Editorial

The October edition of EMS magazine is now available to read online in page turning digital format or PDF format. This edition contains articles on achieving best practice in condition monitoring and plant maintenance as well as the latest products, news and case studies.

The Eaubonne Montmorency Hospital Group needed a unified CMMS system to manage the activities of its various departments.In order to centralise the management of curative and preventive work, benefit from a database of equipment, generate indicators and reports and to improve stock management they chose COSWIN 7i, a fully web based CMMS solution.

Management for multiple sites and multiple departments

Simone Veil Hospital was formed when the Eaubonne and Montmorency sites merged. The challenge for this Hospital Group is to choose a maintenance tool that is both ‘multi-site’ capable and highly customisable.

Spidex Software has announced that Global Renewables, an innovative resource recovery specialist, has selected Spidex’s Mainsaver CMMS solution to manage engineering maintenance at its two newly-built state-of -the-art waste treatment facilities in Lancashire.

The new waste processing sites are the centrepiece of a 25-year, ฃ2bn PFI project which has the capacity to process up to 600,000 tonnes of household waste per year, reclaiming the maximum amount of recyclables and converting the remaining organic fraction into renewable energy and compost.

Medieval big castles require constant upkeep and attention to detail. Unlike Hogwart’s Castle in Harry Potter novels, plumbing systems are not magically repaired with the swish of a wand and complicated computerized central air and heating systems are amenities required by even the most steadfast historian or luddite.

Hence, when John Summers took the helm as head of support services at Leeds Castle, an English medieval castle in Kent dating back to the 12th century, he knew that effective facilities management would be a daunting, but necessary undertaking. While it withstood catapults and battering rams in the time of Edward the First, today’s threats are of a more mundane nature. Corrosion, erosion and contamination aren’t lethal but just as capable of shutting it down. The castle is currently used as a conference and tourist centre.

eMaint  understands that selecting a CMMS is just the first step in the process of effectively managing maintenance information. Developing a plan and timeline, configuring the CMMS to meet workflow procedures, and training users are the additional steps that will ultimately lead to a successful implementation of the system.

Simplisys and eMaints personalized approach to service, and dedication to providing exceptional support to its customers, results in high end user satisfaction. This is evident in eMaint’s annual subscription renewal rate for X3, which has averaged 92% over the past 7 years.

 

Alps Electric (Ireland) Limited has reported significant efficiency improvements in its engineering maintenance processes since the installation of Mainsaver CMMS from Spidex Software. Alps, which supplies automotive electronics to some of the biggest motor manufacturers in the world from its plant in Millstreet, Co. Cork, runs Mainsaver version 10.2 alongside the complementary web-based modules Spidex WMM and Spidex BI.

“Before we introduced Mainsaver, our day-to-day maintenance activities were generating large quantities of paperwork and the objective was to remove as much of that as possible,” says Maintenance Supervisor Michal Ostrykiewicz. “Our two biggest sources of paper were preventative maintenance job sheets and purchase requisitions, so that’s where we started.”

What

Astrium, a 100% subsidiary of the globally leading aerospace company EADS, specializes in cosmonautics and space-based services. In Europe, the company employs about 11,000 staff members.

The focus of the Ottobrunn division Astrium GmbH is among other things on satellite ground station antennae and large measuring systems for satellite antennae e.g. for telecommunication, earth observation, science and navigation.

The January 2009 edition of the EMS E-Newsletter is now available to read online. This edition contains a strong reference to Condition Monitoring equipment, CMMS, IR and more.

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