Planned or Scheduled maintenance is a list of predetermined maintenance actions, carried out at regular time intervals, aimed at the prevention of breakdowns. It has been proven again and again that sporadic ongoing repair leads to asset deterioration, a shorter asset lifetime and increased long-term capital cost. The primary goal of scheduled maintenance is to… Continue Reading
Human factors are the largest contributor to aircraft accidents. In addition to the human cost of accidents, maintenance errors impose a significant financial burden on airlines, as they are a major cause of flight delays and cancellations. Poor aircraft maintenance, maintenance error or maintenance negligence are commonly found to be one of the top three… Continue Reading
A CMMS can affect many aspects of your organization’s output. Your ROI is multi-faceted, so here are some basic tips the impact you CMMS can and should have on the bottom line. Your ROI can specifically be determined through your organization’s use of documentation, maintenance procedures, and energy use. All are addressed below. Reduce the… Continue Reading
Preventive maintenance is a schedule of planned maintenance actions aimed at the prevention of breakdowns and failures and should be at the heart of any maintenance program. It has been proven again and again that sporadic ongoing repair leads to asset deterioration, a shorter asset lifetime and increased long-term capital cost. The primary goal of… Continue Reading
1) Asset hierarchy Assets in MA CMMS are arranged in a hierarchal structure, kind of like folders and files are laid out on your computer. This gives an intuitive, visual layout to the assets in the CMMS, which also corresponds to the way they are laid out in your facility. This way, even people who… Continue Reading
It’s been about two months since the quiet launch of the fourth generation of Maintenance Assistant. V4 has undergone a lot of changes, most notably an entirely new user interface. We’ve spent much time interacting, gauging feedback from our customers, adding feature requests, and refining changes we’ve made. So I though I’d follow up and… Continue Reading
The total time a part spends being repaired is known as the “repair cycle time“. In today’s fast paced environment, the repair cycle time can have a significant impact on production, and the bottom line. When production equipment goes down, you need to have the processes in place to get your equipment back up and… Continue Reading
Give your maintenance guys a brief description of the repair and they’ll know exactly what you’re talking about. “Which generator unit?? The one in the storage room in the sub facility by the tool shelf! ……..Gotcha!” While this might work is some situations, it lacks a certain robustness. Locating that generator unit in the sub… Continue Reading
