Companies are realizing that it’s no longer enough just to monitor assets. The time has come to proactively detect problems and drive corrective actions, as well as factor energy into maintenance plans, in order to stay competitive and grow. But how does an enterprise asset management (EAM) solution actually work
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Driven by the desire to improve its energy efficiency and condition monitoring, a wastewater reclamation authority embarked on a project to integrate its supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and enterprise asset management (EAM) applications to enable that objective. Read the full Plant Services article now in this installment of
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Great turnout for the first day at the National Facility Management and Technology Expo (NFMT) Conference. I reunited with colleagues and saw a lot of familiar faces.If you’ve ever attended maintenance shows or joined maintenance organizations, you’ll recognize one person from SkillTV.net: Joel Leonard.I always enjoy hearing him share his
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Watching the news about the recent storms in the Midwest and Northeast got me thinking about the impact weather has on our lives and our surroundings.We all know that preparing for weather events is critical, but many times you just want to get through the event, not optimally sustain your
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Did you know that leading manufacturers are pumping up their profits by monitoring how their assets are using energy? A new business model is evolving to take advantage of unprecedented opportunities to reduce energy consumption, which is the biggest business cost, especially for manufacturers.You can read about how companies are
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Guest post by Brian Sas, Vice President Professional Services, Infor EAM Many biopharmaceutical manufacturers are beginning to realize the importance of improving overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) to maximize the ROI of their asset investments, as well as improving productivity and reducing costs and energy usage.BioMarin, a developer of commercialized innovative
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I hear the word “sustainability” every day and am reminded that the world we live in is constantly changing. The discussions around sustainability inevitably shift to topics like global warming, carbon emissions, carbon equivalents, demand reduction, recyclables, and renewable energy. What do I do about sustainability? How long will it
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I recycle regularly and turn off lights when I leave a room. In my home, I’ve even installed an energy-efficient tankless water heater to save energy and help save the environment. But going green has taken on new meaning over the past couple of years during the deepest recession since
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