Asset Management; the accelerator for the Energy Transition and Resilience UMS Group Europe

Phil Caffyn shares his key areas for small organisations to begin a journey towards a more Strategic AM setup. In this case, we are looking at small electrical distribution companies, serving 12,000 to 15,000 customers. 

Too often, people from small companies say "implementing ISO 55000 or AM best practices, that's only for the really large corporations, not for us". Well, Phil from New Zealand is here to tell you otherwise, and he can give you specific tips on how to get started!

Phil is one of our very experienced consultants at UMS Group. Based in New Zealand, he works primarily in the New Zealand and Australian electric power industry, but also supports UMS globally with asset strategy, regulatory strategy and best practices analysis. 

If your organization has assets that need maintenance, it is fairly certain you have some sort of CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System). Different types of data come together to do efficient maintenance, have the right spare parts, and ultimately to help management make informed decisions.
What are then the key questions for implementing a CMMS that truly adds value to the organization?
Johan Jansen van Rensburg, Reliability Expert from South Africa shares his experiences from a long career inthe food production and manufacturing sectors.
 

Procurement, Purchasing, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Contract Management...there are many terms for it. How do they fit into the Strategic Asset Management landscape?

Swedish Procurement expert John Murray, with a long track record working in the utility sector, explains how procurement needs to be organized and connected to the AM organization in order to enable more value creation.

Digitalization is the biggest change driver of our time. In this episode, UMS Consultant Melina Schoen explains findings from her global survey on how asset-intensive companies deal with Digitalization, and gives many concrete tips on how to become an effective Change Manager in your organization.

Melina is, among other things, in charge of developing UMS services within the Digitalization domain and is working with many multinational companies with AM and Digitalization implementation.

If you want to implement AM in your organization, unless you have a green field facility, this would mean splicing AM into an existing organization. Therefore, AM Governance also needs to be spliced into the Governance System of the organization.  But how can this be achieved?
Suzane Greeman, Principal Asset Management Advisor at Greeman Asset Management Solutions and author of the “Risk-based Asset Criticality Assessment Handbook” joins our podcast to share her ideas on Asset Management Governance and how she is leveraging her vast experience in numerous industries.

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Asset-intensive organizations have to manage vast amounts of data to manage their assets and base their strategic, tactical, nd operational decisions on.
The Finnish TSO (Transmission System Operator) Fingrid has been on a journey to develop a digitalized way of working with their assets for many years now. In the global TSO benchmark ITAMS, it can be seen that Fingrid is consistently one of the best performers in that sector. Marcus Stenstrand, Digitalisation Manager and also one of the main responsible for implementing ISO 55000, explains that the starting point is actually that the organization has to make a formal decision to manage its information in the same way it manages its physical assets. Listen to his experiences on obstacles, common myths, and practical steps regarding information as an asset.
ITAMS: https://www.umsgroup.com/Europe/What-we-do/Learning-Consortia/ITAMS/
Marcus’ profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stenstrand/