Frequently asked questions - Performance and functionality
Can reports be generated with Bi-Cycle and distributed over the WAN using, say, Microsoft Internet Explorer files?
Do you have any downtime statistics from companies that use your product?
Does Bi-Cycle come with standard materials or purchasing reports?
Does it work as well for materials reporting? Both for equipment in the hierarchy, as well as other dimensions of purchasing?
Is Bi-Cycle just a reporting tool?
What are the system requirements to run Bi-Cycle?
When I choose to make a local copy of the maintenance data on my PC, how long does it take ?
Q: Can reports be generated with Bi-Cycle and distributed over the WAN using, say, Microsoft Internet Explorer files?
A: Yes, Bi-Cycle has an extensive facility for exporting reports. Supported export types include HTML files, MS Word, MS Excel, and Adobe PDF files. Bi-Cycle also allows you to make direct exports of statistics to Excel and charts to the clipboard, allowing you to copy/paste analyses into any word processor.
Q: Do you have any downtime statistics from companies that use your product?
A: We don't have statistics on downtime although Bi-Cycle can be used and is used to monitor downtime and decreases in downtime due to maintenance.
Q: Does Bi-Cycle come with standard materials or purchasing reports?
A: Bi-Cycle includes a report generator, where reports can be defined with all the graphs and statistics available in Bi-Cycle. This way, reports for materials analysis can also be created. Once defined, the reports are automatically updated.
Q: Does it work as well for materials reporting? Both for equipment in the hierarchy, as well as other dimensions of purchasing?
A: Bi-Cycle includes materials costs in the analyses of direct maintenance costs. Both on the level of equipment, as on the levels of equipment supplier, site, shifts and crews. In these analyses both the costs and the trends in materials costs are calculated and shown in graphs . In addition, Bi-Cycle analyzes the number of spare parts used per system or equipment, again including trends.
Q: Is Bi-Cycle just a reporting tool?
A: No. Bi-Cycle is not only a reporting tool, but more specifically an analysis tool used for:
Q: What are the system requirements to run Bi-Cycle?
A: The minimal system requirements to run Bi-Cycle can be found in the fact sheet. Practically, Bi-Cycle runs very well on any PC or notebook manufactured within the past 5 years.
Q: When I choose to make a local copy of the maintenance data on my PC, how long does it take ?
A: This depends, of course, on the type of system, connection and database you are trying to copy. A typical table with 200.000 reports will take around an hour to download in typical circumstances. In general the download time depends on the amount of equipment registered in the database.
Q: Can reports be generated with Bi-Cycle and distributed over the WAN using, say, Microsoft Internet Explorer files?
A: Yes, Bi-Cycle has an extensive facility for exporting reports. Supported export types include HTML files, MS Word, MS Excel, and Adobe PDF files. Bi-Cycle also allows you to make direct exports of statistics to Excel and charts to the clipboard, allowing you to copy/paste analyses into any word processor.
Q: Do you have any downtime statistics from companies that use your product?
A: We don't have statistics on downtime although Bi-Cycle can be used and is used to monitor downtime and decreases in downtime due to maintenance.
Q: Does Bi-Cycle come with standard materials or purchasing reports?
A: Bi-Cycle includes a report generator, where reports can be defined with all the graphs and statistics available in Bi-Cycle. This way, reports for materials analysis can also be created. Once defined, the reports are automatically updated.
Q: Does it work as well for materials reporting? Both for equipment in the hierarchy, as well as other dimensions of purchasing?
A: Bi-Cycle includes materials costs in the analyses of direct maintenance costs. Both on the level of equipment, as on the levels of equipment supplier, site, shifts and crews. In these analyses both the costs and the trends in materials costs are calculated and shown in graphs . In addition, Bi-Cycle analyzes the number of spare parts used per system or equipment, again including trends.
Q: Is Bi-Cycle just a reporting tool?
A: No. Bi-Cycle is not only a reporting tool, but more specifically an analysis tool used for:
- supporting the reliability engineers,
- benchmarking different plants, or sites,
- analysing direct maintenance costs and production losses,
- making structured maintenance improvement decisions (RCM).
In doing so, Bi-Cycle uses not only maintenance data, but also data such as production and start and stop times from rotating equipment from process data.
Q: What are the system requirements to run Bi-Cycle?
A: The minimal system requirements to run Bi-Cycle can be found in the fact sheet. Practically, Bi-Cycle runs very well on any PC or notebook manufactured within the past 5 years.
Q: When I choose to make a local copy of the maintenance data on my PC, how long does it take ?
A: This depends, of course, on the type of system, connection and database you are trying to copy. A typical table with 200.000 reports will take around an hour to download in typical circumstances. In general the download time depends on the amount of equipment registered in the database.
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