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Facilities Management Improvement Strategies To Create Optimal Productivity
Facility managers are always on the lookout for new ways to increase productivity and efficiency. They need to be quick to adopt new solutions that result in better and more efficient facility management services. The ability to automate and optimize workflows and enable real-time data sharing and more efficient resource utilization is proving to be pivotal in their adoption of new, innovative technology.
Read MorePredictive Maintenance Technologies
Predictive maintenance is more than just a technology—it’s an entirely new approach that empowers organizations to engage in proactive maintenance.
Read MoreMean Time Between Failure (MTBF) And MTTR: A Complete Guide
The metric MTBF is the reliability of a machine. MTTR speaks to logistics required around bringing the asset back up to running status and is a metric that contributes to the criticality and consequence of the asset in an unplanned down state.
Read MorePredictive Maintenance Requires Accurate Data
Predictive maintenance of equipment based on artificial intelligence models holds great promise. An asset management system could alert a plant or facilities manager that a piece of equipment is about to fail. However, predictions are only as good as the data they are based on. A false alarm triggered by a lack of data or inaccurate data can lead to incorrect actions and additional costs. Bottom line: predictive maintenance will only be able to predict those problems for which it already has accurate data.
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