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Being long-time fixtures in many industries, computerized maintenance management system has taken control over asset maintenance costs and improves asset performance in market place. However, a recent study says that unregulated industries with 57% of the respondents indicating that their CMMS or EAM implementations failed to meet their ROI expectations. To courtesy, we have come up with a few tips to avoid such an unpleasant situation. Let’s have a look at them all. Tip 1: Have A Vision And Set Reasonable Goals The first tip is a bit obvious in theory while difficult in practice. Through a modest and reasonable goals and targets you might kick-start the business but as the costs of implementation exceed original expectations you require more extravagant targets to justify the expense. If the goal is to implement a Preventive Maintenance Software from level zero, you can expect for a higher ROI compared to goals centered on the improvement of an existing maintenance process. But if on pressure, mind to consider other ways the software can provide ROI to avoid having to resort to goal inflation. Tip 2: Choose The Right Software Package You might have heard this many times but that’s how it works. Market has got a broad selection of Web Based CMMS software applications ranging from low-cost applications to expensive programs with nearly all the maintenance functionality the asset-intensive industries would want. It may be wise to appoint a well-disciplined individual to the selection team just to ensure that features and functionality being sold are legitimate and tie back to a realistic goal. Tip 3: Involve Users In Selection Process It is critical to include end users of the software in the selection process. While many stubbornly resist this tip, I would still suggest an end user representative will increase buy-in and improve usage after implementation. If only they can add valuable tactical advice on how to achieve the strategic objectives and how well each particular CMMS software package would facilitate those efforts, what more efforts do you need to put? Tip 4: Map Your Processes Into The Software Nailing down and formalizing processes is a critical step as part of implementation. To understand the changes, understand what all approvals are required before a work request is released and work begins; the information required at each stage of work; signatures and signoffs required at each stage; the needs to be notified when the work progresses to a different stage and to whom? They will naturally be different answers to these questions based on the type of asset and type of work being done.
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