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How 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...
read moreHow to Give a User Access to a Second Site
If you have a Multisite license of Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager (Blue Mountain RAM), you likely have - or will soon have - multiple sites in your system. Additionally, you may need to give a user of one site, access to another site. In this blog, I will...
read moreHow to Designate, Control, and Track Standards
Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager (Blue Mountain RAM) can: Accept the designation of certain equipment to act as calibration Standards Monitor condition as Overdue (for calibration) or Failed (most recent calibration) Offer appropriate Standards for assets under...
read moreHow To Control Queries in Blue Mountain RAM
Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager (RAM) displays information through queries. A query is a list of selected information from a set of selected records, organized in a selected manner. For Blue Mountain RAM, queries can be viewed in either Workspaces or Queries....
read moreHow To View System Asset Information
Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager (Blue Mountain RAM) offers a type of asset record for documenting systems, called a System Asset. Systems track hierarchical conglomerations of equipment and instruments working together. Examples of systems include Bioreactors,...
read moreMaintaining Pick Lists in Blue Mountain RAM
It is simple to clean up pick lists in Blue Mountain RAM, including: Misspellings Multiple versions of the same item (ie. Digital Caliper, Dig Cal, and D. Caliper) Obsolete items Belonging to a group that has the “Application Pick List Maintenance” right enables you...
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