Knowledge Based Management introduces Royal Mail to risk-based
technology
Knowledge Based Management Limited (KBM), a joint venture
business between Lloyd's Register Capstone, Inc., a member of the
Lloyd's Register Group, and WSP Group plc, has completed a pilot
programme with UK Royal Mail to reduce the operational costs and
the reactive workload of managing over 500 critical
elevators/lifts. Over a six-month period, Royal Mail reduced its
planned maintenance costs by over 50% and reduced breakdowns in the
systems by 50% using Knowledge Based Asset Integrity (KBAI™)
software.
KBAI™ provides asset managers and engineers with the knowledge
to make correct and timely decisions about the assets they control.
It helps reduce costs, improve availability of critical assets,
implement optimal maintenance plans, and provide full compliance
with all regulatory requirements. With the success of the program,
KBM is working to develop the technology for use across a wide
range of industries in the management of other classes of assets.
Using the KBAI™ technology, the WSP Group, in partnership with
Royal Mail, received the'Partners in Expert Services' award from
Premises and Facilities Management magazine in 2004, an award
designed to recognise the valuable contribution made by suppliers
with specific skills, technical expertise or experience.
The success of KBAI™ in the Royal Mail project has led to the
implementation of the technology and principles to a number of
critical asset families within Royal Mail's property estate. "It is
not often that you come across truly innovative ideas such as this
in the field of asset management," says Keith Elliott, Head of
Facilities Management, Royal Mail. "KBAI™ has proven itself as a
cost-effective means of managing risk across large-scale asset
bases."
"It has been a rewarding experience to translate technology from
the oil-and-gas business into a new business sector in a way that
has created high value for facility management," says John Aller,
President of Lloyd's Register Capstone. "We are confident that
KBAI™ will have application across the entire industry sector
served by Lloyd's Register."
As a result of the program, a number of other blue chip
facilities and infrastructure companies are following Royal Mail's
lead in implementing KBAI™ technology, including a project on part
of the assets belonging to the Highways Agency of the United
Kingdom.
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Notes to editors
1. Lloyd's Register is an independent risk management
organisation. The Lloyd's Register Group works to help improve its
clients' quality, safety, environmental and business performance
throughout the world, because life matters. Its expertise and
activities cover shipping, railways, other land-based industries
and oil and gas. The Group comprises charities and non-charitable
companies, with the latter supporting the charities in their main
public benefit goal.
2. Knowledge Based Management Limited is a joint venture company
formed by WSP Group plc and Lloyd's Register Capstone, Inc. The
joint venture was created after a sustained period of research and
development in the infrastructure and property markets and brings
together a broad range of technical skills and know-how into new
products which seek to change the way businesses manage assets.
These products deliver substantive benefits in improved asset
availability and a reduction in maintenance costs.
3. Lloyd's Register Capstone, Inc. provides engineering and
software services with recognised expertise in risk-based
inspection, reliability, materials engineering, plant
maintenance/inspection, and project management. We are committed to
providing value-added services and technology that will improve
equipment integrity and reliability to clients in the process
industry. Lloyd's Register Capstone experience includes the
refining, petrochemical, chemical, gas processing, offshore, pulp
and paper, and fibre-processing industries.
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For more information, contact
Daryl Mather
Knowledge Based Management
The Alexandra
200-220 The Quays, Salford
Manchester, M50 3SP, UK
T +44 (0) 79 6606 9970
F +44 (0) 161 886 2401
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daryl.mather@kbai.net
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John Aller
Lloyd's Register Capstone
1505 Highway 6 South, Suite 250
Houston, TX 77077
T +1 (1)281 493 2236
F +1 (1)281 493 5161
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