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Asset Management System Software
Asset Performance Tools include the following:
Asset Performance Tools (Aptools) software is now available through Sydney based Apt Group.
The UK developed Aptools is a flexible software tool that helps asset managers plan optimum maintenance strategies
for all types of assets.
The software provides solutions based on fact and scientific calculation rather than subjective judgment. It will
optimise the associated costs and risks, using incomplete data if necessary, and range-estimates can be used to test
data sensitivity.
The software has the versatility to cope with any maintenance task individually or as a ‘bundle’ of activities. A p t o o l s
can used as stand-a lone or form a part of your ERP system.
Aptools Modules Comprise:
Apt-Lifespan: Determine the best life cycle for assets; justifies costs and benefits of alternative replacement,
refurbishment and maintenance options.
Apt-Project: Determine the variability of projects; Cost/benefit/risk screening & prioritizing of proposals,
modifications, projects, safety, process or procedure changes.
Apt-Maintenance: Calculate maintenance intervals, deterioration management, reliability, performance and lifespan.
Apt-Inspection: Calculate the best inspection, monitoring or test intervals and quantify the economics of riskbased
inspection methods.
Apt-Schedule: Optimise work content planning, shutdown scheduling frequencies, Identify cost/Risk/Pe r f o r m a n c e
plus impact and analysis of shuts, repairs & construction.
Apt-Spares & Stock: Justify min/max levels, re-order jit. Compare vendors plus evaluate pooling options.
Apt Te ch n o l o gy P/L Contact Ian Jones (0411193090) Tel: 02 9318 0656 Fax: 02 9318 0776 ianj@aptgroup. c o m . a u
Maintenance Management Module for Pocket PC Aimed at Hospitals
MicroMain Corporation has released MicroMain xmMOBILE for Healthcare, a software module allowing
hospital technicians to utilize Pocket PCs for their maintenance tasks and inspections. This add-on module is used
with MicroMain XM for Healthcare, a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) developed
specifically for hospitals and healthcare environments.
xmMOBILE for Healthcare can be used with a bar code scanner and supports a wide range of handheld devices
using the Pocket PC operating system.
Maintenance technicians in a hospital’s facilities department and biomedical equipment technicians in a hospital’s
clinical engineering department will both benefit from the xmMOBILE for Healthcare module. Using this module
with their Pocket PCs, technicians will easily access work orders, complete the tasks or inspections, enter pertinent
comments, and update the data at the point of work performance on the hospital floor. At the end of their work
shifts, the technicians upload their data into the main database, which generates reports used for regulatory
agencies, such as JCAHO.
Once hospital technicians upload their data from xmMOBILE, equipment risk assessment is associated with the
work order in the main database. MicroMain XM for Healthcare allows each hospital to determine and assign
maintenance tasks based on equipment risk assessment a numerical classification based on factors such as
equipment function, maintenance requirements, and consequence of equipment failure to patient care.
Risk assessment is particularly important for clinical engineering equipment, which includes ventilators,
defibrillators, cardiovascular machines, X-ray equipment, and nuclear magnetic resonance equipment. Biomedical
equipment technicians install, inspect, service and repair this type of equipment. With xmMOBILE for Po c k e t
PC, the technicians can complete their work faster and increase accuracy with electronic transmission of data.
Rockwell Automation motor repair for all makes
As a result of a major expansion to its existing motor repair capabilities, Rockwell Automation A u s t r a l i a ’s
Remanufacturing Centre is now servicing AC, DC and servo motors of all brands. Based at the Rockwell A u t o m a t i o n
Australia headquarters in Melbourne, the remanufacturing centre is a hub for the company’s 26-strong nationwide
distributor network--technical repair expertise for even the most remote locations.