Four preventive maintenance mistakes to avoid

When building a preventive maintenance (PM) program, it's important to ensure the new program represents an improvement over the reactive maintenance it's replacing and that it includes the necessary supportive back-end systems and processes to ensure the program is efficient.

Why CMMS implementations fail

Organizations that falter during their implementation project may end up falling short in their attempts to switch to effective strategies and spend the next few months scrambling to fix their mistakes.

The crux of manufacturing

For today’s manufacturing plants, a key solution may be advanced computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).

Using CAPEX as part of a maintenance management strategy

When it comes to managing all aspects of maintenance, capital expenditures (CAPEX) remains one of the key priorities.

CMMS brings vital metrics to light

CMMS allows employees to work better and safer through advanced metrics, as well as, see solutions to problems they didn’t know existed.

Troubleshooting predictive maintenance plans

Properly implementing predictive maintenance (PdM) requires initial support from leaders, effective teams, and following through with the system at each step of implementation.

CMMS adoption enhances maintenance strategies

CMMS enhances maintenance strategies of all types and not enough companies have come to realize the benefits that they offer.

Mobile manufacturing maintenance on the rise

Mobile apps are becoming a part of the manufacturing experience by providing users with a natural extension of the browser-based CMMS that workers on the plant floor use on a day-by-day basis.

Feed smart plants with IoT sensors

A smart plant initiative that leverages the Internet of Things (IoT) and predictive maintenance (PdM) CMMS can improve workflow efficiency and provide the necessary information for companies to make better decisions.

Three issues facing preventive maintenance

Make sure your work doesn't actually harm your equipment.

Not just for maintenance: How CMMS benefits other functions

By incorporating your quality and engineering teams into an advanced CMMS, you can enable better communication, increased productivity, and improved efficiency across your enterprise. Part 1 of a series.

Batting against the “half-life” of maintenance training

Effective maintenance training is not a one-time thing. It’s an always thing. Understanding and practicing this idea is one of the keys to success with using a modern CMMS to improve maintenance operations.

Shutdowns: planning for the planned and unplanned

Every day that your operation stalls is a day that you're leaving potential profits on the table.

In a CMMS implementation, everybody has a role to play

There's no shortage of ways that your business can benefit from implementing a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS). A top-notch CMMS can often help with every aspect of maintenance, ranging from core functionalities like asset management and preventive maintenance to professional services like consulting and training. There's a lot more to it than simply purchasing a CMMS and hitting the ground running, though.

Controlling the demands of equipment and maintenance purchasing

There is no “one size fits all” purchasing process for maintenance organizations—and for good reason. How your team may conduct supplier relations and what spare parts are purchased may well assist in contributing to your company’s competitive advantage.

Building the ultimate CMMS team: A step-by-step guide

A top-notch CMMS can often help with every aspect of maintenance, ranging from core functionalities like asset management and preventive maintenance to professional services like consulting and training.

Weighing the costs and benefits of TPM implementation

World-class organizations, by and large, are implementing programs for total productive maintenance (TPM). With effective leadership, high-performing infrastructure and specialized experts on staff to address any and all needs, your business can do more than just fix problems.

The changing paradigm for CMMS development

There's a great deal of pressure to use modern technology for coordinating logistics and overcoming business challenges—particularly in manufacturing, where processes can be complex and efficiency is key.

NERC CIP-013-1 sets sights on utility asset management security

When we talk about security in the 21st century, we’re referring to two different kinds—there’s physical security, as in protection against outside threats that might harm a facility or its assets, and there’s cyber security.

Adjusting to new food safety regulations in the 21st century

Unsanitary products, and in some cases outbreaks of disease, have led to a groundswell of support for new regulations, and Washington has responded.

Continuous improvement with CMMS

A modern CMMS can house all of your company's maintenance processes in one "system of record," curating all the data you need in one portal.

Better maintenance strategies are a must in oil and gas

To ensure that your business model remains sustainable for the long haul, it’s important to follow up and check on the integrity of your assets.

Should auld maintenance plans be forgot

Key suggestions if your 2015 featured more “misses” than “hits” in maintenance. It might be time to think about getting more aggressive with your goals, activities, and accountability.

OSHA safety checklist

OSHA safety checklist: Warehouse highlights challenge of keeping workers safe.

Expanding the maintenance toolkit for 2015 OSHA standards

Effective as of January 1, the new OSHA standards are designed to help improve workplace safety, in light of statistics showing more than 4,000 workers killed on the job in 2013.