Plant & Works Engineering August/September 2023

Focus on: CMMS Maintenance Matters Name: Company Name: Address: Post Code: Tel: Total Number of Copies @ £ p+p Total £ Drives S & S Hyd H/B Pne H/B Ind Mot Comp H/B H/B Air QUANTITY QUANTITY Hydraulics & Pneumatics There are now 6 of these handy reference books from the publishers of the Drives & Controls and Hydraulics & Pneumatics magazines. Published in an easily readable style and designed to help answer basic questions and everyday problems without the need to refer to weighty textbooks. We believe you’ll find them invaluable items to have within arms reach. From the publishers of QUANTITY QUANTITY QUANTITY 2-5 copies £4.30, 6-20 copies £4.10, 20+ copies £3.75. QUANTITY PRACTICAL ENGINEER’S HANDBOOKS HYDRAULICS INDUSTRIAL MOTORS SERVOS AND STEPPERS PNEUMATICS COMPRESSED AIR INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC DRIVES PLEASE ALLOW UPTO 28 DAYS FOR DELIVERY $&! -!.5&!#452).' -%$)! ,4$ 4HE (IGH 3TREET 4ONBRIDGE +ENT 4. "% Postage and Packaging: 1-3 copies: £2.99 4-6 copies: £4.99 7 or more copies: £6.99 If you would like to obtain additional copies of the handbooks, please email info@dfamedia.co.uk or call us on 01732 370340. Alternatively you can return the completed form below to: Engineers Handbook, DFA MANUFACTURING MEDIA LTD, 192 The High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BE #HEQUES SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO $&! -ANUFACTURING -EDIA ,TD AND CROSSED ! # 0AYEE #OPIES OF THE HANDBOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT a PER COPY $ISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR MULTIPLE COPIES (completion, open, etc.), to Labour Utilisation, Priority Codes, Shift Logs, Checklists, and more. The way Agility has pulled all this information together for us and centralised it is now vital to our business and makes life so much easier when it comes to reporting.” He continues to highlight that to simplify its maintenance procedures, the company embraced Agility’s checklists for all Preventative Planned Maintenance tasks, while introducing mobile phones empowered its teams to access crucial information on the go, significantly helping real-time job completions with comments and photographs. Admin tasks were also no longer an issue, with realistic timescales as to how quickly jobs are being completed. Ben Henda adds that the company’s drive for continuous improvement led it to integrate a Criticality Factor based on the Failure Mode, Effects, and Critical Analysis (FMECA) matrix, following PIP+ guidance. Additionally, the company harnessed QR codes using Functional LOCation (FLOC) numbers and seamlessly integrated Meerkat Continuous Monitoring sensors through a custom API, elevating the capabilities of the system to meet its unique demands. For Ben Henda, Agility’s greatest asset lies in its pivotal role as a unified data repository, offering unparalleled visibility through comprehensive reports, including maintenance time control, job completion by job type, outstanding work orders by priority and by overdue timescale, jobs raised, jobs by craft, and of course maintenance against the company’s KPIs. He highlights that “it’s all there in visual dashboards that I can easily share with others so that we can all understand what’s going on.” Ben Henda commented that throughout this transformative journey, the support of the SSG Insight team was instrumental. The culture of innovation and constant exploration of new technologies resonated deeply with the company: “Their regular visits to our operations, witnessing Agility in action and understanding our unique methodologies, showcased a true partnership focused on maximising our software utilisation and adapting it to our future needs.” Notably, he explained that the responsiveness of the support team offering timely assistance whenever required. Sharing support responses across teams further promoted a unified and informed approach to challenges. He continued that its relationship with the SSG Insight team is really strong: “We work closely with our account manager, but we also know the team in product, support, the tech consultants, and many others, as well.” In addition to the support, Ben Henda said that his company has found tremendous value in the training and monthly webinars offered by SSG Insight. These resources have illuminated various aspects of the software, enriching it use and fostering a strong sense of teamwork across different sites. Ali Ben Henda concluded by stating that as the company treads further on its Agility journey, the company envisioned a future of possibilities: “We’re working with our Account Manager and having some great conversations about the art of the possible in terms of connecting through the API, taking our internal systems, and connecting them to Agility, and what this could mean. “With Agility, we have better control over our assets, more targeted maintenance, better management of the maintenance team and their time, and more effective reporting.” For further information please visit: www.ssginsight.com

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