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 magic bullet. However, even with CMMS software, you may find maintenance takes longer than planned and …
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Planning preventive maintenance can be a challenge! It is important to have an idea of equipment preventive maintenance due for the coming months. We do not want to schedule be too much work in some weeks and too little work during other weeks. However, keeping some low periods can be good for maintenance staff to …
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Preventive maintenance planning has a purpose! Are you using maintenance management software for your preventive maintenance planning? Most maintenance programs aka CMMS software have many reports for different purposes. They often look very good and sometimes they can be really useful! 😉 On the other hand… Do you know the health of your preventive maintenance plan?
Preventive maintenance scheduling leading to complaints? It does sound weird! Have you ever had this happen to you? For example, management or other departments complain that your preventive maintenance scheduling is too much. Maybe equipment is frequently unavailable because of scheduled preventive maintenance. In addition your team complains that they spend too much time checking …
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Breakdown maintenance is just one of your headaches! Anyone who is responsible for maintenance in a commercial facility or manufacturing plant is keenly aware of the problems caused by equipment breakdowns. We may have thousands of equipment to keep in top operating condition. If one breaks down, the entire operation may come to a screeching …
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Poor work order estimates can cause costly headaches! When we have several different maintenance tasks to do every day, it is important to estimate how much time each work order will take. Underestimating the time required will cause many problems. It’s a familiar story and usually goes like this: “Extra overtime is required every week …
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Maintenance department having problems? Maintenance departments in many organizations often have a thankless job! If things are running smoothly no one remembers them. The opposite happens when there are delays or problems due to maintenance requirements. Are you getting many complaints regards facilities maintenance or equipment maintenance? Is there a lot of pending maintenance work? …
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Why Audit Your Maintenance Management Program? Do you do an periodic audit of all your maintenance activities for the last year? I know it sounds rather tedious! However, it has several benefits. It can help you identify problem areas and scope for improvement. Also where you are doing really well in your maintenance management program! …
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Problem Equipment May Not Be Obvious! Having a lot of equipment breakdowns & unexpected downtime? Or is everything under control and there are hardly any maintenance emergencies? 😎Wow! Whatever the situation, operations managers and maintenance managers need to regularly identify problem equipment. These bad boys are the ones that cause frequent shutdowns or incur big …
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A maintenance department is as good as its people When it comes to hiring personnel, it’s not always easy. In fact, it can be quite challenging at times. The truth is that hiring a bad employee can cost you thousands of dollars and put your company’s reputation at risk. To help you get the best …
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