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5 5trategies to Maximize ROI Through Effective Work Order Management

ROI (Return on Investment) is one of the most important factors for the long-term success of any business. Manufacturing companies around the world face numerous challenges, with maintenance being one of the most significant. 5 strategies to maximize ROI through effective work order management can provide a clear path to overcoming these challenges and driving...

The role of software in ensuring sustainable manufacturing maintenance

The notion of sustainable development served as the premise for the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. The summit was the first global attempt to establish action plans and strategies for migrating to a more sustainable development model. Sustainability is the concept of doing things or using resources without degrading their...

How to achieve world-class manufacturing maintenance

In the manufacturing sector, reactive maintenance used to be the norm, especially before the 21st century. Now, we are in the fourth industrial era. Planned or proactive maintenance is now preferred by many organizations due to its incredible advantages, and thus it’s considered an integral component of their operations. Emerging technologies like AI, IoT, cloud computing, robotics,...

MTTR: Meaning, application, and the role of software in reducing it

Downtime is a frequent issue in manufacturing operations, referring to any period when a machine is not in use. The primary causes of downtime include unexpected equipment failures, product changes, and labor shortages. A 2018 report titled After The Fall: Cost, Causes and Consequences of Unplanned Downtime surveyed 450 professionals from 350 companies in the...

CMMS: Efficient Maintenance and its Decisive Role in the Future

CMMS: What it is and how it can be a game changer in your maintenance strategy

The earliest CMMS systems were launched around the mid-60s, but they were only available to the biggest industrial companies with the most powerful computers. The instruction systems created to aid in the documentation, standardization, and verification of manufacturing processes were...

Challenges associated with EAM implementation and the way forward

Although asset management is not a new idea, it has significant implications for enterprises. When properly implemented, asset management addresses the most important issues affecting a business and enables more sustainable growth. A successful company management plan must include asset management as a crucial component. However, it's often disregarded as a boring activity and less importance...

Preventive Maintenance in XMaintain

Why should you care about preventive maintenance?

The idiom, prevention is better than cure, also applies in the industrial setting. The idea of preventive maintenance is to reduce reliability risks in machinery and business operations using machine learning, operational data analytics, and predictive asset health monitoring. In this post, we’ll discuss: What preventive maintenance is and how it...

Usability, flexibility, and system openness are key!

For some time now, we have been evaluating the requirements of our customers, partners, and prospects, and thus also their expectations of maintenance asset management software. In the process, three decisive factors have emerged: Usability, Flexibility and System Openness, which increase the Return on Investment (ROI) both directly and indirectly. The industry demands ergonomic software...

INTEC and Exobrain enter strategic partnership

Foto von links: Sebastian Zacherl, Intec CEO & Juan Pablo Reyes, CEO & Mitbegründer von ExoBrain Spanish ExoBrain and German INTEC Digital Solutions join forces to support the Spanish and Portuguese market. “We are excited to join this partnership with Exobrain. It is a natural fit! We’re integrating our technologies, and Exobrain is also our local solution...

Intec and Good Solutions partner up

Photo from the left: Mikael Persson, Good Solutions co-founder & CEO, & Sebastian Zacherl, Intec CEO. Intec and Göteborg based Good Solutions partner up to support the DACH & APAC regions “We are excited to join this partnership with Intec. We’re integrating our technologies, and Intec is also our local solution partner in the DACH & APAC...