Ensuring Successful CMMS Adoption — Critical Factors
In 2008, an Atlanta-based company with a network of North American paper mills began searching for an enterprise-wide computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
Change Management Best Practices — Avoiding Friction and Realizing a Strong ROI
Before embarking on a major transformation initiative, business leaders must lay the foundation for a successful transition through proper change management.
Purchasing in the Pulp and Paper Industry: Creating Predictability Where None Exists
Profit margins for forest products industry firms are volatile, at best, due to raw materials availability and pricing, competitive pressures and market forces. PCA helped one paper mill gain a measure of predictability — and save $1 million per year — by moving to best practices machine parts purchasing.
Is Your CMMS Working as Hard for You as It Could? The Unfortunate Answer Is “Probably Not!”
Computerized Maintenance Management Systems, or CMMS, are designed to streamline maintenance and extend the life of equipment. For many facilities, however CMMS never achieve management’s stated goals. Vast sums of money is spent on these advanced information processing and analytics platforms (also known as Preventive Maintenance Systems or Preventive Maintenance Software), only to have them be underutilized and even ignored or abandoned.