The NRX Blog

Two critical functions in your maintenance program include planning and scheduling. Planning is like the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of maintenance activities, while scheduling is the ‘who’ and the ‘when.’ Planning usually takes place before scheduling and involves aspects such as obtaining the right spare parts, skills, etc.

A company’s maintenance strategy can tell a lot about allocating their budgets, spending maximum time, and the overall failure rate of specific equipment. But what good is this data if not analyzed and corrected in the right way?

Spare parts management is a crucial aspect of efficient asset management. However, some organizations are usually apprehensive of stocking spare parts due to their fears of overutilizing capital expenditure.

Every work order has a life cycle. Understanding each phase and assigning appropriate tasks within the process ensures that there are no backlogs and delays. There are a few key elements that should ideally be included in maintenance work orders to yield maximum results.

Within most organizations, work orders are prioritized in the system by team members as they see fit. However, this method is not realistic in the long run as members are bound to rank their work orders as the top priority, leading to inaccuracies in ranking and prioritizing maintenance work orders.

Often, we shut down our computers once we are done using it for the day or when it is not in use. We do this so that we do not drain out the battery or skew its performance. Similarly, with all the different kinds of equipment that organizations use, shutdowns are crucial in ensuring the longevity of assets.

Within most CMMS systems, failure codes can be used on a work order to help identify why a particular type of equipment or asset failed. These codes are typically alphanumeric characters that are attributed to abbreviations of their descriptions.

Managing work orders is a challenging task, but with the COVID-19 restrictions, technology and automation have become important now more than ever. Some companies have faced disruption in transitioning to a remote work environment and as such, their processes fail to meet new work demands.

Sometimes, work orders may confuse rather than clarify. Though work orders exist to help organize maintenance and track the history of an asset, poorly documented data can be a costly obstacle to optimizing your maintenance processes. Poor work orders can happen for...

For any asset-intensive business, maintenance backlogs play a key role in determining the reliability of an equipment’s operating condition, the efficiency of an organization’s maintenance strategy, and the major areas of improvement in a plant’s maintenance...