Complex challenges
Manufacturers are optimizing plant conditions, maximizing asset uptime and increasing productivity to stay competitive. At the same time, they are navigating environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges and workforce needs.
Lack of asset insights
In a fast-paced manufacturing environment, numerous machines, personnel, and processes operate simultaneously. Monitoring asset performance in real time can be challenging, and minor issues can quickly escalate into serious problems. To maintain control and avoid costly disruptions, a robust AI-driven Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution is essential. It provides a clear overview of your planned preventive maintenance and related activities—helping to enhance efficiency and minimize downtime.
Operational efficiency
Everything depends on asset reliability. Without that assurance, productivity will take a hit. Data will no longer feed into your system, making it difficult to analyze efficiency. Implementing an EAM system transforms reactive maintenance into a strategic, data-driven process—ensuring that asset reliability underpins operational success and informed decision-making.
Compliance with HSE regulations
Managing health, safety, and environment (HSE) in an active facility is challenging, especially without clear oversight of risk management practices, making regulatory compliance harder to prove. Integrating HSE features within an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system enhances visibility, streamlines compliance tracking, and embeds safety into daily operations. This integration helps reduce incidents, improves accountability, and ensures maintenance activities align with safety standards—making it a smart, proactive approach to managing both asset performance and workplace safety.
Manage enterprise assets for strategic advantages
Ultimo helps manufacturers plan for the future. The cloud-based EAM solution delivers real-time tracking, visual dashboards and best-of-breed integrations across your enterprise.
Flexible and out of the box
Discover new possibilities with your assets. Your people can easily access the cloud-based Ultimo EAM solution––from any desktop or mobile device––to quickly connect with best practices for manufacturing.
Effectively monitor performance
Make more informed decisions faster with Ultimo’s PowerBI integration. A range of reports help you monitor manufacturing operations and delve into business intelligence for improved performance.
Unparalleled ROI
Realize the value of your assets with Ultimo. EAM is a transformational lever in manufacturing investments. Higher uptime, controlled costs and worker safety contribute to an organization’s strategic goals.
Ultimo delivers
Turn challenges into opportunities
Supply chain issues, rising costs and regulatory changes put manufacturers under pressure. Ultimo is a pure-play EAM solution to boost efficiency, increase uptime and control costs. It is your key to unlocking profitability and resiliency.
Customer stories:
Ultimo in action
ConMet®
ConMet® installed its first Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution in 2018 as part of a broader commitment to achieving the highest standards of production excellence.
Dr. Schär
Giant food manufacturer Dr. Schär transformed its global production by revolutionizing their maintenance management across 12 production sites with Ultimo EAM software.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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EAM in manufacturing is enterprise asset management of production machinery, utilities, facilities, and supporting equipment across plants. It supports preventive and proactive maintenance, work order execution, reliability analysis, spare parts control, compliance, and performance reporting. EAM helps manufacturers protect uptime, reduce unplanned stoppages, and make informed decisions about repair, replacement, and capital investment.
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CAFM focuses on buildings, floor plans, space, and occupancy.
EAM focuses on physical assets such as equipment, machinery, and infrastructure across operations.
In healthcare, CAFM is typically used for building and workplace services, while EAM extends further into equipment reliability, preventive inspections, and compliance for assets that directly support care delivery and operational continuity. -
ERP runs core business processes such as finance, procurement, HR, and order management.
EAM runs physical asset processes such as maintenance, inspections, reliability, and compliance.
ERP is primarily focused on business transactions and financial control. EAM is focused on asset condition, work execution, and operational performance. In asset-intensive organizations, the two typically work together rather than replacing one another. -
In engineering, EAM stands for enterprise asset management. It describes the data, processes, and software used to oversee physical assets across their working life, from commissioning to retirement. Engineers use EAM for reliability analysis, asset criticality, failure modes, preventive maintenance planning, and performance benchmarking against design expectations across plants, fleets, and infrastructure networks.
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EAM software supports OEE by reducing unplanned downtime, improving changeover reliability, and surfacing quality issues earlier. Preventive and proactive maintenance extend availability, shorter mean time to repair supports performance, and integrated inspections protect quality. Cross-departmental visibility and connected production data help maintenance, operations, and quality teams work from the same reality and raise all three OEE factors.
