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Go Digital With Your CMMS – How Digitization Can Help Sustainability
Sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint have been global priorities for years. When it comes to change, the limelight has unfortunately been focused on asset-intensive industries such as oil and gas. Great innovation comes at a great cost, while the goal may...
Industry 4.0 is the Way to Go
For asset-intensive companies, preparing for the future has been a recent priority. The fast-approaching future for manufacturing is known as the “smart factory”; a system that is fully automated with sensors and capable of adapting to shifting conditions. This...
Get on Track with an EAM Solution:
Rail freight transport is steadily increasing across Canada and the United States. As more industries choose to ship their product this way, railway services have been keeping up by expanding their fleet and infrastructure. Digital information in that field has also...
Are you Making the Most of Your Inspection Results?
An inspection is only as good as the difference it makes. A senior inspector could conduct the most thorough inspection possible, followed by providing a detailed report with all the information you could possibly need. All this is money out of your pocket, decreasing...
Data Driven Operational Flexibility
Improving efficiency has always been a motivating factor for asset-intensive companies to invest in a CMMS or EAM. When those systems become clogged with inaccurate data, it spurs them to seek a solution to that too. Operational flexibility can stem from both data and...
Your CMMS, Unplugged
With the focus of the modern CMMS being data-on-demand, the accessibility of maintenance information has never been easier. Most major EAM solutions have a mobile feature that can be used with portable devices. As a result, asset-intensive companies have started using...
The Race for Digital Maturity
Industry competition is technologically advancing at a speed that is hard to keep up with, let alone surpass. Digital maturity has been used as a term to describe the “technological readiness” of an industry or business. As many traditional analog fields adapt to the...
Is your Data Trapped in Silos?
Corporate silos are a nuisance that many will face from day to day. Their creation results from many factors that only worsen as a business grows. The divide known as an information silo, refers to the way knowledge remains sequestered within an organization due to...
The Top 5 Tips to Not Break the Bank with Your Data Solution
When asset-intensive companies recognize that their data quality is not quite up to standards, their next step is to find a solution that will help them fix it. While this is a good way forward, sometimes the sheer cost will cause them to rethink their decision. This...
Run to Failure Shouldn’t be an Option: Preventive Maintenance and CMMS
Preventive Maintenance One of the leading concepts being adopted in asset-intensive companies today is the idea of preventive maintenance. With the emergence of CMMS and EAM systems designed to automate many industrial processes, preventive maintenance is now being...