The selection of Mainsaver CMMS is just one part of a company-wide efficiency improvement drive at Finsbury called the “Operating Brilliance” programme. In terms of the engineering maintenance element, the programme seeks to uniformly improve asset management across all sites with standardised KPIs and reporting systems.
Finsbury produces a wide range of cakes, bread and bakery snack products for major retailers and foodservice providers. Engineering manager Peter Saint comments: “We have grown significantly over the last decade through acquisition of strategic businesses, and it’s fair to say that each factory in the group is at a different stage in its journey to engineering excellence. There were a number of legacy CMMS systems in place at our various manufacturing sites and we identified a need to standardise across the business.”
To that end, a series of product demonstrations from the incumbent CMMS providers were arranged, at the end of which Mainsaver emerged as the preferred solution. “We assessed that Mainsaver was the system that closest matched our requirements” adds Saint. “It was already installed and working at one of our factories, and in Spidex, we knew we were choosing a supplier with a proven track record in the food industry.”
A project study was then carried out by Spidex at each plant to determine the current position in respect of asset management and how this links with the Operating Brilliance programme. A schedule of activity was then agreed to ensure Mainsaver CMMS supports the company’s overall asset management objectives.
Finsbury anticipates a number of benefits from the group-wide installation, through implementing a maintenance management regime that will further improve the performance of its asset base and through better visibility and control of its spares inventory. Another key factor is food safety, auditing and compliance, as Saint explains: “As a food manufacturing business we need to ensure that all our maintenance work is logged, archived and thereby traceable. Auditors and customers need to see that we are in control and that we record everything we do. Mainsaver will be key to this.”
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