Your EAM system has data — but the structure underneath it doesn't work

Clean records and complete attributes only deliver value if the hierarchy that organises them is correct. When it isn't, everything built on top of it is unreliable. Does any of this sound familiar?

Work orders are assigned to the wrong functional locations, making maintenance history unreliable and reporting meaningless.

You're setting up a new EAM system and need to build the hierarchy correctly before anything else can be entered.

Your asset register is a flat list — there's no hierarchy that reflects how your facility actually operates.

You've inherited an asset register from a previous operator and you're not sure the structure is fit for purpose.

Reporting by equipment type, area, or system is impossible because the data isn't structured to support it.

An asset hierarchy is the structure that everything else in your EAM depends on

Your asset hierarchy determines how equipment is organised, how work orders are assigned, how maintenance history is accumulated, and how management reporting works. When the hierarchy is flat, inconsistently tagged, or incorrectly structured, everything built on top of it is unreliable — no matter how clean the individual records are. Sharecat builds asset hierarchies that reflect how your facility actually operates, aligned to your EAM system's requirements and to recognised standards.

From experience: a poorly structured asset hierarchy is the most common reason why EAM systems fail to deliver the operational insight they were designed to provide — and one of the most frequently overlooked data quality problems.

WHATS INCLUDED

The service includes:

Review of existing asset hierarchy and identification of structural gaps and inconsistencies

Alignment with ISO 14224, CFIHOS, or your internal asset classification standard

Functional location hierarchy design — aligned to your operations and EAM system requirements

Spare parts and BoM linking to correct equipment nodes in the hierarchy

Equipment tag standardisation — consistent, structured naming conventions across all assets

Validation for completeness and structural integrity before delivery

Parent-child relationship mapping for all equipment and functional locations

EAM-ready delivery in the format required by your system — SAP, Maximo, IFS, STAR, or other

Our 5-step hierarchy process

1

Current state review

We analyse your existing asset register and hierarchy — identifying gaps, inconsistencies, flat structures, and incorrect tag naming that need to be resolved.

2

Hierarchy design

We design a functional location and equipment hierarchy that reflects how your facility actually operates, aligned to your EAM system's requirements and any applicable standards.

3

Tag standardisation

We define and apply a consistent equipment tag naming convention across all assets — ensuring tags are meaningful, searchable, and maintainable going forward.

4

Relationship mapping

We map all parent-child relationships, linking equipment to functional locations and spare parts records to the correct equipment nodes in the hierarchy.

5

Validation and delivery

The completed hierarchy is validated for structural integrity and completeness, then delivered in your EAM's required import format with full documentation.

WHAT YOU GET

A hierarchy that reflects reality and supports every operation built on top of it

Reliable maintenance history

Work orders assigned to the correct functional location, every time — so maintenance history accumulates correctly and equipment performance data is meaningful.

Management reporting that works

Equipment performance and cost data aggregated correctly — by area, system, equipment type, or any other dimension your reporting requires.

A structure that reflects how you operate

A hierarchy built around your facility's actual operational logic — not a generic template adapted to fit a system constraint.

A foundation for everything else

Clean records and complete spare parts data can only deliver their full value when organised within a well-structured hierarchy. Get this right first.

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