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Fix Unorganized Data with Plant Walkdowns
Plant walkdowns are a fantastic method for obtaining important data about your plant, but making sure that you’re keeping it organized and well-kept afterwards is a task that many companies tend to struggle with. Assets and equipment need to be sorted properly and...
Correcting Your P&IDs During a Plant Walkdown
You need to know absolutely everything about your plant to operate efficiently and effectively. Having accurate and up to date P&IDs available is very useful for maintenance and operations. But over time, as changes are made to your plant and drawings don’t get...
Optimize KPIs Using Data Visualization For Asset and Maintenance Data
Your company worked hard towards its goals in 2019 and you’re already on track to fulfilling new ones in 2020; that’s great! Identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) are necessary in corporate planning, benchmarking and most importantly, recognizing areas for...
We Do Plant Walkdowns
NRX AssetHub is the best tool for walkdowns. Okay, so we may be a little biased, but we have proven success in the efficiency of our walkdowns and the price point. There are a million ways that people chose to conduct their walkdowns, but the data edits that are...
Plant Walkdown for Data Quality Improvement
Your 2020 New Year’s Goal Should be Conducting a Plant Walkdown A lot of customers ask us what the best place to start in their data quality journey is. There’s really no right answer for this but we have found plant walkdowns to be an extremely effective...
Predictions for Reliability and Maintenance Trends in 2020
1. The Challenge to Connect AI with OT IT/OT convergence has been a common issue over the last couple years and these historically siloed departments are steadily becoming more compatible. With the addition of AI to the mix, there needs to be a new convergence of AI...
Reliability and Maintenance Trends of 2019
1. SENSORS, SENSORS, SENSORS Plant managers are aware that sensor technology is becoming increasingly innovative and they are on the lookout for the next and best OT for their plant. This year we saw one of the first self-powered sensors on the market that...
Don’t Get Your Tinsel in a Tangle Over Human Errors
User error is one of the most common causes of unexpected downtime in manufacturing, more than you might believe. Did you know? Human error is the most common cause of unplanned downtime in manufacturing compared to any other sector, according to a Vanson Bourne...
Keeping Your EAM Data in Mint Condition
The winter holidays are quickly creeping up on us and now more than ever is the best time to get everything ready in time for the holidays. Holiday shopping can be stressful and chaotic, especially if you’re not well-prepared. In busy times like this, preparing your...
Making a List and Checking it Twice
Are you making a list and checking it twice? Even the very best hardworking professionals in their fields make mistakes. There are many stories about medical procedures going wrong, yet people continue to see their doctors and book surgeries, trusting that...