Gaining Visibility
For , one of the most valuable components of Asset Essentials is its basic reporting. Dixon runs a weekly maintenance report from the platform that includes work orders completed and time spent, as well as the top five parts used from each department. The report goes to all departments to help leaders see how much they鈥檙e spending on parts to help plan for future inventory orders and to keep track of the parts required by individual assets. 鈥淚f an asset is constantly needing more parts, it may be time for a replacement,鈥 Dixon says.
For example, after a plant engineer noticed that a certain part was replaced on the same piece of equipment every week for 12 weeks, his team investigated and determined that the equipment was wearing out the part. Because the new part cost $20,000, it was more cost effective to purchase a new piece of equipment for $100,000 than to keep replacing the part on a weekly basis. 鈥淚n five weeks, that new piece of equipment paid for itself,鈥 Dixon says. 鈥淎nd we caught it just through this simple method of tracking the top five most-used parts through Asset Essentials.鈥
Boosting Efficiencies
In addition to better keeping track of parts, Asset Essentials also allows CS Beef to more effectively track individual assets and labor. By tracking the work performed on each asset and the asset鈥檚 productivity, Dixon can stay informed about the cost effectiveness of each piece of equipment.
He also tracks labor effectiveness 鈥渘ot only using our time clock, but also by tracking work order times,鈥 Dixon says. 鈥淲e weren鈥檛 able to track that quantitative data with our prior software.鈥
The ability to effectively track labor efficiency is especially important as CS Beef faces a cost crunch in the beef and cattle industry. 鈥淭he price of cattle has increased significantly, while the price of selling beef has gone down significantly, and it鈥檚 becoming difficult to wade through that,鈥 Dixon says.
鈥淲e expect these conditions to continue for another three years, so we have to keep a close eye on our costs.鈥
Scott Dixson
Leadership Trainer and Technology Supervisor, CS Beef Packers
Partnering with 香蕉视频
After a disappointing experience with a previous software platform, Dixon was looking for a product and a sales team that would be trustworthy and reliable. 鈥淥ur 香蕉视频 sales reps didn鈥檛 have to sell much, they just had to be honest about what the program could do and could not do,鈥 he says. 鈥淲e didn鈥檛 have any false expectations. They are some of the most trustworthy people I鈥檝e been around. Anytime I have a question, I can call my sales rep and he鈥檚 quick to answer a call or an email.鈥
After CS Beef committed to Asset Essentials, Dixon worked to input the company鈥檚 data and a 香蕉视频 consultant came on site and trained his staff for a little over a week. The company transitioned completely from one software to another within three months.
Although Dixon says the process was simple and his team was able to quickly gain expertise in using the product, 香蕉视频 remains involved and available when CS Beef needs help. 鈥淲hat really sold us on Asset Essentials was the customer service behind the sale,鈥 Dixon says. 鈥淣ot only does the customer success team help you out on the spot, but if it takes more than five or 10 minutes, they鈥檒l follow up with an email.鈥
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