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Most people that are new to the asset management scene want to know the difference between enterprise asset management (EAM) and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS). As they realize that the two are very much alike but that EAM has a broader, more comprehensive scope than CMMS, buyers then become curious of how effective EAM is as a solution and the reasons for buying it. “The most important reason is to improve the productivity of the asset,” begins Clarence Wong, CEO of TOMMS SYSTEMS SDN BHD (TOMMS).
Wong exemplifies on the asset management aspect with companies that have multiple facilities across one region, or state, where they either subcontract their maintenance services out to other contractors or run with decentralized resources. To enhance efficiency and get the most productivity out of employees and assets, Malaysia-based TOMMS unifies all services in one single EAM platform called the Total Maintenance Management Enterprise Solution Suite (TOMMS) that allows their clients to share resources across multiple facilities, also allowing further mobility.
The second benefit that TOMMS’ EAM solution delivers is reliability. In any facility or plant, there are a great number of assets that are very expensive, such as the gantry crane which has to have an incredibly high uptime because it directly affects productivity. To avoid equipment failures and boost their utilization rate, TOMMS does failure predictions ahead of time to ascertain where and when maintenance can be done to reduce emergency breakdowns and allay any reliability concerns.
The most important reason is to improve the productivity of the asset