Asset management in energy facilities directly affects a facility’s performance, reliability and financial sustainability. The ability of the equipment to work continuously, minimizing the time unexpected failures take to be fixed, and the optimization of maintenance processes decrease the company’s costs and guarantee continuity in production. bEAM Cloud establishes a new standard in this area. It combines asset management and CMMS functions to make maximum uptime in energy facilities an attainable goal.
The Importance of Asset Management
Corporate asset management includes the planning, monitoring and optimization of all the physical assets (generators, substations, piping, control infrastructures etc.) an organization has from the beginning of their lifecycle to the end. This approach also involves financial aspects such as depreciation of investment costs, maintenance expenses and the protection of the assets’ economic value in the frame of corporate asset finance.
Every minute of equipment failure in energy facilities means production loss and if it continues without maintenance or prevention methods it brings up a gigantic cost. At this point, asset marketing corporations offer strategies to maximize the value of assets and increase their marketability and usability. However, the most critical components within a facility are maintenance planning, monitoring before failure and systematic entry of maintenance data. That is where bEAM Cloud comes in.
What is bEAM Cloud? Features and Advantages
bEAM Cloud is an enterprise asset management (EAM) system developed by Bimser. It primarily supports the following functions:
- Inventory management and location tracking of assets (monitoring via location, QR/barcode).
- Maintenance and repair processes: preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, management of emergency and regular maintenance requests.
- Stock and material management: spare parts stock, material transfer, entry and exit processes.
- Personnel management, shift planning of maintenance team, work order management and mobile support (for example, field teams being able to use their mobile devices to access maintenance instructions).
- Analytical reporting: KPIs like Asset life analysis, maintenance costs, the frequency of failures, MTTR (mean time to repair), MTTF (Mean Time To Failure).
With these features, bEAM Cloud provides the necessary visibility, control and proactive approach to reach the “maximum uptime” goal in energy facilities.
Differences between CMMS and bEAM Cloud
CMMS systems mainly focus on maintenance processes such as organization of maintenance operations, tracking of work orders, planning routine maintenance and stock management.
On the other hand bEAM Cloud includes CMMS function and also offers a wide frame including the financial, operational and strategic management of assets. Thus:
- Maintenance costs are not treated solely on a repair basis, but through an asset lifecycle perspective.
- Asset depreciation, renewal and changing decisions are better taken with corporate and asset finance processes.
- In terms of asset marketing, facilities’ value and reliability increase. It also offers a transparent look to potential investors and audit processes.
Uptime Increase Strategies in Energy Facilities
Some of the strategies that can be applied via bEAM Cloud ‘s infrastructure include:
Proactive and Predictive Maintenance
Potential issues are detected before failures happen through data coming from sensors and the tracking system. This significantly reduces unplanned stops. bEAM Cloud’s maintenance module creates and prioritizes these types of maintenance plans.
Classification and Prioritization of Critical Assets
In every energy facility, failure of certain assets (for example, main substations, generators, critical control units) can affect the entire facility. These assets are marked as critical in bEAM Cloud and prioritized in terms of maintenance resources and precautions.
Stock Management and Spare Parts Preparation
The absence of spare parts increases the stop time. The number of critical spare parts and supply chain processes are managed carefully with bEAM Cloud’s stock module and companies can be as prepared as possible with minimum stock costs.
Improvement of Work Order and Intervention Processes
The time passed between a failure notification and its resolution decreases. bEAM Cloud system quickly directs work orders with mobile support and allows for faster diagnosis and intervention by supporting work orders with past info.
Financial Analysis and Risk Management
The total cost of ownership of assets is analyzed through corporate asset management and asset finance. Decisions such as whether to renew an asset or choose which one to spend more time on in terms of maintenance are made.
Applying Uptime Strategies to Energy Facilities with bEAM Cloud
Uptime, reliability and cost control are connected for energy facilities’ operators. Integrated solutions such as bEAM Cloud, can help companies adopt precaution before failure and continuous improvement approaches instead of interfering after failure. Here’s how you can optimize bEAM Cloud to get the best results:
- Create a comprehensive and accurate asset inventory. Make sure you know which equipment you have, where they are and their maintenance history before you transition to bEAM Cloud.
- Choose and prioritize critical equipment. Determine the biggest risks of the facility.
- Integrate sensor and monitoring systems. You need data to have predictive maintenance.
- Invest in personnel training. The correct usage of the system affects uptime.
- Regularly monitor and report performance indicators (for example, failure time, MTTR, MTTF, maintenance cost/product revenue ratio).
To get maximum uptime and productivity in your energy facilities, request a demo now and try bEAM Cloud!
