Computerized Maintenance

Management System Assess-

ment (CMMS Assessment)
Improve overall maintenance strategy and increase
equipment reliability

Our solution Your benefit

A CMMS is considered a criti-
cal component of any Opera-
Our CMMS Assessment is a Technical Con- CMMS Assessment analyses and evaluates
tion and Maintenance project sultancy product and its goal is to review the performance of your maintenance man-
and forms a central part of your maintenance strategies and work flows agement.
the overall information sys- using worldwide Siemens O&M experience.
Our analysis of your CMMS can help you de-
tem. The main objective of
Our target is to understand your CMMS termine out how to:
maintenance is ensuring the
and propose recommendations in order
safety, availability, reliability • Optimize Enhance processes and stream-
to reduce system complexibility, increase
and operability of a plant as line workflows
transparency and flexibility. A complex
efficiently as possible. A well
structured and properly im-
CMMS that is not adaptable to changing • Reduce data management issues
plemented CMMS is strategic requirements will end being side-stepped
• Enhance the interaction with operation,
to achieve these objectives. or bypassed. CMMS should be understood
HSE, accounting and invoicing
and used at every level in the organization,
CMMS facilitates the con- therefore it is important to be simple and • Reduce planning effort
trolled flow of the latest
easy to use.
information across different • Reduce duplication of work
levels. This helps to efficient- From our global O&M experience, a suitable
In addition to the typical functionalities, we
ly carry out the work process- CMMS system has to excel on each of the
will also look for other functionalities that
es and tasks in power plants. following aspects:
It also enables continuous
should work in a smooth interaction with
improvement of the quality
• Functionality (good interaction between the CMMS (see table 1). Our objective is to
and safety of the work with product features) provide practical recommendations in order
regular reviews of mainte- to make an easy and reliable work between
• Ergonomic (easy usability)
nance strategies and opti- the departments where those functionalities
mized work flows. • Flexibility (flexible for users to handle belong.
special situations)
Each facility has its own pro- The evaluation will be captured in a confi-
cess of maintenance man- • Adaptability (able to easily handle modifi- dential report, which contains recommend-
agement. The use of manual cations to adapt to changing project ed actions in order to help you enhance
or complex methods of main- conditions) your performance and profitability.
tenance management may
lead to decentralized, partly • Maintainability (easy for administrators to
redundant data storage and maintain the system).
requires a great deal of data Therefore these aspects are considered as
management with relatively
keys drivers in our CMMS Assessment.
little value to the users.

A well structured and prop-

erly implemented CMMS is
strategic to achieve the main
objectives of maintenance.

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Example CMMS areas of evaluation

Pre-evaluation On-site exe- Evaluation

phase cution phase phase Shift Log
Preparation and pre- Management
Interviews Evalu- Conclusion Project and Outage Maintenance Strategy
analysis of premiliary
and analysis ation and report Management and Execution
information
Dashboards
and KPIs
1 week 2 days minimum 1 week Plant Data
Procurement
Management

• Power plant specific

TIMELINE
• Interviews with • Preparation of Shift Log
Purchase / Material
Requisition
Management Accounting and
preperation employees in relevant presentation Management Invoicing
• Evaluation of premiliary departments • Preparation of Occupational and
information (CMS • Access to relevant improvement areas Operational Safety
data, procedures) systems and documents

ACTIONS
Table 1: CMMS functionalities

Areas of evaluation Details

Plant Data Management Plant data structure
Accessibility of documents
Dashboard and KPIs System audits and data analysis

FUNCTIONALITIES
Maintenance Strategy and Execution Maintenance measures
Fault / failure behavior

TYPICAL
Maintenance cost analysis
Inventory Management Strategic and spare parts
Consumables / tooling management
Procurement – Requisition / purchase workflow
Purchase / Material Requisition Management Interface with mintenance strategy
Project and Outage Management Major / minor maintenance planification
Schedules and cost information

FUNCTIONALITIES
Shift Log Management Shift planning flexibility
Critical shift events

ADDITIONAL
Acknowledgement and execution of activities
Occupational and Operational Safety Maintenance safety
Accident risk analysis
Accounting / Invoicing Interface between CMMS and accounting /
Invoicing tool
Workflow interactions

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tains general descriptions and /or performance features which may not always spe-
cifically reflect those described, or which may undergo modification in the course of
further development of the products. The requested performance features are bind-
ing only when they are expressly agreed upon in the concluded contract.