Maintenance Management Blogs
Mobilizing Your Maintenance Management Workforce to Minimize Downtime
With companies across vertical industries seeking predictive maintenance to minimize costly machine and production downtime in industrial manufacturing, interest in enabling a mobile workforce is climbing quickly. Providing maintenance staff access to your data from a smartphone or tablet lets them stay on top of issues at any time of day, from any location. The…
Read MoreREADYAsset Increases Plant Run Time Above 99% and Pays For Itself In Under 3-Years
LLumin is excited to be featured in Rockwell Automation’s The Journal Magazine where Red Cedar Gathering, reports in a 5-page spread, that LLumin’s READYAsset is used for predictive and preventive maintenance and to track materials. The software has increased its energy plant’s run time above 99% and paid for itself in less than 3 years.
Read MoreMinimize Downtime and Reduce Inventory Cost by Optimizing Spare Part Availability
The lack of a spare part for one of the machines in your plant can lead to downtime. If a critical part is not in stock, the plant runs the risk of extended downtime from equipment failure. However, inventory is expensive. If a company is overstocked and has too many spare parts, it is overpaying…
Read MoreWhat’s the Difference Between Preventive, Proactive, and Predictive Maintenance?
Downtime in a plant or facility leads to lost productivity. It disrupts operations, causes maintenance staff to divert time from scheduled projects, and can have significant negative business implications, including lost revenue, significant unplanned expenses, missed deadlines and damage to a company’s reputation. To avoid these problems, manufacturers and facility and plant managers are moving…
Read MoreMarrying Asset Management with Augmented Reality
Augmented reality (AR) allows users to enhance their field of view with real-time superimposed digital information. The technology is now being more widely used in maintenance and repair operations, and its value is enhanced when complemented with data and historical knowledge from asset management systems. Using AR in maintenance and repair allows technicians to receive…
Read MoreHow Can READYTrak and READYAsset help your Supply Chain?
Asset tracking in supply chains is undergoing many changes that promise to deliver new benefits. Traditional asset tracking technologies like barcode and RFID ID are being supplemented or replaced with IOT enabled tracking methodologies. These new Internet of Things (IoT) devices can provide real-time tracking, as well as information on the condition of items in…
Read MoreThe Value of Retaining Institutional Knowledge in Today’s Industrial Workplace
Today’s workplaces are dynamic. Workers come and go. When that happens, the experiences they’ve built up go also. The key is to retain the knowledge they have gained and keep it for others to use. How important is this issue? On average, about 20% of a company’s staff leaves in a given year. The numbers…
Read MoreAsset Tracking: Material Handling Benefits | Material Handling Management
Asset tracking through materials handling helps companies make efficient use of resources at every step, from supply chain to consumer returns. Barcodes and RFID technology are affordable asset tracking solutions that roll out easily and deliver actionable, accurate information. When paired with software tracking tools, asset tracking makes it possible to allocate and redirect resources with maximum effectiveness.
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