Industry 4.0 technology is having a major impact on the manufacturing sector. Artificial intelligence (AI) and smart devices have enabled a range of new technologies, maintenance strategies, and management techniques. A growing number of factories are adopting smart tech and investing heavil

Preventive maintenance is vital for every business. Without proper preventive maintenance, problems arise which can be far more expensive and which often result in downtime and angry (or even lost) customers. Ensuring that preventive maintenance is done involves having a proper maintenance plan whi

Preventive maintenance is a systematic maintenance strategy where work is carried out with the objective of increasing asset lifetime. This maintenance usually has repetitive work orders like cleaning, oil, repairs, and spare parts replacements.  Preventive Maintenance is all about avoiding

Managing your preventive maintenance can be a challenge. One of the best ways you can do it is a proper use of checklists. Why do you Need Maintenance Checklists? Maintenance checklists have been proven to increase both the efficiency  of preventive maintenance and overall safety in the facil

  Preventive Maintenance Explained Preventive maintenance (PM) is critical to profitability and performance in asset-intensive industries. Every single PM task must provide a clear line of sight to the asset management objectives and organizational objectives. You have to know why you are tigh

During the heat of a long and difficult maintenance shift, industrial engineers sometimes forget to fill out the work order feedback for failures they have fixed.    Theyve spent the last 5 hours on their backs underneath a dark and oily conveyor that failed catastrophically on the night

  This article showcases how to integrate EAM for Business Central (EAM-BC) with Azure IoT Central and allow maintenance professionals to track data from many IoT sensors in one place. We are living in a time where everything is connected. Phones, TVs, and all equipment in your home. The same

The planning board module for Microsoft Asset Management in Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations is used for planning unscheduled work order lines on individual workers. Planners, supervisors, and managers can schedule and reschedule work order lines on the Mobile Client. Scheduling is updated in

  Effective maintenance planning and work order scheduling ensure a safer and more cost-efficient work environment for asset-intensive businesses. The Planning board is used for planning unscheduled work order lines on individual workers. Planners, supervisors, and managers can schedule and r

Mobile EAM for the Maintenance Worker In order to have optimized Maintenance Management strategy, Mobility is a must. The most important data and information cannot be gathered from sitting at the desk in the office, it has to come from the site in a real time.  For mobile workers, for exampl

Effective maintenance management helps your business go further by reducing maintenance costs and boosting overall performance.  While minimizing maintenance costs and reducing downtime sometimes are associated with decreasing safety or service, it is actually the opposite. Minimizing maintena

The well-being of equipment has a huge impact on the overall efficiency in the organization. Producers need to exploit the latest technology in order to stay in ongoing competition. But it can be rather expensive... So how do you innovate, stay competitive and reduce costs at the same time? 

  How do you know when your equipment needs maintenance? Do you trust your gut or follow manufacturer recommendations? Or maybe wait until it breaks...?  Here, we discuss some of the maintenance triggers which will help you patch up, rather than bring the whole equipment down. Before we j

More and more often we can hear about Preventive Maintenance. But what exactly it means? Is it easy to just quit your pevious maintenance strategy you had for 15 or more years and transform your organization? Is it worth it?  Below you will find resources that will answer to all of these quest

The successful and sustainable implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (also known as TPM) should be a key concern for any conscientious plant manager or production leader. TPM leads to reduced downtime, fewer stops and breakdowns, and a smaller likelihood that products will suffer

  Do you know how often your assets need maintenance? Is your inventory management effective? Do you capture the actual costs of your maintenance? As a maintenance manager, you need to protect the health of your equipment and take the necessary measures to ensure that your facility runs effici

If you are reading this, there a good chance you already work at an asset-intensive organization.    No matter what your role may be. Engineer. Planner. Production Supervisor. Senior Manager. Youll almost certainly have some part to play in managing assets that create value for

Maintenance Requests – also known as Work Requests – are a key player in strategic asset management and tactical maintenance management.   Just like booking an appointment for your spluttering car at the garage, your aching body at the doctors, or your cracked mobile

  Maintenance is essential to the steady long-term operation of any factory, industrial site or other, similar organization. As far as todays equipment and machinery have come, they nonetheless face the same threats of decline and depredation over time that they always have: The only real diff

  Equipment maintenance is a cornerstone of facilities management. The scope and complexity of that work — and the degree to which it will cause equipment downtime — depends entirely on the maintenance plan your organization has in place.  Reactive maintenance is among the