What Your Spreadsheets Don’t Tell You

You have all this perfect work order data, so what do you do next? You add all that data to a spreadsheet with the hope that you’ll be able to calculate critical metrics without any errors and that you can make better-informed decisions. However, here is where the...

Unpacking your Historical Work Order Data

Your work order captures the maintenance history of a technical object. It is usually evaluated overtime to follow and understand key factors such as maintenance costs, frequency of preventive maintenance, labor hours, etc. However, when historical work order data is...

Making Use of that Historical Work Order Data

What happens when your historical work order data is all over the place? It can lead to inconsistencies in operations and maintenance due to your organization’s different parts using other codes and procedures to complete work orders. Overall, this does not...

Why did your CMMS Implementation fail?

You spent all your time and money looking for a CMMS/ EAM system only to find that your implementation process was a failure. One may argue that they took all the necessary steps required to set up and initiate their software, but implementation goes beyond that. An...

Where did all the Wrench Time go?

You are probably aware of the numerous benefits preventive maintenance (PM) has on your organization. From increased uptime to saving millions of dollars, preventative maintenance can ensure longer asset life due to lower significant repairs. However, some of these...

Poor Analysis leads to Poor Backlogs

Maintenance backlogs are a necessary part of effective planning and scheduling. They should ensure that your work is prioritized effectively and that work orders that can be carried out efficiently at the same time are grouped together. However, some companies find it...