We take a lot of tech calls regarding PM’s. Planning your lead time to enable you to do the required PM is an art form, and this tip using Web PM’s should make it easier. If you are having problems with PM Schedules and want an easier way to determine when a PM will generate, […]
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There are many hidden benefits to your Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). One of the benefits is the record keeping inherent in the system, or the ability to document and validate all the work you do. As the system of record for work performed within your enterprise, the CMMS system can be a useful tool […]
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Having spent countless hours with maintenance professionals discussing their processes, we came to a realization recently. Managing compliance is nothing more than preventive maintenance (PM) and/or predictive maintenance (PdM) combined with the associated corrective maintenance and reports to satisfy the needs of the governing body. On the extreme side, Underground Storage Tanks (UST) require leak […]
Read More...The following is a ‘guest’ post about predictive maintenance written by TeamWORKS CEO, Craig Drouillard. Happy reading! If you live on the East Coast of the United States, then you know that it’s cold and snowy. If you live in central North Carolina, then you know if it’s snowy in the rest of Eastern US […]
Read More...Someone forgot to tell your equipment, the equivalent of a large investment waiting to break down, that the budget’s been cut. It keeps running like it always did. No cutbacks, no planned furloughs. It doesn’t seem fair. You have to continue catering to its every need with less money and less manpower but the equipment […]
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Your next step is preventive maintenance (PM). We’ve put our work order process in place and have collected our asset information. Most CMMS systems handle this task in different ways but the basic principle is the same. You will want to create two types of PMs, routine maintenance and preventive maintenance. Why Have Two Preventive Maintenance Types? Routine […]
Read More...Assets is the next step most facilities maintenance managers take with their new CMMS. You have your work orders in place and everyone is comfortable with the new system, so what better time to start the next step in the facility master plan process. Generally, you enter your assets into the system so you can […]
Read More...TeamWORKS hosted training in Lexington, KY recently. The training went very well but there were implementation questions that were difficult to answer. How do you accomplish data collection/data entry for an implementation system to be put in place? Let’s use preventive maintenance (PM) as an example and create a scenario. The benefits are obvious. If you […]
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