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It’s about time you started taking care of your equipment. It’s not just about whether or not you’re working with the latest and greatest, it’s about making sure that what you have is up and running as efficiently as possible. You don’t want to find out that your...
Robotic Process Automation: A Value Creating Capability
Robotic process automation (RPA) is rather exciting in a company’s digital transformation journey. Robotic process automation utilizes a set of automation technologies to handle repetitive and mundane human tasks. The software emerged in the early 2000s and, since...
A complete guide to building an asset management policy
This article outlines what is an asset management policy, why an asset management policy is important, and how to build and implement an asset management policy. A facility’s assets are the lifeblood of the company, especially in production. As long as they are...
Workflow Automation Software – Increasing Enterprise Efficiency
Automation in silos is not enough. If you are looking for ways to handle multiple disjointed applications, drive contextual engagement, meet changing business demands, and provide an omnichannel customer experience, workflow automation software would be the perfect...
Why Collaboration Keeps Growing in the Remote Work World
For years, experts have been saying that telecommuting—otherwise known as working from home—would be the “wave of the future.” However, few predicted the wave would rapidly crash into the real world so quickly to become the “new normal.” A recent study...
Extracting Intelligent Insights Using Information Capture Software
Your enterprise’s critical information may exist in different forms, such as paper, digital formats, office documents, and across multiple locations. Gathering and capturing the sheer volumes of information effectively and accurately from the deluge of organizational...
Building a TPM program: Where to start?
You’ve undoubtedly heard the term “TPM” (or total productive maintenance) many times throughout your maintenance career. As Greg Folts noted during his appearance on the Rooted in Reliability podcast, people may refer to TPM as shorthand for a number of different...
How to use data to answer five big questions about your maintenance team’s performance
Maintenance involves a lot of moving parts, which means more chances for something to go wrong. And when problems arise, you want to tackle them with as much information as possible. In other words, you want problem-solving to be predictable. Data is a key ingredient...
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...
Choosing a Customer Communication Management Platform: 7 Factors to Consider
“Do I really need to modernize my customer communication management platform?” This is a pertinent question today, especially with the changing demographics and digital-native customers who expect businesses to communicate with them in context across channels. So, if...
Automate Insurance Underwriting – The Need of the Hour
Is the insurance underwriting process slowing you down? Are you struggling to manage high volumes of paperwork? Are you taking more time to initiate new quotes and policies? Is a hard-coded legacy system inefficient to meet your requirements? Are you finding...
6 Types of Maintenance Troubleshooting Techniques
Maintenance troubleshooting can be both an art and a science. A common problem is that, while art can be beautiful, it isn’t known for its efficiency. When taken to the next level, maintenance troubleshooting can ditch the trial-and-error moniker and become a purely...
The Secrets to Seamless Connection and Collaboration
"Cloud, collaboration, and connectivity: How can seamless communication be delivered?", M-Files CEO Antti Nivala took on some of the toughest issues facing businesses in our time of digital transformation. For many, the new ways of working are freeing, but...
Preventive maintenance program: An eight-step guide for building a PM plan
Want to build a great preventive maintenance program, but don’t know where to start? Here are 8 tips to set you up for success. What is a preventive maintenance program? A preventive maintenance program is a series of processes, guidelines, and tools for conducting...
4 Use Cases of Low Code Application Development Platform
If you still think that low code is only used to build simple applications, you have a major misconception. There is so much an organization can do with the power of a low code application development platform. The tool is ideal for highly scalable applications, the...
How a Low Code Process Automation Software Can Transform Your Business Processes
As a business leader, you must always look for new and innovative ways to bring speed and agility into your processes. Lengthy turnaround times are no longer an option, and a low code process automation software ensures a flexible and agile operating environment that...
A best guide to preventive maintenance checklists
There are very few modern processes that don’t benefit from a good checklist— basic car maintenance? Yep. Packing for a trip? For sure! Boiling an egg? Yes, even that. And the same goes for your preventive maintenance program. A preventive maintenance checklist...
Three benefits of using QR codes in maintenance
Imagine, you walk onto the production floor with a stack of paperwork orders in hand. Some equipment requires an oil change and some parts need to be replaced. As you grab an oil canister, it drops right onto the work orders. The oil ruins all the work orders and gets...