Enterprise Asset Management

Be it asset-intensive industry or a discreet manufacturing enterprise, the need for managing the asset performance across the business domain is a haunting task for enterprises at all levels. With the mounting price pressures in the global marketplace and the intense competition faced by the enterprises on everyday basis, the cost reduction and improvement in the efficiency & productivity of assets deployed across the chain have been in spotlight.

Swelling maintenance costs, underperforming assets, thinning margins & low customer satisfaction are a nightmare every company dreads of. Inadequate management in deployment, performance and maintenance of assets can severely affect the overall health of the company and lead to unusual operational obstacles adding to the rising cost pressures.

Merino Services can partner you to establish a reliable, efficient & highly productive asset management system to boost the asset performance & ROI from maintenance resources. We bring to you Infor's Enterprise Asset Management System - a solution tried and tested across the globe for its superior performance. More than 10,000 enterprises worldwide - both public & private - are reaping the benefits of this world-class software to answer their critical asset performance challenges on day to day basis. Fuelled by extensive research and backed by over 30 years of experience & expertise of infor, the EAM system helps the enterprising organizations to better manage, maintain, and track their assets, as well as drive better decision-making in maintenance, inventory/warranty, uptime, risk management and strategic planning.

Based on a web-based interface and well calibrated platform designed over Infor's open SOA (service oriented architecture) the EAM system offers industry specific functionalities for a wide array of industries helping them to proactively manage their key assets & handle the asset information with more efficiency for informed decision making at all levels.

• Manufacturing
• Life Sciences
• Facilities
• Public Sector
• Transportation

Infor's EAM combines best-in-class asset management modules, unique features for improving operations and performance, and advanced modules to ensure the best possible fit for a customer's asset management needs. The solution's easy-to-use, easy-to-configure interface makes access to asset management functionality, high-end analytics information, and KPIs available to users throughout an organization. Its built-in configuration capabilities enable customers to streamline their asset management processes by creating and storing configurations that are unique to their business.

The major benefits that an enterprise can look forward to reap from Infor EAM include:

• Improved asset performance leading to enhanced ROI levels
• Better optimization of maintenance resources
• Improved asset and labor productivity
• Increased efficiency in inventory management
• Substantial reduction in new equipment costs
• Increase in fleet availability
• Increase in warranty cost recovery
• Marked reduction in materials costs
• Reduction in purchasing process costs

Infor EAM software includes reporting tools that enable better decision-making to help improve future asset performance management and profitability. Infor's asset performance management solution enables enterprising companies to create a more comprehensive vision by also capturing and consolidating metrics from a variety of operational and financial systems. The result is improved visibility into not only current performance, but also into likely future performance.

At merino services we have a strong team of domain experts who understand the specific industry requirements for improved asset performance management & maintenance to help you improve your overall capacity for top-line growth.
The detailed solution map depicting the overall functionalities offered in Infor EAM is shown below:

Maintenance	Inventory / Warranty	Uptime	Reliability / Risk Mgt.	Strategic Planning
Work Order Management Preventive Maintenance Asset Management Inventory Control Advanced Reporting & Analytics	Materials Management Purchasing Management Warranties & Claims Requisitions Management	Preventive Maintenance Materials Management Asset Management Reports Analytics	Preventive Maintenance Asset Management Advanced Reporting & Analytics 21 CFR 11 Validation Work Orders	Data Integration Budget Managemente Scorecards Reports Analytics

Maintenance: Helps the enterprises improve the asset performance through enhanced asset reliability, efficient deployment and optimal utilization of assets, substantial reduction in asset maintenance & related operational costs & increased visibility of vital information required for proactive management of assets. It covers the complete range of processes related with maintenance related work order processing, tracking of preventive maintenance inspections, efficient management and control of inventory related to spares parts and tools, and most importantly effective and optimal deployment & performance of maintenance resources.

Inventory / Warranty: Helps enterprises reduce their inventory levels of spare parts and tools resulting in substantial saving in inventory carrying and maintenance costs. Helps improve the information visibility and establishes controls to ensure optimum utilization of warranty claims related to spares & tools. Infor EAM solution comprises of complete process flow related with material management & purchase management of spare parts and tools.

Uptime: Provides excellent insight into asset performance management to help enterprises successfully forecast the asset maintenance requirements leading to a proactive and structured maintenance strategy. Infor EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) solutions help organizations not only repair assets quickly when necessary, but also improve the reliability and maximize the use of those assets.

Reliability / Risk Management: Prevention is surely better than cure when it comes to maintenance of key assets and the reliability and risk management component of Infor EAM equips the enterprises with the vital insights into the asset performance with increased visibility into the maintenance needs across the organization. Through real-time condition based maintenance need forecasting, pinpointing of unreliable assets in advance, improved prediction and forecasting capabilities about the maintenance needs, Infor EAM ensures prevention of asset breakdowns, consistency in asset performance, improved reliability and productivity of assets leading to substantial increase in profitability of the enterprise.

Strategic Planning: Through integrated and streamlined data consolidation processes, enhanced budgeting and planning capabilities in asset related expenditures, score-cards to monitor asset performance compared to pre-established standards, and advanced level data modeling and analytics to improve insights into asset maintenance the strategic planning component of EAM software helps the enterprises to align the assets in most optimal manner to the corporate goals.