Editorial

Does your maintenance tend to be very reactive? Do you know what you would like to do but unexpected breakdowns and problems get in the way?

Faced with this situation many people reach for a computer maintenance management system (CMMS) in the hope that this will bring some structure to each week

Ginsters, the household-name manufacturer of savoury pastries, has selected Mainsaver from Spidex Software to manage engineering maintenance at its plant at Callington, Cornwall. The first phase of the implementation will also include an interface between Mainsaver and Ginsters

The Kerrygold Company Ltd has selected Mainsaver to manage engineering maintenance at its new

Agility, the market-leading easy-to-use CMMS application from SoftSols, has just broken into the booming Chinese marketplace. The Chinese economy is booming, and more and more Western companies are setting up manufacturing operations there.

One major player is Bookham Technology, a world leader in optical communications. The company

By introducing change management and version control software for all industrial programmable devices in its Wakefield manufacturing plant, soft drinks giant Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE) has minimised production downtime, therefore avoiding costly delays and disrupting delivery schedules.

The Wakefield manufacturing plant was built in 1989 as a manufacturing and distribution centre for CCE in the North of England. The plant is the largest soft drinks factory in Europe, covering an area of 41 acres and has 72,000 square metres under of buildings.

Major investment in new plant will practically double output at the Simpson

After implementing an EAM or CMMS1 system, many companies are disappointed to discover that the system provides hardly any useful management information. However, if you ask the same companies what information or performance indicators they exactly need to fulfil and track their maintenance strategy, many of them cannot provide a clear answer.

If you are unclear of your destination, don

Talking to Joel Leonard, the

Pirana sets fresh benchmarks for performance and ease of use at a new industry-low price-point. The cost of ownership has been pared down and its stunning simplicity ensures instant access to a powerhouse of essential features - the combination guarantees rapid success in any size of company.

Compact, nimble and powerful, Pirana was born out of the wish-lists of maintenance practitioners. Only the features they rate as vital are included, making Pirana supremely light and affordable. Pirana is easy and intuitive; nothing gets in the way of users accessing its phenomenal ability to store, organise, search and report essential maintenance data.

Pirana dove-tails exactly with critical real-world maintenance priorities: taking control, keeping good order and guaranteeing compliance.

FARNBOROUGH, UK