Equipment/ Asset Management

Inside Machine Maintenance: How to Keep Your Machinery Healthy Year-Round

Whether it’s ensuring that a manufacturing production line runs without hitches or a tractor on a farm operates efficiently, machine maintenance makes sure that the used equipment is safe and functional while minimizing the total cost of ownership. Join us as we explore the best practices for keeping your machinery in top operating condition year-round, […]

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7 Key Maintenance Planning Principles and Best Practices

Every piece of equipment, machinery, and asset is a cog in the intricate machinery that propels a business forward. But what ensures that equipment operates at its optimum capacity, ensuring not only productivity but also safety and longevity? The answer lies in meticulous and strategic maintenance planning. In the following sections, we will define what

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What is Proactive Maintenance and How to Implement It

Maintaining optimal equipment performance is more crucial than ever. Enter proactive maintenance — a methodology that prioritizes preventing failures before they occur. But what exactly is proactive maintenance, and how can organizations effectively integrate it into their operations? In this article, we delve into the core principles of proactive maintenance and offer step-by-step guidance on

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How To Schedule Preventive Maintenance With A Maintenance Calendar

Why preventive maintenance is a problem Working with operations to schedule preventive maintenance for vital equipment & facilities can be a challenge for maintenance managers. Preventive maintenance scheduling is low on the totem pole! Don’t look at me like that! Shutting down equipment for recommended maintenance can be hard to justify when there are production

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7 Tips To Plan Equipment Preventive Maintenance

When equipment preventive maintenance Becomes A headache! Have a lot of equipment preventive maintenance being skipped? Is it because reactive maintenance aka breakdown maintenance is dominating your day? 😒 Want to create a good preventive maintenance plan to reduce equipment breakdowns and complaints from users and management? Here are a few preventive maintenance planning tips

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Why An Equipment Maintenance Workflow Is Important

Equipment maintenance Workflow Setup Well organized maintenance programs have a clear equipment maintenance workflow (see the diagram below). For instance a workflow with the following steps: But that’s just part of the story… What is a workflow? A workflow consists of an orchestrated and repeatable pattern of business activity enabled by the systematic organization of

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Equipment Maintenance Software Reports For Real Costs

Some maintenance jobs can be costing more than you thought! Maintenance managers often look at equipment maintenance software reports by equipment to find equipment that is getting expensive to maintain. But that’s just part of the story… There are other ways to to slice our data and look for ways to reduce costs and improve effectiveness.

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Equipment Downtime Tracking vs Equipment Availability

Why Equipment Downtime Tracking Is Better Than Tracking Equipment Availability We always want to measure total equipment downtime. Equipment availability especially when expressed as a percent can mislead. For instance say the equipment downtime doubles from hundred hours to two hundred hours. However, if you have a lot of equipment, you will see just a

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How To Manage Maintenance Backlog For Equipment

What is maintenance backlog? Maintenance backlog refers to maintenance work that is overdue. We usually measure maintenance backlog in hours or days. It shows the total time estimate it would take to complete the pending maintenance work orders. It is a very important maintenance metric for facilities managers, maintenance managers and maintenance planners. We must

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