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From preventive maintenance and software knowledge to SAP maintenance and efficient spare parts management

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July 7, 2025

How manufacturers can prevent spare parts chaos with a CMMS

Many manufacturers still manage spare parts with a patchwork of SAP entries, spreadsheets, and handwritten notes. The problem? This manual approach is very time-consuming for technicians. Worse still, it leads to inefficiencies and errors that cause downtime. All of this is very costly for maintenance teams. This article explores the operational and financial impact of disorganized spare parts management. It
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July 4, 2025

Making pharma maintenance efficient and compliant with a modern CMMS 

Many pharmaceutical manufacturers still rely on paper-based processes and disconnected systems to manage their maintenance activities. In an industry where compliance is non-negotiable, this creates unnecessary complexity and risk. Auditors expect full traceability. Maintenance teams are expected to follow GMP protocols to the letter. Yet in practice, technicians often work with incomplete data, duplicate work across systems, or rely on
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June 25, 2025

What is a CMMS? A Guide to Modern Maintenance Software

Maintenance teams today face increasing pressure to reduce downtime, extend the life of assets, and improve their efficiency – all while keeping costs under control. But relying on spreadsheets, paperwork, and other outdated ways of working often makes it harder to achieve these goals. This scenario plays out in factories and facilities worldwide, but it doesn’t have to. A Computerized
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June 25, 2025

How Utilities Can Modernize Workforce and Asset Management and Drive Efficiency 

For utility companies, maintaining infrastructure requires highly sophisticated processes. They need to manage workforce operations, work orders, and asset maintenance across multiple systems. However, many existing digital maintenance systems don’t meet these needs: Utilities need a fully SAP-integrated, automated, and mobile-first approach across all key processes: workforce management, meter management, GIS mapping, and infrastructure maintenance. This is where osapiens CMMS
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May 23, 2025

Whitepaper: How to Build a Strong Business Case for a CMMS

Download the Full Whitepaper If your CMMS proposal has been stuck, or if you’re just getting started, this guide gives you the strategy, structure, and support you need to move forward. Download the full whitepaper here to get the detailed breakdown, full case study, and actionable tips for building your business case. hbspt.forms.create({ portalId: “139703275”, formId: “2d32e936-fddb-42e1-ae99-57a70e391bf8”, region: “eu1” }); What
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April 17, 2025

Version 3.15 – New Dashboards, Spare Part Management and Cost Tracking, Simplified Planning

With Release 3.15, technicians get faster access to what matters. A new mobile dashboard shows open work orders by priority and offers quick actions right after login. Spare parts now include BIN locations and stock levels, making it easier to find and understand what’s available. Planning has been simplified: tasks can be dispatched directly from the work order list without