{"id":6558,"date":"2022-08-12T13:38:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T12:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/glossary\/cmms-computerized-maintenance-management-system-definition\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T13:01:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T11:01:17","slug":"cmms-computerized-maintenance-management-system-definition","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/en\/glossary\/cmms-computerized-maintenance-management-system-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"CMMS \u2014 Computerized Maintenance Management System \u2014 definition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>CMMS<\/strong> is the acronym for <strong>Com&shy;put&shy;er&shy;ized Main&shy;te&shy;nance Man&shy;age&shy;ment<\/strong> Sys&shy;tem. It is a soft&shy;ware-assist&shy;ed man&shy;age&shy;ment method for a com&shy;pa&shy;ny&rsquo;s main&shy;te&shy;nance depart&shy;ments. Main&shy;te&shy;nance cov&shy;ers all the oper&shy;a&shy;tions of upkeep of a tech&shy;ni&shy;cal equipment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/gmao-maintenance-dan-loran.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6516 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/gmao-maintenance-dan-loran.jpg\" alt=\"CMMS - Maintenance of technical equipment\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\"\/><\/a>The indus&shy;tri&shy;al <strong>CMMS<\/strong> concerns&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">pre&shy;ven&shy;tive maintenance<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: left;\">con&shy;di&shy;tion&shy;al maintenance<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">cor&shy;rec&shy;tive maintenance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is the purpose of&nbsp;CMMS?<\/h2>\n<p>One of the pri&shy;ma&shy;ry func&shy;tions of <strong>CMMS<\/strong> is to pro&shy;vide <strong>auto&shy;mat&shy;ed assis&shy;tance to the man&shy;age&shy;ment of main&shy;te&shy;nance in a com&shy;pa&shy;ny<\/strong>, in the fol&shy;low&shy;ing&nbsp;areas&nbsp;<\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">pro&shy;duc&shy;tion,<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">the oper&shy;a&shy;tion of the equipment,<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">finan&shy;cial man&shy;age&shy;ment ser&shy;vices. For exam&shy;ple: man&shy;age&shy;ment of fleet renew&shy;al (cars, machines&hellip;) and main&shy;te&shy;nance contracts&hellip;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why implement a CMMS &mdash; Computerized Maintenance Management System?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Improp&shy;er main&shy;te&shy;nance can result in costs relat&shy;ed&nbsp;to:<\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">unplanned down&shy;time,<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">high repair times,<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">over&shy;stock&shy;ing or unavail&shy;abil&shy;i&shy;ty of spare&nbsp;parts,<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">a lack of infor&shy;ma&shy;tion on costs and repair activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the oth&shy;er hand, <strong>effi&shy;cient main&shy;te&shy;nance will be a source of prof&shy;it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It will improve the short- and long-term <strong>prof&shy;itabil&shy;i&shy;ty<\/strong> of the com&shy;pa&shy;ny&rsquo;s <strong>facil&shy;i&shy;ties<\/strong> and <strong>pro&shy;duc&shy;tion per&shy;for&shy;mance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<h2>What are the functionalities of a&nbsp;CMMS?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A <strong>CMMS aims to assist the main&shy;te&shy;nance depart&shy;ments<\/strong> of com&shy;pa&shy;nies in their mis&shy;sions. Thus, the func&shy;tion&shy;al&shy;i&shy;ties of a CMMS cov&shy;er most of the&nbsp;time&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square; text-align: justify;\">\n<p> \t<\/p><li>equip&shy;ment man&shy;age&shy;ment: equip&shy;ment inven&shy;to&shy;ry, loca&shy;tion, man&shy;age&shy;ment of ded&shy;i&shy;cat&shy;ed infor&shy;ma&shy;tion by type of equip&shy;ment: pro&shy;duc&shy;tion, build&shy;ings, machines, vehi&shy;cles, net&shy;works, com&shy;put&shy;ers,&nbsp;etc.