Accurate and reliable equipment and maintenance Bill of Materials (BoMs) are crucial for assuring the correct equipment, with the correct specifications are procured in a timely and cost effective manner. A highly functional BoM will include a comprehensive list of materials, components and instructions required to build, replace or maintain a piece of equipment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When BoM data is incomplete, outdated or incorrect, this can incur costly issues that could very easily be avoided. Focusing on enriching and verifying your BoM data is proven to unlock significant efficiency gains across the entire operations of a plant, and should be one of the first steps that plant operators should consider when looking for opportunities to improve performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this blog, we share advice on how to recognise indicators that could signify the need to improve your BoMs, the benefits of doing this, and a proven, step-by-step process to follow for developing and enriching your BoM data for optimal return on investment (ROI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell maintained BoMs should provide a source of truth for multiple teams across the business, and provide a reliable list of spares required to effectively maintain and operate equipment throughout its lifecycle. They are ultimately the foundation for smooth, efficient operations, with significant benefits felt across inventory, maintenance and procurement teams.
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\u201cA BoM development and enrichment project is a timely and resource heavy initiative to run internally. For plant operators who want to unlock the benefits associated with accurate and reliable BoM data, but don’t have the resources internally to do this, outsourcing this work to a team of specialists is a highly efficient option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn addition to shifting the burden of the work to an external specialist, this tactic can also bring additional benefits relating to cost, turnaround time and quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt ABL, our clients benefit from gaining access to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom our experience of delivering hundreds of thousands of BoMs, we have developed highly effective, efficient and collaborative processes to deliver these 5 key stages<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To streamline and enhance the process of BoM development, we use our custom-built CMMS data build and update software Effio\u2122. Capable of replicating our clients\u2019 CMMS environment, this is a user-friendly, collaborative and accessible platform that is ideal for BoM development and enrichment projects. A few key benefits include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
The first step is to validate your equipment and identify the BoMs required for your plant, not every piece of equipment will need a BoM, and it is important to prioritise the optimisation or creation of these based on risk and how important that piece of equipment is to the plants safety and production.
For companies who have a limited budget available, i would always recommending prioritising production critical equipment first. It is also important to note that this exercise is only as good as the data you have available, and to do this effectively, you must have an accurate asset register, well populated nameplate data and accurate criticality rankings. and we would do this by using your tag register or document repository.
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We would then have a clear list of BoMs required, and whether these need to be improved or created from scratch. During this stage, we would:
– Liaise directly with the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) through our established gateways to validate the data or identify obsolescence
– Identify the recommended spare parts
– Input or update the information through our tried and tested procedures
– Provide further recommendations to consider for enhancing your inventory management strategy
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We then go through our established quality assurance process where our senior materials engineers will carry out 100% QA of all BoMs prior to delivery to client.
Once our internal QA has been done, the data will be available for client QA and approval. During this phase of the project, we will provide our clients with unique user logins to our BoM data build software, Effio\u2122 to review the data or raise any queries or further requests until all BoMs are approved for use.
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Once the BoMs are approved, we would export the raw data and push this through a standardisation and cleansing process. This task will provide an enhanced level of information and detail to the BoMs, and ensures terminology is standardised across the business to set you up for future successes.
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Once this process is complete, we would export the BoMs into CMMS load sheets using our Effio\u2122 software. The load sheets would be issued to the client for upload into their live computerised maintenance management system (CMMS).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\nHow we can help<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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