Asset management software provides a range of vital capabilities for companies with asset-intensive business models. Broadly speaking, EAM software differs from CMMS in that the former manages the asset throughout its life cycle, while the latter focuses primarily on maintenance operations. Given that in this type of company maintenance, in addition to being a value [...]
Managing service providers is part of the daily tasks of maintenance managers. Subcontracting continues to grow, whether in maintenance operations, industrial processes, ancillary equipment or buildings. Preventive and corrective maintenance services are available, as well as those related to regulatory controls. An EAM system designed for maintenance and technical service providers facilitates the day-to-day work [...]
Although most organizations today are undergoing processes of digitization and incorporation of new technologies, there are still many barriers to digital transformation that they must face. However, for those able to overcome these barriers, the efforts of this digital transformation are paying off: a Gartner study indicates that more than 50% of CEOs involved in [...]
Developing SaaS applications in the enterprise environment requires high standards to provide customers with the performance and security they need to trust their data and processing to a cloud platform. In Retain Technologies we develop a continuous R&D policy to apply the latest technologies in application development to our cloud asset management platform, Retain EAM. [...]
Restaurants and the restaurant industry, in general, is a growing sector, where consumers today spend more than twice as much as they did just a few years ago. This growth has been greatly influenced by the impact that technology has had on the different areas of these companies. The whole sector, and especially the fast-food [...]
The BIM methodology has made a quantum leap in standardizing asset construction. Although the concept has existed since the 1970s, it did not become popular until 2002 when Autodesk, the company that created Autocad, acquired the software company Charles River Software, which a couple of years earlier had developed a program called Revit, which was [...]
The digital transformation is an aspect that all business organizations are betting on to increase their growth and adapt to new market trends. Technology is a great ally to cut unnecessary expenses and keep the budget under control. The digital transformation and its convergence with digital strategies as a whole, covers the operational, strategic and [...]
The digital transformation allows companies to design asset maintenance processes in a much more efficient way. As the digital transformation advances within companies, all areas of operations are affected, including maintenance management. To remain competitive, asset managers need to know how these transformations will affect and potentially improve how companies manage their assets. The digitisation [...]
In recent years most companies have been involved to a greater or lesser extent in digital transformation projects. Although there is a lot of literature about what digital business transformation is, a rather useful definition can be, according to Gartner: "the process of exploiting digital technologies and the capabilities that support them to create new [...]
The role of technology comes into play as organisations recognise the need to understand the efficient operation and condition of their assets as a starting point for planning of investment, renewal or diversification priorities. The use of digital technologies in enterprise asset management enables the capture of critical information relating to the operation and condition [...]
