayashi
(The
5S Philosophy, hands on! )
comes handy: Sustain! - Follow up!
In the
Maintenance Profession, we experience the accelerated advancement of technology
and along with it, the multiplication of tasks for us. In order to take care of
keeping the equipment and facilities in optimal "World Class"
conditions we must optimize our resources. One way of doing this is by keeping
our information current, the maintenance manuals handy, the parts and
consumables available. In the old ages it was less complicated, so today we need
to develop new skills and access new tools. The CMMS systems provide the control
that is necessary to keep all that information together and produce the reports,
control the orders and requests, and make sure we have what we need in material
and human resources. CMMS will even tell us how well we are doing in our budget,
and help us be better all the time in the forecast of needs for the Maintenance
activity. Our technicians also have the opportunity to develop new skills, and
become more valuable. CMMS systems produce the timely information for our
colleagues in Procurement and Purchasing, Finances/Accounting, Engineering, and
all the stakeholders in our organization, including Top Management.
Of course it is
critical that we make sure that everyone is conveniently trained so that the
information we feed into the CMMS Systems is true and exact, other ways no
system can really be of help.
World Class
Maintenance requires a higher level of training and education to bring up the
Maintenance culture in general. Training and Upgrading is needed in
several subjects:
-
Updating to
World Class technical knowledge on the current equipment and the innovations
that we may be implementing in our plant or facility
-
Understanding
the correct use of the tools, including the computer systems
-
Keeping
these systems continuously updated to make their utilization easier all the
time
-
Team
building skills including an spontaneous cross training, so all our
technicians will be able to support each other
-
Continuous
Improvement in all our activities
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