Computerized Maintenance Management Software (or CMMS) is a major element in enterprise asset management (EAM) systems. Web-based and database-driven, CMMS captures and holds data about working plant, infrastructure and spares holdings. By using CMMS, managers can significantly cut expenditure by their organisation on parts stocked, management report creation and plant, particularly in relation to down-time. CMMS reports are added to an organization’s criteria for management success.

Why Use CMMS?
Spreadsheets allow managers to assess equipment effectiveness but they are cumbersome and time consuming. Although better than nothing, spreadsheets still do not make analysis or presentation of data easy. Computerized maintenance management software steps up to the mark. Deficiencies in plant and systems are more easily pinpointed using CMMS, the data revealing strengths and weaknesses is easily presented, even in graphical form, so that the case for intervention becomes clear to all management within an organisation.

CMMS Functions in Specialist Sectors
Specialist applications for CMMS systems are health and safety compliance, equipment calibration regimes and customer auditing. Today’s CMMS solutions offer general functionality, but more often than not come with modules for specific applications. These might include:

• Transport hub operators
• Environmental services
• Gas, electricity and water utilities
• Leisure providers and centers

CMMS Utilizes Proven Technologies to Track Assets
A major role of any CMMS involves competantly tracking the assets. This is achieved throught the use of existing technological know-how and new break-throughs.

Use CMMS to Proactively Predict Condition of Parts
CBM or condition based maintenance is now possible with CMMS software. The system identifies parts that are in danger of failure due to age or use and enables repair or replacement to be carried out in a timely manner. Because complex CMMS systems trap every detail of components, long stoppage times are reduced and maintenance kept to a minimum. Usage, age and mean time between failures data is stored.

CMMS Systems Enable Organisations Cope with Increasing Competition
Large multi-national companies need CMMS systems in order to manage their response to:the race to compete globally and ever more expensive raw products and energy bills,merger and acquisition, customer and legislation-led environmental efficiency requirements,disposal costs of plant and materials. An organisation’s OEE is thereby effected by how well the CMMS is introduced. You can find out more about implementing CMMS here.

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