Role of Information Systems in the EAM Strategy

It is clear that only the smallest of enterprises can effectively implement EAM strategies by means of manual processes. Pharmaceutical enterprises are increasingly looking to information systems to implement EAM strategies and to maintain the vast volumes of information that supports modern research and manufacturing operations. 

Access to information is as equally important as the controlled maintenance of information. For example, when a critical alarm is reported by the Building Management System (BMS), the engineer needs to promptly respond to instructions, SLAs, SOPs and engineering drawings. The integration of the 

CAD and Maintenance Management System (MMS) with the BMS enables the documents and databases providing this essential information to be automatically available when the alarm is triggered. 

Maintenance tasks are either implemented proactively in order to prevent or minimize the chance of failure or reactively to correct a situation following failure. Preventive maintenance plans are derived from the FMEA process that will define the tasks and task frequencies required in order to maintain system reliability, consistency and capability. Having applied the 

FMEA process in order to determine the maintenance strategy, it is essential that the system 

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