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CMMS Modules

Considering the turnkey aspect of the Solar Operation and Maintenance, the CMMS should contain the enough number of modules by which 100% paperless operation can be achieved. To comply the 100% paperless target, the CMMS modules should have bare minimum following modules Planning Module HOTO Module Documentation handover Physical Plant Handover Access Control Module Visitor Entry Material Entry and Exist HSE and Social Monitoring, Control and Reporting HSE Reporting as per ISO45000 Breakdown Maintenance Maintenance Module System Alarm Handling Non-System Alarm Handling Preventive Maintenance Module Module Cleaning Module Preventive Maintenance Predictive Maintenance Module Quality Control Audits Meeting Tickets Feedback Material Management Material Management and Reporting Material Transition Logistic Control Analytics MTTR MTBF The Modules should planned in a way that if there are few more option required to add or delete that should a...

What is CMMS

This was been my all time interest topic how to put automation in the system to minimise the error and reduce time and at the same time increase the accuracy. As a Solar Domain expert, the Computerised Maintenance Management System becomes basic need. Why basic need because the robust available system like SAP and Maximo are designed in a specific manner and need to utilise the same in similar fashion they designed. Also the cost of customisation and business model seems unfit for the solar energy specially small scale and medium scale projects. Followed by this concept there are lot of company want to be a part of the development program and want to make their own product using the knowledge of the solar developer or an operation and maintenance company. The software companies are offering a very attractive commercials to get their product ready. Unfortunately this becomes a dream because the procedure of development is not limited to few web page design and few data storage and rep...