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Updated service offering aligns with maintenance goals for facilities management teams.
Today’s FM leaders have the difficult task of ensuring business availability while preparing for rapid digitalisation and electrification on sites where new and legacy assets are combined. They need to upskill the workforce and deploy advanced digital capabilities with minimal disruption.
A service partnership supports this by meeting the day-to-day objectives of FM teams while mapping out a course for future adaption, scale-up or addition of new technology. In addition, industrial services overcome the skills gap by providing FM teams with access to expertise and cutting-edge capabilities without having to recruit and train operators for specialist roles.
New equipment can improve uptime, but it will not solve all maintenance challenges. For example, it may introduce new maintenance considerations, requiring new skills and insight, as well as needing integration with existing systems. An industrial service partner can cut the associated risk by simplifying maintenance and supporting integration, ensuring continuous value from all assets. FM teams can also use service plans to access experts who are certified to audit a site, before specifying, fitting and monitoring a tailored solution, assisting managers across the full lifecycle of the facility.
Meeting three sets of goals
Schneider Electric starts the services journey with EcoConsult by carrying out an assessment that discovers untapped efficiencies that lie in existing installations. The expert-led audit helps to keep facilities operating continuously, safely and securely. It can be used to digitalise a site’s paper-based electrical single line diagram to create a digital twin to better manage electrical networks. EcoConsult design empowers FM teams to prepare for the future by setting out plans for new installations and avoiding potential safety and cybersecurity issues.
The second service solves the problems of outdated equipment and installations by providing expertise so that FM teams can modernise their facilities. EcoFit uses the principle of circularity to upgrade the active components rather than the entire system. This reduces disruption and makes the most of existing assets to extend their life by to 25% while cutting carbon footprint. Modernisation will reduce unexpected failures and ensure critical parts are easier to monitor or maintain as businesses respond to supply chain demands.
Under the third service, a service partner can free-up the FM team’s time with off-site monitoring and proactive maintenance. Industrial services act as an extension of existing teams, filling in skills gaps and using dedicated experts and advanced algorithms to deliver 24/7 remote monitoring. No matter the unique challenges of each facility, Schneider Electric’s EcoCare will free up facilities management teams to focus on value-adding opportunities.
All facilities are facing the challenge of deploying digital transformation to meet sustainability and business availability pressures. But digital transformation is not a one-size-fits-all approach, every journey is unique, and every business has solved specific challenges. Using a service partner removes the risk and protects digital transformation investment by providing the insight to simplify maintenance throughout the diverse sector.
Learn more about Schneider Electric’s EcoConsult, EcoFit and EcoCare services.
