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Friday, July 10 2020 - 11:30
AsiaNet
SKF Launched Smart Supplier 4.0 Gen 2: Rethinking machine maintenance
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia and SYDNEY, July 9, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Digitalising preventive maintenance for light industries in Southeast Asia and 
Australia are now more achievable than ever. The second generation of a popular 
SKF programme rethinks the status quo to ensure early detection of problems 
with simplified inspections, expert analyses, and detailed reports for all.

Smart Supplier 4.0 Gen 2, a Digital Asset Condition Assessment programme 
launched by SKF Southeast Asia, helps users to work smarter, simpler, and in a 
more cost-effective way. It does all these by allowing users to detect possible 
causes of failures in their machines early on, so reparative measures could be 
taken before operations are impacted. This programme is best used by light 
industries as an early entry into digitalised maintenance, giving customers a 
platform to embark on their Industrialisation 4.0 journey.

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The programme uses the SKF Quick-Collect Sensor that's connected wirelessly to 
SKF mobile apps to first measure data from machines. The collected data is then 
uploaded to the cloud and sent to SKF's Rotating Equipment Performance Centre 
to be analysed by expert reliability engineers. Finally, detailed reports of 
issues and recommended courses of actions are generated.

Smart Supplier 4.0 Gen 2 comes in 3 different packages, each more advanced than 
the last. Named "QuickPulse", "QuickPro", and "QuickPro+", they're the 
Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced packages on offer, all in that order. 
Signing up with any one of them entitles users to the Quick-Collect Sensor, 
subscription to SKF mobile applications, and detailed assessment reports. 
Additional features are available too, depending on the package signed up for.

By rethinking the way machines are maintained, not only does SKF prevents 
unplanned downtime, it also proves to be critical in:

-Increasing reliability and improving performance of machines.
-Improving lubrication management to prolong machines' lifespan.
-Improving inventory optimisation to reduce excess stock.
-Lowering overall maintenance cost.
-Improving productivity through a digitised maintenance programme.

"Our light industry customers would benefit the most by this entry level 
digitalised maintenance programme. It provides them with a holistic approach to 
digitalising maintenance from their current maintenance strategies," said Gavin 
Garland, Area Director, Southeast Asia.

For more information and specifications, do speak to our SKF Authorised 
Distributors or SKF Sales Representatives in Southeast Asia and Australia.

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SKF's mission is to be the undisputed leader in the bearing business. SKF 
offers solutions around the rotating shaft, including bearings, seals, 
lubrication management, condition monitoring and maintenance services. SKF is 
represented in more than 130 countries and has around 17,000 distributor 
locations worldwide. Annual sales in 2019 were SEK 86 013 million and the 
number of employees was 43 360. www.skf.com

(R) SKF is a registered trademark of the SKF Group.

SOURCE SKF Group

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