The NRX Blog
Improve Productivity and Safety with Checklists
Highly skilled, busy people forget basic, key tasks and don’t even realize it. Just think of the productivity improvement potential that any business could have. Even the best trained, most capable people cannot possibly remember everything. One simple solution is...
Essential Steps to Prepare for IIoT
As organizations recognize the significance of asset maintenance and its impact, companies are increasingly incorporating it in their strategic initiatives. Better and effective maintenance strategies help improve operational efficiency, prevent equipment downtime,...
Solve Complex Maintenance Processes with a Simple SAP Notification
While it is a necessary component of their day-to-day responsibilities, most maintenance technicians loathe data entry. Completing detailed, accurate, and timely notifications, work orders, and work order close-outs in their EAM system rarely ranks as a top priority....
A Stitch in Time Saves Nine (Million Dollars)
They say that the two happiest days of a man’s life are the day he buys his first boat, and the day he sells it. The intention is to spend days and weekends on the water, fishing, and taking in the sun, but in reality, boating is a very expensive hobby. There is the...
Improving spare parts management
Practical spare parts management is the foundation for a reliable plant operation and is a crucial step to the success of your business. You need to know how to determine which spare parts are needed in order to make up an effective and in-depth inventory system....
3 problems efficient equipment tags can help you solve
When companies have hundreds or even thousands of physical assets, it’s important to know their operating condition and where they are located. Identifying, tracking and controlling assets with efficient equipment tags is critical to a company’s bottom line. Assets...
Accurate EAM Data and the World Cup
Today, June 14th, 2018 is the start of the 21st edition of the World Cup and I hope you’re just as excited as the HubHead team. Last time we saw a rollercoaster of events starting at the group stages, then to the host country being knocked out, all the way down to the...
Asset data from a new perspective
Excel. You may use it, you may not. It is relatively easy, convenient, and cost-effective from the start. However, as your business and assets grow you will quickly leave those benefits behind. Continuing with Excel to manage your growing business will cost you more...
Please, Not Another Software Application
How many different software applications do you have to open in order to do your job? Are you frustrated with a crowded laptop? A slow interface from all the programs that are running in the background? When people invest in an EAM system that isn’t efficient they err...
Big data and what to do with it.
Big data. It is not a new term but you may have heard it a lot lately. What is it, and more importantly what should you be doing with it, is our topic for today. The amount of data that is being created and stored on a global level is almost inconceivable, and it just...