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Asset Management the systems that will be used to without a truly effective EAM Across all asset-intensive sustain, maintain and operate the application that can document their industries, another standard that asset. This approach, known as maintenance activities and give is being taken seriously by more ‘Design, Operate, Maintain,’ really them full visibility of the asset is and more stakeholders is PAS-55 involves a single asset management just not responsible. and the associated ISO 55000. This system that supports the asset over standard is specifcally intended to its entire lifecycle, cradle to grave. Industry standards cover the lifecycle of assets and in

The contract management tools In an industry where asset fail- particular assets that are mission have a role in true cradle to grave ures can have safety and environ- critical to the organization. support because they ensure that mental implications, the amount of the same enterprise system and pressure to document compliance Usability, ease of implementation data set is used regardless of who is to safety standards is expected to In the offshore oil & gas industry as making alterations to the asset. increase. The most rigorous of these well as other industries, technicians

EAM software for the offshore standards is NORSOK, which was and other front-line employees will industry must also include developed by the Norwegian pe- not use a system that is confusing or confgured workbenches for the troleum industry, based on the ISO presents functional barriers to their offshore drilling industry with 13628 standard. individual jobs. And there is no integrated permit and incident From a compliance standpoint, way that anyone can use a system tracking built into the work order support for NORSOK ought to be until it has been implemented, so system. Increasing AIM visibility is seen as a gold standard that is to be EAM software products that have one way to avoid injuries or deaths, sought after in EAM software for a history of years-long or failed and that is certainly one more the offshore drilling industry. The implementations are to be avoided.

way EAM software can deliver extent to which an EAM applica- For the drilling industry, an EAM

ROI. Indeed, more companies tion offers a NORSOK compliance application that allows a phased in the industry are realizing that function ought to be key selection approach to implementation in today’s environment, drilling criteria. may be ideal. Mission critical a constant ? ow of solutions

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