Create a hierarchical asset register 

• Create an asset hierarchy: facility -> areas -> lines -> machines -> components
• Include ancillary equipment like power, water and waste treatment facilities and infrastructure such as structures, buildings and areas

Associate spare parts

• Create BOMs for spare parts required to maintain plant equipment

Track asset performance 

• Over the life cycle, from purchase to end of life
• Capture data usage of the asset e.g. machine in production capture cycles, counts, quantities made
• Track the movement of assets in the factory

Equipment status and cleaning

• Create a user defined set of states e.g. available, requires cleaning, clean, requires repair, and so on
• Create a user defined set of rules to transition from one state to another
• Use these states to manage scenarios like preventing equipment from being used that hasn’t been cleaned

Reporting

• Generate powerful reports detailing asset history and asset performance

• Improve effectiveness – one place to record and manage asset performance data, accessible to everyone 
• Enforce equipment workflow – make sure equipment that requires cleaning cannot be accidentally used
• Improve decision making  – based on detailed asset history provided by the MES