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Asset Management

Manage and Maximize Facility Assets

Today, you're expected to do more with less. To help meet your key performance indicators and profitability goals, a proven game plan is key.

As a manufacturer, you require flexible, scalable asset management solutions for the entire plant floor. We use a four-step process to create a customized asset management strategy that will help you avoid downtime, ease staffing burdens and get back online quickly with minimal impact on production.

Rockwell Automation offers holistic, scalable asset optimization solutions tailored to your specific needs. From individual, vendor-agnostic product repairs to comprehensive storeroom, spare parts, and repair management solutions, the Rockwell Automation asset management portfolio helps enhance the performance of your entire production environment.

We partner with you to help you understand and prioritize your issues. Our strategic maintenance consultative approach enables data-driven decisions, and the implementation of solutions that extend the lifecycle of your assets.

Evaluate

Step 1: Evaluate — The first step in cost reduction is an assessment of your current processes for MRO inventory management and maintenance needs. It is also vital to assess your installed base of automation equipment and spares inventory.
Design

Step 2: Design — Identify process efficiencies and areas to improve inventory and production issues, which may include:

  • Storeroom management redesign
  • MRO process management redesign
  • Reporting and dashboard creation
  • Inventory rationalization and reduction
  • Equipment migration prioritization
  • Preventive maintenance prioritization
Implement

Step 3: Implement — Implement ROI-driven processes that will improve productivity, lower costs and enable financial predictability.
Measure & Optimize

Step 4: Measure & Optimize — Use measurementand dashboard reporting tools to drive continuous improvement, helping you meet business goals such as improved regulatory compliance, faster time to market and reduced production costs.

Four-Step ProcessOur goal as your reliability solution partner is to help you reduce your MRO parts spend by as much as 25 percent while improving plant profitability and uptime. Our RAAMP program alone has documented over $20 million in combined annual cost savings for customers. Following are a few examples of what our asset management solutions can help deliver:

"We realized an inventory reduction valued at $1.9 million as a result of a storeroom assessment. Our company has increased inventory accuracy from 68 percent to 98.6 percent, helping improve on-time delivery and reducing downtime."
- A Leading Heavy Equipment Manufacturer

"A Parts Management Agreement ensures normal operation of equipment across our facilities, reduces the risk of widespread production stoppage, and helps us save significantly on equipment and maintenance expenses."
- Kumho Tires, Changchun, China Plant

"We've sharpened our focus on reliability-centered maintenance, and have increased uptime from 75 percent to 85 percent, while reducing repair turnaround time by 40 percent."
– A Leading U.S. Diesel Engine Manufacturer