This document discusses enterprise asset management (EAM) software and its benefits for mid-sized companies. It outlines the key functions of EAM, including asset tracking, work order management, and preventive maintenance. Large EAM systems do not meet the needs of mid-sized companies, while low-cost computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) lack necessary functionality. The document identifies five critical success factors for EAM deployment: interoperability, ease of use, flexibility, safety and environmental compliance, and cost/implementation. It provides two case studies of EAM improving efficiency at a manufacturer and water treatment facility. The presentation argues that a focused EAM solution can help mid-sized companies achieve productivity gains and expense reductions.

1. Ed Garibian
President
egaribian@erportalsoftware.com
Powerful Visibility. Superior Decisions.
Deploying
Asset Management
in Mid-Sized Facilities

2. Today’s Discussion
1. What is EAM, and what does it
do?
2. Deploying EAM: The 5 Critical
Success Factors
3. Case Studies / Success Stores
4. Review & Questions

3. EAM:
What Is It?
“The whole life optimal management
of the physical assets of an
organization to maximize their
value.”

4. EAM Software Basics:
What It Does
• Asset Tracking
• Work Order Management
• Preventive Maintenance
• Reporting & Analysis
• Cost of Ownership

5. Isn’t everyone doing this ?
• Large company EAM
systems don’t meet
mid-size requirements
• Low-cost CMMS’s don’t
have needed functionality

6. Mid-Market Defined
• Size and budget factors,
of course, but…..
• Solutions are often being
driven by folks in
operations

7. Why It Makes Sense
• Worldwide/Offshore Competition
• Margin Compression
• Budget Cuts
• Government Regulation

8. Today, Even Smaller Enterprises
Cannot Have Island Solutions
• Parts & Inventory Management
• Asset Management
• Work-Order Management
• Haz. Mat Tracking & Disposal
• Mobile technology
• Interoperability?

9. 5 Critical Success Factors
• Interoperability
• Ease of Use
• Flexibility
• Safety & Environmental
Compliance
• Cost & Implementation

10. Success Factor #1
Interoperability
• Integrate with ERP/Financials for
seamless data transfer
• Interconnect with factory/plant production
and/or HMI for real-time costs, conditions,
scheduling
• Simple, easy access, via multiple platforms
• Web-enabled architecture (XML)

11. Success Factor #2
Ease of Use
• Short learning curve
• User-friendly graphic interface
• User-defined functionality/data access
• User-selectable information display
• Mobile device accessibility

12. Success Factor #3
Flexibility
• Flexible asset attributes & data capture
• Customizable work order & data history
• Configurable asset lifetime efficiency
• Information presentation in formats
that support operations

13. Success Factor #4
Safety & Environmental Compliance
• Cradle-to-grave hazmat
tracking & disposal
• Safety-related
maintenance work orders

14. Success Factor #5
Cost & Implementation
• IT Infrastructure impact
• Start-up and implementation time/expense
• Total project cost
• Faster Deployment = Higher ROI
• Ease of use = use = Higher ROI

15. Case Study:
Savage Arms
• Small arms manufacturer
• 40% drop in consumables
• Dramatic tool crib efficiency
• Inventory cut 23%
• MRO expense reduced 20%

16. Case Study:
City of Bellingham
• Water Treatment Facility
• Looking for more
complete solution
• Customized Asset
Management to fit unique
needs
• Low implementation costs

17. It’s All About a Focused Solution
• From an operations/plant
perspective
• Contributes to LEAN
initiatives
• Scalable
• Reporting and visibility w/o a
PhD.

18. Summary
• Pick a EAM/CMMS built for mid-sized
companies
• 5 key factors for successful EAM
deployment
• Great opportunity for productivity
improvement & expense reduction

19. Questions?