Andromeda Systems Incorporated acquires TFD

Andromeda Systems Incorporated acquires TFD

Andromeda Systems Incorporated acquires TFD Andromeda Systems Incorporated (ASI) is pleased to announce its acquisition of Tools for Decision (TFD) on November 17th, 2022. The acquisition includes TFD Group in the US, TFD Europe Ltd based in the UK, and a partial...

ASI mourns the loss of Al Wilkerson

ASI mourns the loss of Al Wilkerson

It is with deep sadness that ASI acknowledges the loss of a dear employee and friend. Al Wilkerson passed away Wednesday morning at his home in Oklahoma City, OK. He was 76. Al was a giant in the field of supportability, especially as it relates to USN and USMC...

ASI’s INPD division recognizes RFID at the “tipping point”

ASI’s INPD division recognizes RFID at the “tipping point”

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology uses radio waves to identify people or objects. Passive RFID systems use tags with no internal power source and instead are powered by the electromagnetic energy transmitted from an RFID reader. Ultra-High Frequency...

Artificial Intelligence Prognostic Steering™ (AIPS)

Artificial Intelligence Prognostic Steering™ (AIPS)

Artificial intelligence (AI) has now become part of our culture whether we use it on smart phone applications or digital media or purchasing products and services. We employ “apps” to assist in our decision making. Andromeda Systems Inc. (ASI) Innovative New Products...

ASI’s Innovation & New Products Division (INPD)

ASI’s Innovation & New Products Division (INPD)

ASI Innovation & New Products Division The goal of ASI’s Innovation & New Products Division (INPD) is to identify and seamlessly connect ASI divisions with innovative processes and new technology to create advanced logistics support solutions to improve...

The Story of “S” Origin of the Supportability Index

The Story of “S” Origin of the Supportability Index

Original Design Concept by: Ron Wagner – ASI CTO David Sada - VP RM&SS Dr. Gregory Thompson – INPD Sr. Engineer Re- Engineered by: JC Leverette – ASI COO David Sada – VP RM&S Rob Willis – VP APMS Implemented by: Al Wilkerson & ASI Team Throughout its...

Andromeda Systems Incorporated partners with Amazon Web Services

Andromeda Systems Incorporated partners with Amazon Web Services

Andromeda Systems Incorporated's team of engineering, supportability, information technology, and maintenance experts, have partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide customers with industry-leading cloud-based SaaS solutions. Security is paramount to ASI’s...

ASI Wins Reliability-Centered Maintenance Contract

ASI Wins Reliability-Centered Maintenance Contract

Andromeda Systems Inc. (ASI), Virginia Beach, Virginia, has been awarded an $89,104,038 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides reliability-centered maintenance for service aircraft, engines, systems (weapons,...

How Does Asset Management Help?

How Does Asset Management Help?

Asset management is vital to the success of a company whose existence relies on physical assets. Asset management provides qualitative and quantitative data that not only determines asset efficiency and manages company costs, but it also maximizes the lifespan of a...

Predictive Maintenance 101

Predictive Maintenance 101

Predictive Maintenance (PdM), also known as condition-based maintenance, oversees the condition of equipment as it performs during regular hours of operation to identify and reduce the incidence of future failures. Not to be confused with Predictive Maintenance,...

Top things to know about reliability-centered maintenance

Top things to know about reliability-centered maintenance

Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) is a proactive strategy used to identify the most important assets and determine how to solve problems that may occur with them. RCM works to improve the productivity of equipment and assets and reduce the cost of maintenance by...

Top 5 sources for reliability data

Top 5 sources for reliability data

Reliability data drives decision making, reveals patterns and trends, and prevents asset failure. Gathering this data, however, is not always easy. Here are the top five sources for reliability data. Reliability testing  Reliability testing provides the most...

5 improvements a reliability engineer can apply today

5 improvements a reliability engineer can apply today

Reliability engineers are responsible for eliminating losses, managing risks, and managing asset life cycles. Here are five important things reliability engineers can do today to begin improving asset reliability.  Eliminate loss with OEE Begin collecting data to...

What to know about reliability-centered maintenance

What to know about reliability-centered maintenance

Due to the complexity of present-day manufacturing processes and equipment, companies are unable to predict when important assets are likely to wear out, and consequently, unable to replace them before they fail. This is because it’s not the entire piece of equipment...

9 ways operations supervisors can improve reliability

9 ways operations supervisors can improve reliability

Often considered the backbone of an organization, operations supervisors are responsible for budget, performance evaluation, customer support, and policy implementation. With so much on their plate, here are 9 things operations supervisors can do to improve reliability.

How to reduce maintenance costs on capital equipment

How to reduce maintenance costs on capital equipment

In the hunt to reduce costs and increase profits, many management teams look to the maintenance department to reduce operational costs. Maintenance operations can be expensive especially when they’re not optimized. But, in order to optimize them, you have to spend...

What makes a strong reliability centered maintenance (RCM) program?

What makes a strong reliability centered maintenance (RCM) program?

Reliability centered maintenance (RCM) helps businesses perform their maintenance tasks in a safe, reliable, efficient, and cost-effective manner. The overall goal of an effective RCM program is to make sure that inspection and maintenance tasks help improve the safety and reliability of a company’s equipment.

How to Choose the Best CMMS Software

How to Choose the Best CMMS Software

For years, companies have been using paper or spreadsheet systems to manage their maintenance. For many workers, there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to manually enter the data needed to accurately maintain maintenance operation. This inevitably leads to the unexpected breakdown of equipment, productivity lost due to emergency repairs, scheduling oversights, and unfinished work orders.

Which enterprise asset management software is right for me?

Which enterprise asset management software is right for me?

Enterprise Asset Management (EAM): What It Is and Why It Matters Defined as the process of managing the maintenance and lifecycle of physical assets to plan and optimize their use, track maintenance activities, schedule replacement and manage disposal, EAM is integral...

What are the benefits of using enterprise asset management software?

What are the benefits of using enterprise asset management software?

Enterprise asset management (EAM) is the process of managing the maintenance and lifecycle of physical assets to plan and optimize their use, track maintenance activities, schedule replacement and even manage disposal. The process is essential to improving operational efficiency, minimizing risk, and reducing costs of equipment ownership.