ERP and CMMS: Manage spare parts stocks using APIs

It is time for digitalization and the industrial world is no exception to the rule. Discover how to connect your ERP to Mobility Work CMMS using APIs to improve your spare parts inventory management.

ERP & CMMS: complementary roles

ERP software makes it possible to connect all the services of a company. These software packages provide information on stock management but also in many other areas: purchases, sales, accounting, commercial management...

However, ERPs tend to show their limits. The data stored on these programs can only be accessed from a desktop computer and their interfaces are often complex. However, it is essential that the teams working in the factory can have easy access to the quantity and location of stocks.

With the connection of the ERP to Mobility Work's CMMS, operational staff have direct access from their mobile phones to a simplified interface in which they can find all the information they need to manage spare parts.

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How APIs work with Mobility Work to manage inventory

To increase the overall performance of a factory, it is essential to adopt maintenance management software that can easily be connected to all existing technological solutions in the company. Hosted in the cloud, Mobility Work CMMS offers APIs that can be connected to any ERP. Thus, with the application programming interface (API), the software package automatically updates the information related to the management of spare parts stocks in Mobility Work. Among the data extracted, teams can thus:

• Create spare parts en masse.
• Update their stock information on existing spare parts: name, description, price, price, item code, reconciliation lot, type of stock (minimum, maximum, current...).
• Modify the stock en masse on existing spare parts.
• Change the stock by specifying the location.
• Inform the external solution to Mobility Work that the stock of a spare part has reached 0.
• Inform the external solution to Mobility Work that a spare part has fallen below the minimum stock.

In order to support teams to continuously improve their operational performance, Mobility Work is constantly innovating! Next step? Allow users to trace the movement of a spare part.

The benefits of connecting an ERP to Mobility Work's CMMS

Maintenance professionals who connected their ERP to Mobility Work highlighted the following benefits:

1. Time and efficiency savings

Thanks to the connection of the ERP to the CMMS, the data necessary to manage spare parts stocks is accessible to technicians directly from their smartphone. To speed up the ordering process, they can then report missing spare parts and send an order via their ERP.

2. Reliability of the data

Information concerning the quantity and location of spare parts is updated in real time, manual double entries between ERP and CMMS are eliminated in order to avoid errors in the transcription of information.

3. Reinforced security

Increased accessibility to information related to inventory management contributes to the improvement of the responsiveness of the various plant teams and thus makes it possible to limit the risks of shutdowns and breakdowns.

4. Improving spending

All the information collected on the location and quantity of stocks is accessible to maintenance teams to facilitate decision-making and thus avoid unnecessary orders. Expenditure on spare parts is therefore optimized.

With the connection of any ERP to Mobility Work's CMMS, the technology directly responds to the need to simplify working methods and increase the productivity of maintenance teams.

Do you want to know more? Discover now How to optimize the management of your stocks with Mobility Work.