AngloGold Ashanti Discusses Improving SAP Usability (Video)
In this video, an SAP coach from AngloGold Ashanti speaks at the Mastering SAP Plant Maintenance in Johannesburg about the increased productivity and improved SAP usability the company experienced...
View ArticleMobile for SAP Plant Maintenance
The workplace is not a track field. So why is you staff running around and taking extra steps to get the job done for plant maintenance? Empower your workforce with Prometheus Group’s Mobile solution,...
View ArticleTips & Tricks: Shift Updater
This video shows how to update and maintain the shifts of each resource assigned to a work center using the shift updater capability found in the Graphical Work Order Scheduler (GWOS) tool for simple...
View Article8 Features to Look for in a Plant Maintenance Mobile Solution
While mobility can offer a number of benefits, a challenge for plant maintenance is to decide which routine tasks or functionalities need to be available via mobile. Mobile devices should not create...
View Article3 Steps for Identifying Equipment Risk
Equipment maintenance is a major area of concern for manufacturers. A study of 70 manufacturing plants found that over 50% of the maintenance work performed by these firms was reactive (when equipment...
View ArticleTips & Tricks: Stoplight Capacity Indicator
You guys asked how to change the stoplight colors to indicate capacity in the Graphical Work Order Scheduler (GWOS), our SAP scheduling tool for plant maintenance. Check out this video by GWOS expert,...
View ArticleHow Real Companies Did It – Challenges with Data Integrity and Consistency
A deep dive into how maintenance organizations improved their planning and scheduling processes to save time and money. Maintaining data integrity is a key challenge for most manufacturing...
View ArticleHow Real Companies Did It – Meet the Companies
A deep dive into how maintenance organizations improved their planning and scheduling processes to save time and money. Ballance Agri-Nutrients Ballance Agri-Nutrients Limited is New Zealand’s...
View ArticleTips & Tricks – Scheduling Graphically
While SAP is the leading enterprise resource planning software of choice, it does come with its challenges—especially for plant maintenance users. The SAP module for scheduling and assigning resources...
View ArticleDo you know where your tools are?
In a manufacturing environment, having the right tools available to complete a job is essential. A well-defined tool management strategy can help avoid unwanted interruptions that can decrease wrench...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about lean manufacturing
So, what is lean manufacturing? In a nutshell, lean manufacturing eliminates waste and identifies how to improve processes. Narrowing in on the methods and activities that are the least efficient...
View ArticleBest practices of effective schedulers
Schedulers are responsible for ensuring various trades are available to complete a planned job during the schedule duration. They should also communicate the work plan and any changes across the...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about printing inside SAP
Printing documents inside SAP can be a cumbersome process. Work package creation, printing and distribution often steals countless hours of productivity from plant maintenance planners and schedulers....
View ArticleAre you wasting labor resources?
Did you know that your maintenance organization could be wasting nearly 25 percent of its available labor? Moreover, it is estimated that up to 60 percent of wasted labor results from activities that...
View ArticleWhy third-party project management tools are hurting your organization
It happens to the best of us, a problem occurs or equipment breaks. When this happens, we create a notification and enter it into SAP. But this is where things get tricky. Most companies find planning...
View ArticleSpend less time navigating SAP (Video)
Navigating SAP can be a cumbersome process, especially for users new to the software. On average, SAP users spend 50 minutes per day getting to the right screen. With the Prometheus Group Navigator, it...
View ArticleAre you doing all you can to optimize your planning and scheduling processes?
While wrench time rates vary by company, a typical average is 30 percent. That means in a 10-hour day, only 3 hours of actual work is being done. (Shame on us!) Several factors contribute to lackluster...
View ArticleWelcome to our blog!
Hi there! Thanks for checking out our blog. Given that this is our first post, please allow us to introduce ourselves… We’re Prometheus Group and our goal is to solve your SAP Plant Maintenance...
View ArticleDecember Webinar: See our solutions in action!
All manufacturers are faced with a common challenge — how to keep plants producing at maximum output while conducting predictive and preventive maintenance. By being proactive and planning preventative...
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