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Tracking Vendors And Agreements In Blue Mountain RAM
Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager (Blue Mountain RAM) has Vendor Records that may be used if you wish. Customers who use these records often want to track agreement expiration dates, as well as the assets each vendor maintains. However, because the same vendor...
read moreWhere Are My Blue Mountain RAM Inventory Parts Being Used?
If you use Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager’s (Blue Mountain RAM’s) Inventory Parts records for your consumable spare parts, you might have wondered: Which work is consuming my supply of a certain Inventory Part? Which events plan ongoing use of the Inventory...
read moreUploading and Downloading Files In Blue Mountain RAM
Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager (Blue Mountain RAM) has an optional feature known as the Embedded Document Module (EDM). This feature provides users with the ability to upload and download document and image files within Blue Mountain RAM, such as: Standard...
read moreHow To Suppress Audit Reason Collection
Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager (Blue Mountain RAM) continuously audits what users do in the system. This auditing cannot be turned off, however, there is an optional rule setting that turns off the prompt for users to “Please enter a reason for this record...
read moreHow To Add Blue Mountain RAM Report Records
You may know that you can run reports from within Blue Mountain RAM, but do you know how to create the Blue Mountain RAM Report Records that make this happen? Blue Mountain RAM makes reports available through Report Records. A Report Record holds the information...
read moreHow To Add On Demand Work Based On An Asset’s Event
You may know that Blue Mountain RAM can create special work records to document unscheduled and/or unplanned work activities, and that these special work records are called “On Demand” work records. However, did you know that starting with Blue Mountain RAM version R3...
read moreHow To Print Work Plan Template Steps
A common question Blue Mountain's Technical Support is asked is, “Can I print my Work Plan Template steps?” The answer is yes. Did you know that Blue Mountain RAM queries can be exported to Microsoft Excel, formatted for appearance, and then printed? This is one...
read moreHow To Keep Blue Mountain RAM Notification Emails Flowing Smoothly
Blue Mountain RAM sends notification emails full of information. Examples include: Your request REQ-000089 has been approved The Asset Owner of Widget123 has changed from X to Y Calibration work CAL-004123-2018 needs a review signature The following schedules are...
read moreHow To Ensure Work Plan Completion on Work Orders
One question that often comes into Blue Mountain RAM Technical Support is: "Our Reviewers spend a lot of time sending work orders back for work plan completion. How can I ensure that the work plans we include with a work order are always completed before the work...
read moreThe Power of Query Designer Columns
Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager’s (Blue Mountain RAM) tool for creating queries is the Query Designer. The Query Designer organizes design activities across 4 tabs: Columns Headers, Criteria, Sorting, and Flags. In this blog, I will highlight the powers of the...
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