Best practices for Material Master cleanup and cleansing

Introduction In asset-intensive industries, a well-organized Material Master is critical for efficient operations. Yet, over time, Material Masters often devolve into a “spaghetti mess” of errors, duplicates, and obsolete data. These issues create inefficiencies, add unnecessary costs, and complicate everything from procurement to production planning. While ETL programs aim to automate the cleanup, they frequently…

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Visual BOMs for Maintenance Planning

Maintenance Planning Maintenance Planners typically use a CMMS to plan a course of action to maintain or repair equipment.  Included in these tasks are: planning, scheduling, and gathering the parts and tools required to work on the asset.  In this process, parts are selected from a material master or a bill of material (BOM) and…

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Bill of Materials (BOMs) for Asset Management

BOMs for Asset Management There is no denying that bills of materials make maintenance and supply chain organizations more efficient, intelligent, productive, and profitable.  BOMs provide critical data to: Set min/max levels Reliability insights for which parts or components are “bad actors” Reduce MRO Spares on hand Understanding Min/Max requirements with BOMs Often times, a…

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Visual tool to build BOMs and manage Parts Lists

Metanoia builds foundational BOMs from Parts Catalogs When building Interactive Parts Catalogs, Metanoia will match your Equipment Manufacturer Part Number to your ERP Material Master Visually identify gaps in foundational BOMs Parts with ERP Material Master codes are “Activated” and show up as green. SMEs identify missing stocked items and add ERP Material Master to…

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