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The NS cater to almost 1.3 million commuters every day with 21,000 employees on one of the busiest rail networks in the world. About 750 employees on more than 30 locations throughout the country work with the Ultimo EAM software to keep their assets in the best condition. They have over 10,000 assets, ranging from train washing installations and wheel lathe pits to bicycles.
Monitoring on technical management
Tom Stoot (product owner): “For the trains, we use a bespoke solution managed by a large team. For all other assets we use Ultimo. An accessible standard application with a low TCO that requires less than 1 FTE to manage it. Especially now that we have started working in the Cloud, managing the system has become even easier.”
The NS mainly use Ultimo to manage equipment and work orders but also their purchasing processes and HSE & Safety. Recently, they also starting using the Value-Driven Maintenance & Asset Management cockpit (Mainnovation) as an add-on to Ultimo. Together with the SAP integration, this allows for even more monitoring on technical management and the associated costs.
Why EAM Software in the Cloud?
The consensus in the market is that business software like EAM software only has a future in the cloud. The software is safe and can be developed faster with a transparent price structure. And you, as a customer, don’t have to be worried about managing the EAM cloud software.
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