CASE STUDY: ASSET MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

S E R V I C E O F F E R I N G : C M M S T R A N S I T I O N A N D O P T I M I Z AT I O N

John Crane Asset Management Solutions Enable

Successful Computerized Maintenance Management
System (CMMS) Transition for UK Chemical Company

HI G HLI G HT S
BAC KG R O UND • T
 he customer could not transition
Industry: Chemical from their legacy CMMS due to
Location: United Kingdom outdated data, poor implementation
and data migration by the original
End Product: Specialty chemicals equipment manufacturer (OEM),
and materials increasing the risk of noncompliance
and elevated maintenance costs
• U
 sing John Crane’s experience and
proprietary software, the Asset
Management team recommended the
required actions, undertaking a gap
analysis against the requirements
needed to transition to the new CMMS
• Ongoing support was provided to the
CU S TO ME R N E E D customer, creating new business
processes from data found and
• Controlling production costs, including maintenance, asset management
analysis undertaken on how to
and operating costs, is vital to maintaining a healthy bottom line. The
manage the new system
customer’s current CMMS system was unsupported and many versions
were out of date. This exposed the customer to many software issues
that could arise, putting them at risk of decreased production and
noncompliance of regulatory standards
Using John Crane
• T
 he current CMMS did not meet the required standards needed to meet
Asset Management’s
UK legal requirements to demonstrate assets are adequately maintained experience with data,
• D
 ue to the outdated nature of the current CMMS, when the customer engineering and
upgraded to a new system, they experienced issues that led to poor project management,
implementation and data migration, which provided them with no
return on investment. They were unable to use the new system and the team could
were still exposed uniquely analyze,
• T
 ransitioning to a new supported CMMS would provide additional scope, plan and price
functionality and enable improved work practices, reducing
maintenance costs and decreasing the risk of noncompliance
the solution that
was needed.

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CASE STUDY: ASSET MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

APPL I CAT I ON ( C MM S )
• The cost of unplanned maintenance significantly impacts operation and
production targets
• W
 ith a global increase in demand for energy, fuels and chemicals process UNPLANNED
industry businesses need to effectively maintain their assets to ensure maintenance activity
consistent reliability and to meet challenging production targets
• An increasing number of safety and environmental asset regulations — VS —
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challenging production targets, as well as profitability goals, calls for
PLANNED
companies to implement a robust and effective CMMS as the risk of
noncompliance could potentially result in costly plant shutdown maintenance activity
utilizing a CMMS
• F
 urthermore, an effective CMMS enables informed decision making
functionality and
by using a single data source as the baseline for maintenance practices.
data set
This allows for improved manpower levels and structured maintenance
procedures to be put in place, to ensure critical assets receive the
maintenance they require
• O
 n average, an unplanned maintenance activity takes eight times RE S ULT S
longer than a planned maintenance activity using a CMMS functionality
and data set, resulting in significant time savings for the customer • The data findings and gap analysis
allowed the transition plan to be put
S O LUT I ON in place and make way for a successful
transition to the new CMMS
• The John Crane Asset Management team consulted with the customer to
undertake a high-level review of their data and practices • By implementing the additional
maintenance strategies and
• The data showed that there was no asset hierarchy and structure in place,
Preventative Maintenance Routines
meaning safety-critical assets were at risk of not receiving correct and
(PMRs), the customer will significantly
preventive maintenance for improved performance
reduce their exposure to equipment
• Thousands of assets in the plant were missing in the CMMS, highlighting failure and lost production
a need to create thousands more preventative maintenance routines
• I mplementation of John Crane
• Using John Crane Asset Management’s experience with data, engineering Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM)
and project management, the John Crane team could uniquely analyze, strategies and services will result in
scope, plan and price the solution that was needed less intrusive and more proactive
• The John Crane team is currently working to improve the data taken from maintenance, supporting improved
the old system to complete a successful transition to the new CMMS. They equipment reliability and availability
will implement new business processes to manage the new CMMS and will
review customer philosophies, strategies and methodologies

Engineering + Data + Delivery = Effective

John Crane’s depth INTERFACE RMS and
and breadth of applied proprietary CMMS software.
engineering expertise John Crane developed the
and reliability services framework for a corporate-
help plants of all types wide data model, ensuring
increase uptime and data integrity to facilitate
reduce emissions. better business decisions
moving forward.
Solution
With 200+ sales John Crane streamlines
and service centers proactive maintenance
worldwide, the John programs, reduces
Crane global service inventory carrying
network keeps our costs, maximizes asset
customers up and performance and
running with rapid dramatically decreases
response and service costs.
timely delivery.

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