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The Maintenance Services Division of lifting services provider, Morris Material Handling,
is promoting a new and invaluable managed service that is being rolled out across all
industry sectors in the UK.
Branded ‘AIMS’ (Asset Inspection items of non-compliance. defective items and any required corrective
Management System), the service has been “Furthermore, AIMS serves to reduce the actions that are necessary. At this point,
created to help customers radically reduce potential of incidence associated with lifting AIMS has the capacity to detail specific
risk associated with potential load failures. equipment failure through the speed of reports that immediately identify items that
Developed by Morris’ in-house team of IT identification of potentially problematic or require repair or which cannot be found, and
specialists working in conjunction with defective items, thereby providing complete those that should be taken out of service
maintenance services, AIMS uses the latest peace of mind for the customer. This is following the inspection visit. Such is the
in hand-held technology as a means of ultimately achieved as a result of the speed sophistication of reporting that AIMS can
accurately identifying all lifting equipment, with which current reportable data is supplied deliver, it is also possible to output copies of
be it overhead cranes or below the hook following an inspection visit. In essence, Certificates Of Thorough Examination for
across all site premises. under the AIMS system, the prime focus is compliance with the LOLER98 regulations, as
Comments Pat Campbell, operations always on prevention rather than cure,” he and when required. However the system in
director, maintenance services at Morris added. itself offers the ability of providing a
Material Handling, “Having successfully paperless reporting system.
trialled the new AIMS system with a number How it works
of our key customers, we have taken the Deployed by Morris Material Handling’s team Colour coding
decision to actively promote its use amongst of LEEA trained technical support engineers, In order to further reduce the incidence of
both our entire customer base and prospects. the service initially involves the compilation accident risk from potential load failure,
AIMS is a highly-effective tool and one that of an equipment register or asset database that during an AIMS inspection visit every single
serves to ensure that accident risk associated covers all equipment to be inspected. Once item of lifting equipment is colour coded for
with defective items of lifting equipment is collected, this information is stored on the relevant inspection period, thereby making
kept to an absolute minimum. This Morris’ own central IT system database that is it immediately identifiable to personnel that it
achievement is primarily delivered through Microsoft driven. is safe to use. Should any item be located
the efficiency of the reporting that the system With the register in place, which then forms displaying a colour other than that of the
delivers, and its subsequent ability to schedule the working base from which all future current inspection period it should be
the management process required to rectify inspections are carried out, the condition of removed from use until inspected again.
each item of lifting or As Pat Campbell states: “Perhaps the single
below the hook biggest benefit that AIMS delivers is the
equipment listed is speed with which information can be relayed
entered onto palm- through to a client following an inspection
top technology. This visit. Under normal circumstances, we aim to
current reported forward full and comprehensive inspection
information is then results typically within five working of any
up-loaded to the visit to our clients’ premises nationally.”
equipment register In summation, using AIMS, Morris
database, delivering Material Handling is able to offer customers a
an extremely efficient fully managed service when it comes to
method for data reducing the risk associated with potential
transfer. load failures. For as well as identifying
And it is here that defective items, Morris also has the
AIMS really comes capabilities to oversee full repair and
into its own, as the maintenance work, shifting the onus away
database provides a from the customer from having to do so
very efficient method themselves.
of identifying both www.morriscranes.co.uks
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