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Why is contractor management important? Using contractors involves an outside organization that will create risk to the site company. The contractors who are unfamiliar with the facility may create process hazards to the company. Thus companies must recognize and...
The Six Pillars of A Predictive Maintenance Program
Technology often gets all the credit when it comes to predictive maintenance. That’s unfair. Technology is important, but it’s only a small piece of a great predictive maintenance program. The organizational culture has to be right. New processes need to be tested and...
Steps and Methods to Conduct a Process Hazard Analysis
How to use Process Safety Analysis to the benefit of your process plant? What is Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)? A PHA is required for any industrial process that makes use of hazardous chemicals. Its purpose is to identify the significance of scenarios (potential...
It’s Broken, Call Maintenance – A work request process that’s more than just tickets
We believe that your work request process should not only enable anyone in your organization to communicate issues to the maintenance team clearly and with ease, it should act as a catalyst for other departments to support the maintenance function. That’s why we’ve...
Process Safety – Don’t Wait for A Catastrophe, Manage It!
Process Safety Management Do you know what is Process Safety Management and why is it important to your process facilities? Well, Process Safety Management (PSM) is the proactive identification, evaluation and mitigation or prevention of chemical releases that could...
Turning Data into Decisions
Today’s asset tracking technology gives us the power to know more about our equipment than ever before. If just thinking about all that data (and its potential) gives you a buzz, you’re not alone. But there’s a catch: This wave of asset data looks a lot like a tsunami...
The Past, Present and Future of Maintenance
It’s not only a new year, it’s a new decade, which is a perfect time to take a look at how maintenance has evolved and where it’s going. We enlisted 11 maintenance experts from all corners of the industry to help us build a snapshot of maintenance over the last decade...
Pros and Cons of Cloud-Based and On-Premise CMMS Software
There are hundreds of options for CMMS software, but they can all be separated into two groups: Cloud-based CMMS and on-premise CMMS. Both categories help you manage maintenance, but that’s where the similarities end. Each option is very different, from...
12 Best Practices for a Successful CMMS Implementation
A CMMS implementation takes a lot of planning, time, and people management skills. It’s crucial to get it right so your organization can begin its journey better maintenance management on the right foot. You might be thinking, “Is implementing a CMMS that...
What are Gartner’s 15 Critical Capabilities of Content Services Platforms (CSP)?
In the technology solutions space, the Gartner Magic Quadrant release is a very exciting time. As a leading analyst report, the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms (CSP) offers established vendors the chance to see where they stack up...
Recession readiness: Why the maintenance department is your best friend when times are tight
There are three things about recessions that are certain: There will always be another oneThe best time to prepare for the next downturn is nowInvesting in better maintenance is one of the best ways for companies to protect their bottom line during one This last point...
How to Maximize Your Investment in Microsoft Office 365
Let’s get real. What office worker hasn’t heard of Office 365? Unless you still use a typewriter, you probably spend a great portion of your day in Microsoft Office applications. There are, after all, about 155 million active business users of Office 365,...
Equipment Maintenance Logs: The Unsung Hero of Data-Driven Maintenance
There aren’t many things in maintenance that are predictable. One of them is equipment maintenance logs. You know the drill: Work gets done, a log gets updated. It’s a routine you can count on. This article is all about how to use that predictability to your advantage...
4 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Predictions for 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the cool kid at the lunch table. Peer pressure has the business collective telling each other, “Come on. Do some AI. Everyone’s doing it.” But are they doing it well? Jury’s out. According to the 2019 MIT SMR-BCG Artificial...
Preventive maintenance vs predictive maintenance: Back to basics
What is preventive maintenance? The idea behind preventive maintenance (PM) is that by performing regular maintenance on equipment, you reduce the chances of that equipment failing. It’s the same idea as taking your car in for regular oil changes to preempt a total...
A Guide to Creating a Preventive Maintenance Program
What is a preventive maintenance program? A preventive maintenance program is a series of processes, guidelines, and tools that help your business do as much preventive maintenance as possible while being efficient with its time and money. Preventive...
Mastering the fundamentals: Maintenance work orders
Work orders are the engine of your maintenance operation. They power your team and move work from point A to point B. But there are millions of engines in the world, from rusted duds to high-powered studs. This article is about mastering the maintenance work order so...
When Leaving Off Metadata is Like Leaving Money on the Table
In case you’re new to the topic, metadata refers to the data about the data within documents that you have stored. Some simple examples might include the document title, relevant keywords, and the names of contributors or owners. Initial discussions about metadata...