Breakdown Maintenance Will Hurt You

The equipment and machines used for production are a manufacturing or industrial operation’s lifeblood. Equipment shutdowns means products not being made or delivered to customers. So it is important to keep them up and running. Waiting until a piece of equipment shows signs of trouble can seriously impact production. This in turn, impacts your bottom line.

To combat this, you should use planned preventive maintenance (also called “planned preventative maintenance”).  Continue reading →

Why Should A Maintenance Plan Change?

A maintenance plan covers the different types of corrective and preventive maintenance you do on different equipment and facilities. The plan could be something written down or stored in your maintenance management software. Every so often, it’s important as a maintenance planner to check your maintenance plan to see if it’s really doing the job you need it to do. Continue reading →

A CMMS Implementation Plan Goes Wrong

Many maintenance departments struggle with ongoing maintenance. There is so much to do and so much that never gets done. A computerized maintenance management software system aka CMMS is often seen as a solution. But even with CMMS software, you may find maintenance takes longer than planned and costing more than budgeted. Why does this happen? Continue reading →