An effective systems integration strategy is at the heart of successful technological advancement and digital transformation, explains Mike Edwards, Group CEO at asset and maintenance management software specialist SSG Insight.
Challenge
The volume of data today’s maintenance teams are having to manage is growing rapidly and this poses the ever-increasing challenge of how to achieve effective data utilisation. This challenge is exacerbated when disparate systems do not talk to each other.
This problem is not uncommon, and many organisations have multiple systems that all work successfully for them, but do not communicate with each other. Common outcomes when systems are operating in silos is that information can often not be found, is being duplicated, or is not being utilised at all.
Solution
In order to move forward with technological advancement there needs to be a bridge between your CMMS and other business systems. This will enable a consistently accurate data flow and vital information exchange. In turn, this connectivity will help to create predictability from uncertainty and solve many of your maintenance headaches.
Effective systems integration such as this will help to increase the flow of maintenance information, reduce costs, and lead to increased production and enhanced operations. By selecting systems that will grow with you and by putting effective integration strategies in place, your business can move towards technological advancement knowing that your I.T. systems will advance with you.
Example
If we take SMART Factories as an example, with a CMMS at the hub of your systems integration, vital data exchange can take place between sensors, cameras, IoT devices, and other systems.
An example of this in action would be that sensor monitored temperature changes in one system can generate requests based on pre-defined triggers within your CMMS. These requests are then processed based on your chosen workflow and measured against defined KPI’s. The next action will see the request or work order auto deployed to a staff member with the relevant skills and certification, worked on and completed without any intervention. Added to this, alerts to procurement can be automated into the finance system, to notify any parts used and now required, facilitating ongoing management of your inventory.
This ability to consume data from sensors and IoT devices, and therefore detect anomalies, is vital to ongoing and efficient operations. The data becomes ever more powerful because it can travel between your CMMS and other systems via a seamless, single, data bridge. This consistent flow of communication allows you to harness the power of your data to drive further intelligent action and deliver quantifiable business outcomes.
Conclusion
The capability to quickly analyse real-time data, from multiple systems that might previously have run in silos, will enable true digital transformation, and in turn provide you with a limitless, smooth, and effective exchange of high-quality, consistent data.
Having established an integrated, seamless flow of data, you will have enabled your business to grow and incorporate future integrations as and when required. The integrated systems now enabled means you have all your information at your fingertips, facilitating informed and nimble decision making.
The pressures on businesses today mean that many of us are looking at digital transformation and technological advancement. Ensuring you optimise your interconnected assets and people both locally and globally will be a key part of this journey.
Discover connected assets, workflow, and maintenance today and allow your business to take advantage of high-speed integration coupled with accurate data flow across business systems, that together will deliver quantifiable business outcomes.
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