Maintenance Management Software Blog

Use Maintenance Calendars In Your Preventive Maintenance Schedule

May 15, 2018 August 13, 2018

Preventive maintenance is low on the totem pole! Working with operations to create a preventive maintenance schedule for vital equipment & facilities can become a challenge for maintenance managers. Breakdown maintenance is a priority since equipment needs to be up and running again. However, regular preventive maintenance is essential to keep equipment running smoothly and within operational …

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Using Maintenance Software To Identify Equipment Needing Replacement

April 10, 2018 August 13, 2018

Should you just replace old equipment? Many organizations have equipment that is several years old, maybe even several decades old. In fact there are quite a few that still use machines that are over a hundred years old! Just because equipment is old does not automatically mark it for replacement. There are several factors to …

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Role Of The Maintenance Planner In Maintenance Management Programs

March 7, 2018 August 13, 2018

What does the maintenance planner do? The maintenance planner has many responsibilities. Chief among them being to plan and schedule maintenance work. The planner also needs to make sure that spare parts and supplies are available to complete planned maintenance work as well as the technicians are available to do the work.

Maintenance Management Workflows – What Are They?

February 9, 2018 August 13, 2018

What Is A Workflow? A workflow consists of an orchestrated and repeatable pattern of business activity enabled by the systematic organization of resources into processes that transform materials, provide services, or process information. (source Wikipedia) A well organized maintenance management system will have fairly typical workflows (see the graphic below).

7 Key CMMS Software Features For The Maintenance Manager

January 11, 2018 August 13, 2018

CMMS Software Can Make A Difference E.I. DuPont de Nemours Co. (Delaware) reported that “The largest, single controllable expenditure in a plant is maintenance, and in many plants the maintenance budget exceeds annual net profit.” (1996) Maintenance planners and maintenance managers are responsible for making sure that equipment and/ or facilities are properly maintained and …

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6 Tips To Reduce Maintenance Management Costs

December 6, 2017 August 13, 2018

Facilities & equipment maintenance management costs can be significant! As a maintenance manager or supervisor you will frequently be under pressure to reduce the costs incurred by the maintenance department. Due to its impact on the bottom line senior management will also take interest. A report by E.I. DuPont de Nemours Co. (Delaware) said that …

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3 Ways To Improve Maintenance Spare Parts Management

November 8, 2017 August 13, 2018

The Hidden Costs Of Maintenance Parts Management Managing maintenance parts and supplies can be quite a challenge. This become a lot bigger if you have many types of equipment. Each type will need it own unique set of parts and supplies for corrective and preventive maintenance on the equipment. Equipment spares can also be quite …

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3 Quick Maintenance Metrics For Maintenance Planners

October 5, 2017 August 13, 2018

Problems in the maintenance department? Are you getting many complaints about facilities & equipment maintenance? Is maintenance work taking too much time to complete? If this sounds familiar here are three quick maintenance metrics to help you identify causes and solutions.

How To Analyze Machine/ Equipment Breakdown Reports From CMMS Software

August 23, 2017 August 13, 2018

Problem Equipment May Not Be Obvious As an operations manager or maintenance manager you will regularly look for problem equipment. These cause frequent shutdowns or incur big maintenance costs. When you have hundreds of equipment it can be hard to do. For this equipment breakdown reports or similar asset maintenance reports from your maintenance management software …

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Ways To Schedule Preventive Maintenance For Equipment & Machinery

July 13, 2017 August 13, 2018

PM scheduling should not be a headache! Preventive or preventative maintenance (PM) is a frequently overlooked aspect of maintenance management. Nearly every equipment needs some kind of regular maintenance. This reduces the chance of unexpected failure or repetitive breakdowns. Equipment downtime results in big costs due to lost production, variable product quality and poor customer …

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