

The design, tooling and other IP belongs to the supplier.

Each of them- OEM, ODM, or CM - lets you exert a different level of agency over manufacturing, and each has its strengths and weaknesses. These three acronyms each stand for a type of outsourced manufacturing business model – and the differences between the different models (primarily related to product design responsibilities) can significantly impact your choice of a full-service contract manufacturer. When choosing a contract manufacturing supplier for your product, you may have come across acronyms such as OEM, ODM, and CM. It allows them to outsource their manufacturing operations to a producer that is well equipped to handle it. Having the right supplier with the right capabilities and the correct partnership model is crucial when starting a new project. Other supplementary data including FMECA’s, and dashboards were also automatically developed from the results.Contract manufacturing is a great solution for companies who do not have a full-service manufacturing and development team.Thirteen key recommendations to further improve analysis.Achieved a 25% improvement in value compared to current OEM recommended strategy.Eight unique plans for 278 sewage pump stations.Creation of a cost optimal maintenance strategy that considers monetized risk.Critically review the effectiveness of the OEM recommended maintenance strategy.Produce optimal strategies for each of the 278 sewage pump stations.Identify optimal maintenance strategies by combining engineering opinion and data.The traceable relationships mean both the model and analysis can be continuously challenged and improved upon. The strategy optimization produced cost optimal strategies rooted in engineer knowledge and data. Goulburn Valley Water’s OEM recommended tasks were reduced to a combination of four tasks performed at varies intervals for each group. The analysis identified eight groups of assets with a common strategy. This knowledge base was then used to, analyze various scenario’s and optimal strategies that maximize value were recommended. The link between asset attributes, its environment, and consequences of failure were captured in Modla’s knowledge base. It considered factors unique to each asset such as H2S concentrations, configurations and component inclusion as well as asset risks. The analysis produced unique maintenance strategies for 278 unique pump stations. The RCMD methodology and decisions layer means that a fair chunk of the grunt work of RCM is automated.” - Samar Patel, Asset Optimization Engineer GVW Results of strategy optimization “The product developed by Modla provides a one stop platform for reliability information and intuitive analyses. The lack of a structured approach meant the rationale behind their decisions was unclear, and the reasoning could not be traced back to relevant asset drivers.

Their strategy for maintaining individual sewage pump stations was modified over time and now varied among individual sewage pump stations. Therefore, the value and effectiveness of various proactive maintenance tasks were unknown. Goulburn Valley Water’s OEM recommended strategy had not yet undergone a quantitative cost-benefit analysis. The analysis identified several areas of improvement compared to their current OEM recommended strategy resulting in a 25% value improvement. From this single model, a unique maintenance strategy was recommended for each of their 278 sewage pump stations. Goulburn Valley Water partnered with Modla to develop an RCMD model for sewage pump stations.
