SOFTWARE HELPS COMPANIES COPE WITH BRAIN DRAIN - Lost expertise coupled with intense pressure to keep process plants running at all times opens the door to plant asset management solutions

摘要

When William Hardin arrived at Engelhard Corp.'s Huntsville, Ala plant three years ago to manage the maintenance and asset management program, he found that the factory already had a plant asset management (PAM) system installed, but that it was sorely underutilized. The other thing he inherited was an aging senior maintenance staff. Hardin quickly realized that his most valuable resource - the decades of knowledge and experience represented in that staff - would soon disappear, as his managers approach retirement.