GMAO 4.0: VSEs & SMEs to enter the industry of the future

GMAO 4.0 - SMES & SMES: HOW TO ENTER INDUSTRY 4.0?

Industrial maintenance guarantees the company the sustainability of its assets, its production and customer satisfaction. Each structure encounters very specific problems and VSEs and SMEs are not spared (reduced headcount, deadlines to be respected, quality image to maintain...): this is why, like large groups, they too must be equipped with CMMS 4.0 software, or computer-assisted maintenance management. Choosing the right solution may seem a bit complicated at first, but small and medium-sized businesses need to ask themselves the right questions to find the right tool for them and make a name for themselves among businesses that are converting to Industry 4.0.

What challenges do VSEs and SMEs face?

The situation of VSEs and SMEs is rather different in many ways. Deploying a maintenance management solution in a factory allows the latter to make significant savings, both in financial and human terms. These structures work in the moment and need decision-making to be fluid and instantaneous. They obviously have fewer resources than large industrial groups and must therefore make the right choice from the start, by equipping themselves with reliable, intuitive asset management tools that provide them with real added value. These maintenance software should allow them to limit, and ideally eliminate, unplanned shutdowns, to properly circulate information within teams or various departments for a smooth production process, and finally to reduce expenses.

All the news relating to ongoing interventions are available from the news feed of the Mobility Work mobile application, available on iOS and Android.

Many companies still rely on old-fashioned maintenance management, on paper or Excel files. While these solutions seem simple and reliable, they actually lead to the loss of crucial information and slow down the activity of the maintenance department. We explain to you how choosing the right 4.0 CMMS can perfectly meet the needs of VSEs and SMEs by increasing the lifespan of assets or by limiting superfluous expenses.

Successful industrial maintenance results in increased productivity, and since these companies generally do not have sufficient funds to outsource this activity (only 20% of the market's maintenance needs are provided by external service providers), they have no choice but to turn to the tool that will save them time and energy.

The difficult choice of CMMS 4.0

Who says maintenance management application also means conventional software that is completely outdated. There are maintenance solutions on the market and ERPs which no longer know how to meet the needs of VSEs and SMEs today. The reasons are innumerable: firstly, these tools are much too expensive (between 10,000 and 40,000 euros of initial investment). In addition to these amounts, there are dozens of additional costs for support, new functionalities, training in the tool, the deployment itself, additional options, data import... It goes without saying that the envelope is heavy for a medium-sized company. Second, this software is much too resource intensive: it requires a person to be appointed full-time to deploy the tool and integrate it into the daily routine of maintenance teams. This deployment also requires that we devote entire days to it, as the screens of these conventional 4.0 CMMS are unintuitive, heavy and far too discouraging. It will then take the teams several weeks, even several months, to register all the equipment in the tool and to enter all the necessary information. The installations are therefore very long for a result that is more than mixed since maintenance technicians are very unreceptive to these outdated tools.

The approach to industrial maintenance must be revolutionized

VSEs and SMEs often have difficulty clearly and distinctly identifying specific needs and therefore decide to establish specifications, hoping to see more clearly in order to choose the perfect maintenance solution. In the end, they end up with dozens of criteria to meet and are looking for the perfect solution that will fill all the boxes and meet all the requirements. Mobility Work, mobile and community maintenance application, offers its users to reverse the trend: it provides you with intuitive and new generation tools that are revolutionizing industrial maintenance. It remains agile, listens to teams and places the field feedback from its users at the forefront in order to develop new functionalities. Such solutions are now flourishing on the market and offer the possibility for small businesses and SMEs, like Mobility Work, to remain in control of their CMMS by sending their comments and other opinions to the free online support, directly in the application. It is crucial that businesses maintain decision-making power and are no longer at the mercy of conventional software.

Find your equipment easily and quickly using the keywords you search for, also in the Mobility Work mobile application.

To use the example of Mobility Work, the tool allows users to find their place within a large community of maintenance actors, who exchange best practices, opinions on suppliers and service providers and who can help themselves in case of difficulty (equipment or spare parts).

Next-generation 4.0 CMMS solutions full of promise

The maintenance sector is undergoing profound changes and has a bright future ahead of it. The daily life of technicians and maintenance managers is simplified by mobile tools, which allow them to gain in efficiency: they move from one machine to another, smartphone in hand, and access work histories, their calendar and maintenance plans in a few seconds.

SaaS-based solutions such as Mobility Work, which hosts its users' data securely in the Cloud, can be set up and used in a few days since no prior training is required. Technicians quickly adopt their application and thanks to it enter maintenance 4.0: they download all existing data thanks to an import frame, they scan the QR codes or NFC chips of the equipment to access all the information they need in real time, use the voice function to dictate to their phone what they want to record, they download their documents, videos or photos in one click, they access diagrams and tables that materialize the various flaws. on the production line...

In short, teams that choose to install next-generation software on their smartphones, tablets or PCs gain in efficiency, speed and productivity. These tools are built on the model of the applications we use on a daily basis and social networks, to put communication, mutual assistance and the exchange of information at the heart of the activity.

What about the industry of the future?

The industry of the future, thanks to innovative and intuitive 4.0 CMMS, offers a multitude of possibilities and is disrupting industrial maintenance. This new approach to the industry involves the collection of data in maintenance management software: these are therefore compiled and analyzed to generate graphs and show the potential faults of the plant in question. To use the example of Mobility Work, users have at their disposal an analytics tool, which compiles all machine data. Thanks to the history of interventions and failures, they are in a position to understand the behavior of the machines in order to anticipate breakdowns and gradually eliminate production stoppages. Mobility Work makes predictive maintenance routines accessible to everyone.

Such functionality is essential for SMEs and VSEs, who face certain imperatives: they must save money while understanding the operation and ensuring optimal industrial maintenance of their assets, in order to maintain them in the best possible way. These small or medium-sized structures should therefore not ignore maintenance or 4.0 CMMS, since they allow them to rigorously respect the deadlines that their customers have set for them. To ensure that they maintain a positive image with them, they must deliver the required results on time and therefore need to have at their disposal a tool that is simple to use, innovative and, finally, in total opposition to the unintuitive software they have been used to.

Thanks to the community aspect of these new generation solutions, such as Mobility Work, VSEs and SMEs benefit from The wealth of an entire community and the continuous exchange of information between companies, which provide mutual services and exchange best practices. The industry of the future lies in cost control and communication, two competitive advantages, among many others, that next-gen maintenance applications allow.

Are you interested in maintenance management and want to know more in order to increase your productivity and save money? Schedule a free video with our team to help you better manage your maintenance!