Articles: Oracle

Creating an Asset Management Framework For Successful EAM Configuration

Originally presented at Reliability 2.0

by Marc Yarlott, Veolia Water North America, Terry Nelson, Inspiraworks and John Clow with Oracle

Summary:

In 2003, Veolia Water North America recognized that core business objectives should be expanded to include understanding complete lifecycle costs of the equipment we operate on behalf of our clients.

Hey! Does Anyone Have One of Those Phones I Can Call Production With?

By Dave Loesch

When was the last time you sat through a demo of your employer's phone system? Did you prepare lengthy specs describing your "telephone placement and receiving" processes that were diligently checked against vendor compliance? Did a cadre of project team members fly in to see others using the system? Did you endure weeks of training, temps and overtime while learning the new system? While a few telco pros may relate to this, probably no more than a handful of this publication's readers have endured such an ordeal for the purchase of a phone system.