by Rhiana Safieh | Aug 12, 2021
Asset-intensive companies have made considerable efforts to improve efficiency and reliability while reducing operating costs. As a result, they have invested billions of dollars in ERP, EAM, and CMMS systems to meet their maintenance and reliability goals.... by Rhiana Safieh | Aug 10, 2021
Like any set of data, MRO materials data can become difficult to manage. When a business is managing thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of spare parts, ensuring all that spare parts data is accurate and up to date can be challenging. A materials... by Rhiana Safieh | Aug 5, 2021
Downtime refers to the duration of time when your machinery is not in production. While downtime can be planned for equipment set up or scheduled repairs, unplanned downtime refers to downtime that occurs unexpectedly because of an unforeseen shutdown or equipment... by Rhiana Safieh | Aug 3, 2021
Unexpected downtime is a major issue that keeps maintenance and reliability professionals up at night and is inevitable in asset-intensive industries – especially manufacturing. Unexpected downtime is becoming more frequent in organizations and can cause a company’s... by Rhiana Safieh | Jul 29, 2021
In the past few years, plant maintenance has become increasingly important due to business, economic, and technological influences. Regular preventive maintenance (PM) is important for preventing unplanned downtime and ensuring that machines and equipment are...