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Your physical assets, such as your equipment and machinery, are the backbone of your business. However, equipment failures cannot be eliminated — they will happen. Fortunately, implementing preventive maintenance measures can help you maintain these assets and extend their lifespans. In today’s blog, we’ll discover the top five benefits of preventive maintenance. But first, let’s briefly get into what preventive maintenance is.
In today’s blog, we’ll be talking about preventive vs predictive maintenance — both of which are designed to increase the reliability of assets, and reduce the risk of equipment breakdowns and failures.
Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a manufacturing metric that was established by Seiichi Nakajima, the pioneer of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), in the 1980s. It is used to measure the productivity level of equipment and is made up of three factors
There are many common causes of equipment failure as it is a regular phenomenon in the manufacturing industry. But, equipment failure are two words maintenance managers and leaders dread to hear. This is because it can result in manufacturing downtime, higher repair costs, health and safety implications for employees, and affect production and the delivery of products and services.
Manufacturing downtime is one of the biggest problems in manufacturing. In today’s blog, we’ll be discussing what manufacturing downtime is and how you can reduce manufacturing downtime to ensure you optimize your operations.
