Good Morning,
Thanks for all the great suggests.
Entering as an asset seems to be the best approach.
I do have one additional question, forgot to mention.
We also group buildings by zones, buildings are on the same campus. For example, campus 1 may have 9 buildings, 3 of each of the buildings are in zone 1 , the next 3 buildings in zone 2 and so on.
How could this be recorded on the asset record, mainly for reporting ?
Again Much Thanks for the feedback.
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Keith Henderson
University of Louisville Physical Plant
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-19-2022 09:35
From: Craig Kokay
Subject: How best to manage rotating equipment
Hi Keith,
With the cleaning equipment, you've mentioned the simple solution is to:
a) put them in as an asset
b) barcode or RFID them
To discuss more
The equipment is not high-value, but you need it trackable i.e. you need to know where it is and how many there are of them and if any maintenance is needed. I would add them as a rotating tool as that can then be created as an asset. The advantage of this approach is that:
- It can be moved to a specific location
- It can be assigned to a custodian
- It can be booked as a tool on a work order to support it
- It can be moved into a tool store i.e. pool of equipment
- It can be maintained
Part of your process is the question are you assigning it to a 'home base' i.e. a cleaning closet? and then wanting to track a movement from floor level to floor level, building to building i.e. when you do want to know that it's been moved? A comparable situation is biomedical equipment, where it can be very important to know where it is within the building. In that case, beacons or the like can be used to automatically update the asset location whenever it goes to a new area i.e. from HCU to ER (as an extreme), but can be down to RM111 to RM114 to RM234, etc. How are you going to do this tracking?
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Regards,
Craig Kokay
ISW
Maximo Practice Manager
eMail: ckokay@isw.net.au
Phone: +61-411-682-040
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-17-2022 15:48
From: Keith Henderson
Subject: How best to manage rotating equipment
Good Afternoon,
I'm new to Maximo and need some guidance on the best way to approach an issue.
Physical plant has a lot of cleaning type equipment used by custodial personnel, such as vacuum cleaners, floor scrubbers/buffers etc.
We are trying to determine the best method to use in Maximo to track this equipment by campus/building/floor.
No sure which option would be best. For instance, manage as an asset, tools, inventory item etc, just not sure which way would be best. We are trying to satisfy a audit requirement.
Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
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Keith Henderson
University of Louisville Physical Plant
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