includes the database as a separate but related system element for these reasons:1.The database often requires the greatest commitment of resources to develop and maintain. The efforts necessary to collect, collate, and enter data into the computer is often underestimated for the initial installation and ongoing use of the system. Therefore, it is a primary cause for many incomplete CMMS implementations.2.Data management is a perpetual activity performed by people committed to maintaining database integrity, and trained to organize the data as a source of meaningful information.The Work MethodologiesThe work methodologies include the process and procedures that control work performance and coordinate the flow of information throughout the maintenance center. This element is often not considered during the implementation of computerized systems. As a result of this egregious oversight, the efficiencies to the organization are never realized. To gain the benefits that automation provides, the existing work management practices (manual or computer-assisted) must be identified, analyzed, and re-engineered to accommodate the capabilities of the maintenance management software. Work scheduling methods, job order dispatching practices, field data collection routines, and information processing routines should all be analyze and if necessary, redefined and modified to gain optimum operational efficiency.All five elements, and the function they server, are vital to initial start up and successful ongoing use of a CMMS. If any one element is left out of the model or becomes dysfunctional, system performance suffers and the benefits to the organization are reduced. The SAMM model makes up one half of the systematic approach by providing the template for the complete system. When used in concert with the CMMS Implementation Life Cycle, an organization has a comprehensive approach for implementing a beneficial CMMS.The CMMS IMPLENTATION LIFE CYCLET...
