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Introduction
So how do you go about setting up all of the maintenance requirements for several thousand discretely maintainable assets?

New KPI and Reports

Agility 3.3 is now available, offering updated and extended functionality:

•    Configurable KPI Charts – define your own statistics, choose the chart type and select the colour palette to present key data just as you want it. You can even define your own link to the appropriate scan list to allow powerful drill down capability

•    Drill Down Dashboard – click on any chart segment to navigate directly to the relevant data. For example, click on the Red Segment of the Due Date Analysis to see a list of overdue work orders

When flooring manufacturer Forbo introduced a Computerised Maintenance Management System the company reduced its plant breakdowns from 90 per month to less than 20, increasing plant availability from 89 per cent to 97 per cent.

Pirana CMMS is designed for use by any size of organisation and is available as a hosted service as well as an on-premise setup. Those with a mobile workforce will find the advantages simply amazing. Users are able to get started straightaway and the on-going time saving is impressive.  

Thousands of companies rely on a Shire solution.  Shire’s support is second to none, a result of a 30 year track record as the UK No 1.
Pirana is unbeatably affordable and is being adopted by many major players in the food, manufacturing and services arena.  Sold in modules, including the popular Mobile Solutions, Pirana can revolutionise maintenance, stock, & purchasing operations.  The system can be configured to users’ terminology / language and security requirements.
Shire also offers a FREE, no-obligation, fully functional trial system.

Key features

• Use out of the box
• Ultra simple user interface
• User-configurable fields
• Instant access from anywhere
• Asset register
• Parts catalogue
• Asset assembly hierarchy
• Locations tree view
• Dashboard and Scoreboard display of key information
• Work Scheduler
• Full PM, corrective and ad hoc task support
• Fault types, modes and causes
• Meter readings
• Document & File Management – text, photos, drawings, video, voice
• Automatic alerts and reminders
• Auto-print of documents with Work Orders
• Powerful reports
• 3rd party report writer compatibility
• Performance measures & KPIs
• Advanced searching
• Full security with configurable access permissions
• Scalable – one to 1000 users

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The February 2010 edition of Engineering Maintenance Solutions magazine is now available to read online. This edition contains articles on achieving best practice in condition monitoring and plant maintenance. As well as special focuses on value driven  maintenance, ATEX Equipment and more as well as the latest industry news and products.

As assets become smarter and CMMS/EAM packages become more integrated across various asset classes within a manufacturing company, responsibility for facility management (including facility maintenance) has become spread over multiple departments. Historically, facility and plant maintenance were the sole responsibility of the Maintenance Department which ultimately reported to the Plant Manager or Works Manager.  However, plant equipment is the focus of most Maintenance departments in a manufacturing environment, except in the largest and most complex multi-site facilities.  

“Currently, responsibility for these functions – facilities management and plant maintenance - are typically spread amongst various individuals such as the Maintenance Manager, Engineering Manager, Site Services Manager, Purchasing Manager, Plant Manager, and Works Manager to name a few,” commented David Berger, a partner with Western Management Consultants in Canada, and a regular columnist for Maintenance & Engineering magazine.
 

The contribution of maintenance to an organisation is unfortunately too often not fully understood until something goes wrong e.g. a failure of a significant plant item or asset.This will inevitably result in a consequential loss through the inability to produce or provide a service or the occurrence of an environmental health, safety or quality incident.

In Built to Last, authors Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras determined that one factor in distinguishing a great company from a good one was what they called having “Big Hairy Audacious Ideas.” 

Companies that set almost inconceivable, outlandish goals tended to outperform those companies that toed the line and acted conservatively.  CWorks Systems, an 8-year-old software development company of CMMS (computerized maintenance management systems) with headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is one company that believes in and is following this “big idea” road to success.