Practitioner Library
Plant-proven references, ready to deploy.
SamOS makes proven reliability knowledge deployable. Access these documents as standalone resources to start executing now — no study phase required.
Equipment Strategies & References
These documents provide guidance and best practices for building and optimizing equipment strategies.
📄 Preventive Maintenance Defect Control — A primer on the key defects to be avoided to truly prevent equipment failures.
📄 Rotating Equipment PM Source Manual— This manual series provides standards-Derived PM tasks, intervals, test methods, and acceptance criteria by equipment type. This is the source material for best practice PMs.
📄 Electrical Equipment PM Source Manual — This manual series provides standards-Derived PM tasks, intervals, test methods, and acceptance criteria by equipment type. This is the source material for best practice PMs.
📄 Instrumentation PM Source Manual— This manual series provides standards-Derived PM tasks, intervals, test methods, and acceptance criteria by equipment type. This is the source material for best practice PMs.
Maintenance Execution Framework
Work management processes, schedule compliance standards, and execution discipline tools. Use these frameworks to enable a maintenance department that executes consistently.
📄 Maintenance Execution Gap White Paper — Our first overview of the execution gap in maintenance and a framework to close it
📄 MEF Proper Tools Reference — This reference is focused at the maintenance manager or reliability engineer overseeing the physical enablement of maintenance and ensuring all craft disciplines have the basic tools for proper maintenance
📄 MEF Fluid Management Program Manual — This reference provides a full roadmap and considerations for establishing a fluid management program, including grease, oil, and hydraulic fluid
CMMS Materials
Upload-ready templates, asset hierarchy standards, and configuration guides for leading CMMS platforms. These materials get your system working for your maintenance team, not against it.
📄 SAP for Maintenance Leaders — A note on key considerations when approaching a S/4 transition or greenfield installation
📄 Phase Maintenance Primer — A one-stop primer on SAP S/4HANA phase maintenance model, applications, and configuration
📄 SAP Functional Location Manual — A manual on all functional location fields and best practices in SAP, aimed at the maintenance practitioner
📄 SAP Equipment Manual — A manual on all equipment fields and best practices in SAP, aimed at the maintenance practitioner
📄 SAP Material Master Manual — A manual on all material master fields and best practices in SAP, aimed at the maintenance practitioner
📄 SAP BOM Manual — A manual on all BOM fields and best practices in SAP, aimed at the maintenance practitioner
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