Saturday, March 21, 2015

How EAM Evolved from CMMS ?

EAM Definition :
Enterprise – Spanning across Multiple organization, Multiple departments

Assets – Any Equipment or Facility that plays a vital role in core business of the organization

Management – Involves utilization of assets and improving returns on investment
CMMS – Computerized Maintenance Management System
CMMS was the buzzword of maintenance industry in 1980s
CMMS was a computerized version of the Manual Maintenance Management System
CMMS supported a single facility or a plant
CMMS evolved into EAM
To support an entire enterprise using one Maintenance System
An MNC with 10 plants will support one EAM system rather than 10 different CMMS system
Share data across multiple facilities or plants of an enterprise
Web based solution
To integrate with Financial and other ERP Solutions.

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