<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li>main&shy;te&shy;nance man&shy;age&shy;ment: cor&shy;rec&shy;tive (work orders or main&shy;te&shy;nance orders) but also man&shy;age&shy;ment of inter&shy;ven&shy;tion requests to report an anom&shy;aly tak&shy;en into account by maintenance<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li>man&shy;age&shy;ment of the safe&shy;ty instal&shy;la&shy;tions for main&shy;te&shy;nance work: con&shy;sign&shy;ment, cen&shy;tral&shy;iza&shy;tion, safe&shy;ty autho&shy;riza&shy;tion, decon&shy;sign&shy;ment, etc., allow&shy;ing opti&shy;mal lock&shy;ing of an instal&shy;la&shy;tion dur&shy;ing main&shy;te&shy;nance operations<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li>inven&shy;to&shy;ry man&shy;age&shy;ment: stores and ware&shy;hous&shy;es, min&shy;i&shy;mum and max&shy;i&shy;mum quan&shy;ti&shy;ties, replen&shy;ish&shy;ment, stock con&shy;trol, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/livre-blanc-supply-chain-labc-de-loptimisation-des-stocks\/\"><strong>ABC analy&shy;sis<\/strong><\/a>pick&shy;ing list, ref&shy;er&shy;enc&shy;ing and search, spare parts, sup&shy;pli&shy;er cat&shy;a&shy;log,&nbsp;etc.<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li>Pur&shy;chas&shy;ing man&shy;age&shy;ment: spare parts or ser&shy;vices (sub&shy;con&shy;tract&shy;ing, fixed price or direct labour), quo&shy;ta&shy;tion cycles, pur&shy;chase requests, orders\/receipts and sup&shy;pli&shy;er returns, invoic&shy;ing,&nbsp;etc.<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li>per&shy;son&shy;nel and sched&shy;ule man&shy;age&shy;ment: activ&shy;i&shy;ties, jobs, work&shy;load plan&shy;ning, fore&shy;cast&shy;ing, time&shy;keep&shy;ing,&nbsp;etc.<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li>Cost and bud&shy;get man&shy;age&shy;ment: labor, inven&shy;to&shy;ry, pur&shy;chas&shy;ing, equip&shy;ment rental, bud&shy;get prepa&shy;ra&shy;tion, peri&shy;od&shy;ic mon&shy;i&shy;tor&shy;ing, vari&shy;ance reports, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>CMMS<\/strong> also have<strong>per&shy;for&shy;mance indicators\/KPIs<\/strong>. A steer&shy;ing cock&shy;pit and dash&shy;boards allow ded&shy;i&shy;cat&shy;ed depart&shy;ments to man&shy;age main&shy;te&shy;nance activ&shy;i&shy;ty, alerts, etc.<\/p>\n\n<h3>From CMMS to Enterprise Asset Management<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>CMMS<\/strong> is often the only appli&shy;ca&shy;tion in the com&shy;pa&shy;ny that &ldquo;archives&rdquo; the com&shy;plete and tech&shy;ni&shy;cal descrip&shy;tion of all its equipment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, some CMMS have devel&shy;oped func&shy;tion&shy;al&shy;i&shy;ties based on this knowl&shy;edge of equip&shy;ment, beyond pure main&shy;te&shy;nance processes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We note, for exam&shy;ple, the mon&shy;i&shy;tor&shy;ing of cer&shy;tain regulations:<\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p> \t<\/p><li>the stan&shy;dard <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R%C3%A8glementation_ATEX\">\n<strong>ATEX<\/strong>\n<\/a> in the indus&shy;try which reg&shy;u&shy;lates at Euro&shy;pean lev&shy;el the pro&shy;tec&shy;tion of work&shy;ers in poten&shy;tial&shy;ly dan&shy;ger&shy;ous&nbsp;areas,<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li><strong>tech&shy;ni&shy;cal con&shy;trol<\/strong> of vehicles,<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li><strong>mate&shy;r&shy;i&shy;al-vig&shy;i&shy;lance<\/strong> in hos&shy;pi&shy;tals and health&shy;care insti&shy;tu&shy;tions, which man&shy;ages the mon&shy;i&shy;tor&shy;ing of inci&shy;dents or risks of inci&shy;dents involv&shy;ing a med&shy;ical device<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And also, the man&shy;age&shy;ment of cer&shy;tain busi&shy;ness process&shy;es relat&shy;ed to equipment:<\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p> \t<\/p><li><strong>mon&shy;i&shy;tor&shy;ing of con&shy;sump&shy;tion<\/strong> in transport,<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li>the <strong>man&shy;age&shy;ment of plans<\/strong> in the building,&nbsp;&hellip;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adding those func&shy;tion&shy;al&shy;i&shy;ties pushed CMMS edi&shy;tors to devel&shy;op EAM soft&shy;ware &mdash; <strong>Enter&shy;prise Asset Management.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These EAM solu&shy;tions com&shy;bine sys&shy;tems, ser&shy;vices and soft&shy;ware to monitor\/track assets and equip&shy;ment that can be used well beyond the main&shy;te&shy;nance department.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\n\n<\/p><p>&nbsp;\n\n<\/p><p>&nbsp;\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CMMS is the acronym for Com&shy;put&shy;er&shy;ized Main&shy;te&shy;nance Man&shy;age&shy;ment Sys&shy;tem. It is a soft&shy;&shy;ware-assist&shy;ed man&shy;age&shy;ment method for a com&shy;pa&shy;ny&rsquo;s main&shy;te&shy;nance depart&shy;ments. Main&shy;te&shy;nance cov&shy;ers all the oper&shy;a&shy;tions of upkeep of a tech&shy;ni&shy;cal equip&shy;ment. The indus&shy;tri&shy;al CMMS con&shy;cerns&nbsp;: pre&shy;ven&shy;tive main&shy;te&shy;nance con&shy;di&shy;tion&shy;al main&shy;te&shy;nance cor&shy;rec&shy;tive main&shy;te&shy;nance What is the pur&shy;pose of&nbsp;CMMS? 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