In the days when the earth turned at a more leisurely pace, and people still had time to live, our grandparents passed on their wisdom to us in sayings. It made sense then to say, "Slow and steady wins the race"!
Today, we live in the age of productivity and competitiveness. We hardly have the luxury today of going "slow and steady". We must learn to optimize! Today we would rather say: "fast, with the least halts and greatest fuel economy, wins the race".
For the last twenty years, we have been developing solutions to manage and optimize maintenance and assets. We firmly believe that only with the right tool and maintenance strategy can businesses continue to produce more, while decreasing their operating costs.
At IFCS, we produce that tool! "
Xavier Bonifay -
President
CMMS Benefits
Maintenance Software = Direct and Measurable Savings
By planning your work, the time you spend and make available is put to good use, and you can exercise total control of your human resource management. Here are some examples of direct savings or gains that you will reap once the Senergy maintenance management application is installed.
- A 15% to 20% increase in maintenance staff productivity
- By planning your work, the time you spend and make available is put to good use, and you can exercise total control of your human resource management.
- A 15% to 25% reduction of unscheduled breakdowns
- Reduction of the number of unscheduled production breakdowns and planning of repair time during off-peak production hours enables you to optimise your company’s production.
- A 20% to 40% reduction in overtime
- You control your human resource management and you can use your staff at 100% capacity, which automatically reduces the amount of overtime.
- A 15% to 35% reduction on parts replacement costs
- With regular equipment inspection and check-ups, you eliminate on an ongoing basis minor defaults that may hamper their efficiency. Conditional maintenance (work orders activated with the triggering of timed meters, vibrations, manufactured parts, oil analysis, normal wear and tear, etc.) you prolong and optimise the operation period of your parts by closely monitoring their condition without having to systematically replace them.
- A part that breaks down or is worn out can break other parts and may often cause more damage and incur more repair costs than repairs done before an unscheduled breakdown. Repairing a piece of equipment in an emergency is more expensive than a planned preventive action.
- You will be able to follow replacement parts usage and their life span; if one piece breaks down more often on a given equipment than on another, you will assess whether the part needs to be replaced with a more appropriate one for that equipment, or whether the equipment itself needs to be modified.
- Almost 35% reduction of your replacements parts inventory
- The preventive maintenance program will determine your precise replacement parts needs. You will be able to manage strictly needed quantities of items in stock with quantities reserved for maintenance and the ordering system according to quantities in stock.
- A 15% to 30% reduction in service calls
- Breakdown = Production stoppage = Unscheduled repair = Service call
- A 2,5% to 5% reduction on equipment energy costs
- Your equipment will be maintained: clean filters, oiled machinery, controlled electric cabinets, etc.
- A 1,5% to 3% discount on your supplies
- When you order, you can access the total amount of your purchases with a given supplier, which is leverage to negotiate a discount!
- Up to 50% increase of your equipment’s residual value or useful life span.
- Note:
- The statistics in paragraphs 1 to 7 are the results of a study conducted in Quebec by the Joint Association on Health and Safety in the Workplace (Association Paritaire pour la Santé et la Sécurité du Travail [ASPME]) and published in a document entitled Managing Equipment, Towards Preventive Maintenance (La gestion des équipements, vers l’entretien préventif).
