One of the first steps to optimize your assets is a thorough analysis of your critical plant assets and their condition through an evaluation of your installed base of production equipment and spares inventory. An Installed Base Evaluation (IBE) is a site-delivered service that provides actionable intelligence to help you make data-driven decisions regarding the support and obsolescence management of your installed base assets, including both Rockwell Automation and non-Rockwell Automation products.
With an IBE you can:
- Identify the product lifecycle status via plant hierarchy
- Identify legacy obsolescence risks
- Identify excess/shortage of spare parts
- Include mechanical and other OEM electronics
- Identify migration/conversion priorities
- Baseline a Strategic Maintenance Program
On-site collection of data is
- gathered by a Rockwell Automation Field Service Professional;
- processed and analyzed off-site to determine plant lifecycle risks and overall MRO inventory status; and
- delivered to you with reporting, analysis and recommendations for remediation and next steps.
Your final analysis provides:
- Detailed inventory reports by plant, location, department, line, panel and catalog number
- Corresponding Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) data
- Identification of critical spares, including excess, insufficient and obsolete spares
- Spares inventory handling and storage recommendations
- Summary of your current cost of carrying inventory
- Recommended replacements for obsolete Rockwell Automation equipment
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