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Discrete Manufacturing

Optimize operations, increase asset uptime, and ensure regulatory compliance with Accruent's integrated solutions for discrete manufacturing. 

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Your Comprehensive Solution for Discrete Manufacturing

In the discrete manufacturing industry, efficiency, precision, and compliance are crucial. Accruent's EAM solution — integrating CMMS, EDMS, and IoT systems —empowers organizations in medical device manufacturing, automotive and aerospace, machinery, instrumentation, appliances and other sectors to optimize maintenance processes, manage engineering documents, monitor assets in real- time, and achieve operational excellence. 

Medical Device Manufacturing

Maintain ongoing compliance with regulations and FDA standards, including 21 CFR Part 11, while avoiding device defects, lowering costs, and effectively managing your facilities and equipment. Our integrated CMMS/EAM solution helps medical device manufacturers streamline calibration, extend asset life, and reduce the total cost of maintenance. 

Automotive and Aerospace

In the automotive and aerospace industries, organizations must comply with heavy regulations while embracing technological advancements. Accruent's solutions enable them to streamline metrology and calibration, ensure regulatory compliance with key standards and regulatory bodies – including IATF, ISO, FAA, and the EASA - embrace automation and robotics and increase competitiveness. 

Machinery, Instrumentation, and Appliances (MIA)

Organizations in the MIA sector face challenges that require optimized operations and production flow. Accruent's integrated solutions assist these organizations to reduce equipment failure and unexpected breakdowns with preventive maintenance and real-time monitoring, maintain product quality and safety, enhance calibration and ensure regulatory compliance.

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"All of our equipment is regulated by the FDA, so you don’t want to make any mistakes. We’re taking everything that we would store in a binder and [storing it in MC], so it’s a way of going green, too." 

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Key Features and Benefits for Discrete Manufacturing

Increase asset uptime, streamline multi-site maintenance operations, maximize visibility, ensure compliance, and facilitate agile preventive maintenance programs to drive effective digital transformation across your organization.

Effective Preventive Maintenance Program

Utilize long-term, historical data to increase asset uptime, maximize efficiency, and optimize your maintenance scheduling, planning, and execution. Create a more data-driven, proactive, planned maintenance program to save time, maximize ROI and prevent failures before they happen. 

Streamline Work Order Management Efforts

Easily plan, create, assign, manage, and analyze your complex discrete manufacturing work orders from one centralized tool. Use your insights to cut costs, prevent asset failure, streamline workflows, maximize operational efficiency, and improve your big-picture facility performance.

Integrate with the Right Document Management System

Accruent’s seamless CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) and EDMS (Engineering Document Management System) offer ease access to all the right blueprints, asset manuals, repair histories, and more.

Join Industry 4.0

With robust EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) capabilities – including machine learning capabilities, inventory management, artificial intelligence integrations, sensor integrations, and more – Accruent’s solution will help you replace outdated legacy systems and embrace digital transformation.

Real-Time Asset Monitoring

Use Accruent’s IoT remote monitoring to track asset conditions, identify anomalies, and trigger maintenance actions before issues escalate. Gain insights into asset performance through real-time data and historical records.

Data-Driven Decision Making

Leverage historical data and real-time insights to make informed decisions about repairs, replacements, and maintenance tasks. Consolidate data and integrate natively to EDMS and IoT systems to improve your big-picture processes and increase access to accurate and approved asset information.

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Integrated Solutions Tailored for Discrete Manufacturing

Accruent's suite of products works together to provide a comprehensive solution for discrete manufacturers.

Video Walkthroughs

Why Companies Choose Maintenance Connection

The video highlights how Maintenance Connection is user-friendly, efficient, and offers a significant return on investment. 

What is Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)?

Learn what Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software is and how it helps maximize asset life, reduce costs, optimize operations, centralize asset data, and more.

Modern Operations Made Easy with A Comprehensive Platform CMMS, EDMS, and IoT Integration

Predictive operations are at your fingertips with this CMMS, EDMS, and IoT integration: work intuitively with existing tools and processes, integrate with current systems and provide the comprehensive, easy-to-find insight your team needs to achieve operational excellence. 

Optimize Your Built Environment with Accruent

Understand what your "built environment” is, how to make it run smoothly, and the role Accruent software plays in optimizing operations and maximizing efficiency. 

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a CMMS, and how does it benefit discrete manufacturing?

A Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) is software designed to streamline maintenance operations by managing work orders, scheduling preventive maintenance, tracking assets, and providing actionable insights. For discrete manufacturing, it ensures minimal equipment downtime, optimal production schedules, and compliance with safety and quality standards.

How can a CMMS improve our day-to-day maintenance activities?

A CMMS centralizes all maintenance tasks, making it easy to track work orders, assign technicians, and log completed activities. It also automates preventive maintenance schedules, reducing the likelihood of unexpected equipment failures.

Can technicians access the CMMS on mobile devices?

Yes, our modern CMMS solution offers mobile apps that allow technicians to access work orders, update maintenance logs, and scan QR codes or barcodes on the go, ensuring real-time updates and increased efficiency.

How does a CMMS contribute to ROI in discrete manufacturing?

A CMMS reduces maintenance costs by preventing equipment failures, optimizing resource allocation, and extending asset lifespan. The data-driven insights it provides also allow for smarter decision-making, directly impacting profitability and operational efficiency.

Does a CMMS provide analytics and reporting for maintenance activities?

Our CMMS solution includes reporting tools that offer insights into key metrics such as mean time to repair (MTTR), mean time between failures (MTBF), and maintenance costs, helping you improve overall performance.

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Accruent software allows you to fully optimize the lifecycle of your assets and facilities, offering connected workflows, integrated experiences and data-backed insights.