Improving Asset Maintenance, Safety, and Reliability for JD Edwards CAM

Introduction

Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) have created the ability for maintenance departments to manage and measure every aspect of their asset reliability program, supporting the goal of ascending the maintenance excellence pyramid.

However, these applications, like most, have functionality gaps that limit your
organization in realizing its full potential. For maintenance organizations running JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Capital Asset Management (CAM), a functionality gap that users commonly recognize is the absence of the ability to print work orders with their associated media objects and attachments. In asset-intensive industries, maintenance departments bear the burden of ensuring the reliability of aging equipment. The key to keeping up with asset reliability is scheduling preventative and corrective maintenance, and providing maintenance crews with the documentation they need to be safe and successful at their jobs.

To assist with these processes, CAM includes a feature that allows users to associate media objects to work orders within JD Edwards, ensuring that all details relevant to the work order are available for reference. For example, a work order may have instructions on how to balance the tires (as a Microsoft Word document), a two-dimensional CAD drawing (as a .dwg file), and a picture of the actual equipment itself (as a .jpeg image).

But, a significant shortcoming in this feature surfaces when a user tries to print a complete work order packet that is inclusive of the work order and its associated media objects and attachments. This white paper walks you through the challenges of native work order printing and how an automated work packet solution can improve productivity, safety compliance, and overall asset reliability by eliminating incomplete and incorrect work packets from making their way into the field.