Gestión de operaciones de activos | Datos accesibles desde cualquier lugar

For many organizations, completely accessible data would be a dream come true – just ask any reliability, operations, or maintenance employee. Team members often struggle to access necessary data or are forced to make decisions based on inaccurate information. 

Businesses frequently implement technological solutions, but sometimes without a common place to store data. Without comprehensive data collection and integration, employees are unable to maximize the potential of these solutions. As a result, technologies are used inefficiently and that means wasted time, money, and other resources.

Data inaccessibility often impacts employees on a very personal level. Without the tools, technology, and information they need, team members are simply unable to give their best. Failures on the part of the data storage system could end up affecting workers’ performance ratings by increasing asset downtime and causing uninformed decisions. 

Today, we’re focusing on the benefits of data accessibility for operations, reliability, and maintenance and how it impacts decision-making, team morale, and the future of your business. 

What Available Information Looks Like

When data is accessible, your organization will release siloed data, making it available to anyone in the organization who needs it. Duplicate records will be integrated and cleaned up, and key data points will surface for employees in real-time, at the moment, and in the situation where it’s most valuable.

What this means for companies is maintenance records, asset purchase price, inventory, labor hours, and fuel costs all end up in the same place. Any team member, technician, or boss who needs any of that information can access it immediately without requesting permission or wondering if the data is current or accurate.

How to Improve Data Accessibility

In many facilities, inefficiencies are caused by desktop-based platforms. Data can only be recorded or obtained at set locations, which results in delayed, forgotten, or incomplete information. For maintenance, reliability, and operations professionals who are not sitting at a desk all day, these software solutions create an entire level of paperwork or data entry on a regular basis. Since this data needs to be entered at the end of the day or the next day, much can be lost in the interim.

The answer is to make data accessible through a user-friendly interface that’s mobile and accessible at all times. By implementing Asset Operations Management (AOM), businesses can achieve improved data accessibility and bring data quality and availability to a whole new level. Technicians can not only access checklists, manuals, and asset history before a job, but can clearly record maintenance completed, red flags, or questions at the point of the repair or work. Parts can be ordered, specialists can be tagged, and photos can be taken as the technician is working, resulting in more complete and accurate data collection.

Companies can only start to improve data accessibility once an AOM solution is in place. Businesses are then able to improve communication, efficiency, and decision-making. By investing in a software that actually helps teams do their jobs, organizations can begin to truly support and value team members by giving them the tools they need to be as productive as possible each day.

Effects of Available Information on Businesses

With this type of information access, teams would have the ability to take a holistic view of both individual assets and company business goals. Team members would understand what impact certain decisions, investments, and repairs have on the business as a whole. 

Accessible data can completely transform the way companies see decisions. Instead of making subjective decisions based on incomplete data, instinct, or peer pressure, employees would make knowledgeable choices based on proof. Thoroughly considered decisions have the proof to back them while poor or hasty suggestions can be countered with actual data. 

Additionally, in the future, team members would be able to see exactly how their decisions influence the company’s trajectory. All employees would work with the business’ mission and focus in mind, knowing that the choices they make today will influence what the company becomes in years down the road. 

Data Visibility Influences Maintenance, Reliability, and Operations

The objective of an AOM solution is to manage daily maintenance, optimize assets, and provide insights into performance data. A single, user-friendly tool helps achieve this goal among maintenance, reliability, and operations teams. 

AOM enhances and optimizes performance by providing comprehensive data to every team member. By collecting accurate information into one single place, it brings together and adds value to a company’s existing technologies, making them more effective and usable. 

After implementation is complete, AOM reduces operations downtime through regular preventive maintenance. It helps with maintenance management by foreseeing replacement part needs and notifying team members when necessary. 

Impacts Beyond Your Company

In the day-to-day of production, it can be difficult to see the difference it’s making in the world both for employers and employees. Jobs can seem repetitive and meaningless, and there may be little motivation to do a good job on tasks. 

AOM improves processes and gives employees the tools they need to do a great job. At the same time, it makes them feel valued and gives them the motivation they need to put their best into everyday tasks.

We Wrote the Book on Asset Operations Management!

Big news! In 2021, we brought maintenance, reliability, and operations together in a new approach called Asset Operations Management. Now, we've written the book on Asset Operations Management and why it's critical for the future of our industry.

Want a glimpse into the future of maintenance, reliability, and operations? For more information, and to purchase a copy of the book, please visit www.upkeep.com/asset-operations-book!