There are many benefits to a planned, ongoing hose maintenance program, and OnGuard® Asset Management offers facility managers an easy way to be reminded when their hose systems need to be inspected or maintained.
"We launched the OnGuard Asset Management solution more than 10 years ago, initially for the rigging industry," said Pete Haberbosch, president of SBP Holdings. "Big companies needed to know how their assets were being tracked. We then expanded the OnGuard service to include two other product areas: hose and heavy-duty belting. We continue to invest in the database, and we now have hundreds of customers and tens of thousands of assets that we are helping to manage through OnGuard."
OnGuard Asset Management for Hose, offered through local distributorships under Singer Equities, provides a hose management solution that tags, tracks and alerts the facility when service or replacement is necessary, Haberbosch said. This gives facility management a structured, documented procedure for asset maintenance, meaning less downtime and fewer safety hazards and fines from unchecked and unsafe systems.
When choosing the OnGuard Asset Management system, customers pay up-front for the cost of a tag for each hose, which ranges from simple metal tags to tags with radio-frequency identification (RFID)- embedded chips. For interested customers, OnGuard offers the additional service of an on-site walkthrough and asset inspection. Following the inspection, a report is generated for the customer that highlights asset results.
More than just a product
"All of our technical sales people receive ongoing training on the OnGuard asset tracking system, which is being updated and improved continuously," Haberbosch said. "They are familiar with how the system works and how to make sure a customer is alerted when an asset is due for re-inspection. We also have specialists who are experienced with these on-site inspections."
Within the OnGuard team, technical experts are available to share best practices and knowledge of typical asset inspection scenarios.
"The bottom line is we've well-equipped our team with the training and the equipment to be able to support our customers in improving the safety and efficiency of their operations," Haberbosch said.
Customers within North America can utilize these services through local distributors. SBP Holdings has 58 distributor locations in the U.S., all with the ability to provide OnGuard Asset Management services to their customers. This includes asset management services for rigging, hose and belting products. These local distributors also provide the local support and industrial hose and fittings inventory customers need, with additional technical information and support coming from SBP's partnerships with the best domestic hose and rigging manufacturers.
"We see the OnGuard Asset Management program as a valuable partnership between the facility and our team," Haberbosch said. "We understand through experience the challenges that end-users have in hose assets. We have many years of experience with this type of product. Our goal is to help them improve their total cost of ownership with hose assets while also helping them to avoid downtime, spills and injuries."
For more information, visit www. onguardhose.com or call (877) 483-6577. â¢
