Excelling in quality and durability
Broshuis B.V. is a leading international manufacturer of trailers for exceptional and container transport. With over 135 years of experience, they offer a wide range of trailers such as semi-low loaders, low loaders, flat trailers and container chassis, which excel in quality and durability. Broshuis focuses on providing solutions to transportation challenges, regardless of load size or weight. They are known for their customer-centric approach, working with customers to develop solutions that strengthen their position in the market.
Asset challenges in a technical environment
Frits ten Brinke, maintenance manager at Broshuis, had long felt that more control was needed on all the technical equipment used in and around the production environment. "A lot of knowledge was stored only in colleagues' heads or in a cluttered number of Excel sheets. Moreover, schedules, maintenance reports, inspection reports, installation drawings, certificates and much more were not findable in one central place. My colleagues in the technical department also did not have a computerized schedule of their daily work. While the number of assets to be serviced, such as air treatment systems, welding machines, welding robots, cranes and lifting equipment, spraying equipment, compressors and building related equipment, was growing rapidly.
Working with ease and pleasure
When asked what requirements an asset management system should meet, Frits replied as follows: "Knowledge retention, overview and peace of mind. I also felt it was very important for my colleagues to be able to work with ease and pleasure. For that reason, Leon Hermeler, work planner/coordinator in our department, for example, was involved in this project. As well as our IT department and fellow mechanics. My guiding principle has always been that we must determine together whether tests have succeeded. Proactiveness was also important for us: the system has to think for you and give timely notifications so that you can adjust the capacity planning of available mechanics accordingly. In addition, it is important that data can also be put into clear reports and interactive dashboards.”
Choosing Ultimo Premium
Frits came across IFS Ultimo Premium via Google and by reading reviews and, after extensive market research, decided to award the contract. Colleague Leon, who was given 30 hours a week for the project, explains his experiences as a key user: "What is particularly striking, compared to other systems we tested, is the ease of use. For example, each employee in the technical department has their own tasks ('My Tasks'), so everyone knows their duties on a daily basis. However, if you have time to spare, you can easily take up tasks from colleagues.
Working smarter with Ultimo
We asked Frits about the results: “Working smarter with Ultimo Premium saves us at least 1 FTE in time, because all asset data are recorded, and we no longer have to search for missing maintenance and service or quality data. Besides, the value cannot always be monetized, especially when it comes to security, reputation and compliance.
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