Sheila Kennedy, CMRP, in a recent article had said that, “maintenance and reliability best practices are continually improving and so are the technologies that support them.” This is so true.
Firmly embedded in the realm of “best” is predictive maintenance (PdM), which combines real-time monitoring of asset condition, environmental, and/or operational data with smart analytics to detect, assess, and forewarn of impending problems.
Prescriptive maintenance (RxM) takes PdM a step further by prescribing corrective actions for deteriorating conditions and including them in the alerts. RxM is a newer concept just gaining ground that is made possible by machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT).
Preventing the dreaded unplanned downtime provides a clear business benefit and driver for adoption of PdM. Unplanned downtime often cascades into major losses including revenue, WIP materials and larger equipment repair costs
Additionally, the costs for implementation and support of a PdM application have dramatically lowered with the IoT cloud platforms, microservices for analytics and wireless sensors. Clear benefits and lower costs have improved financial justification and driven adoption in a wide range of industries.
When you are finally ready to reopen you need to make sure that your equipment can handle the increased demands. At the same time with this increase, some companies are reducing personnel due to the pandemic precautions or mandates, making it more important than ever that equipment is operating smoothly.
Keeping facilities moving, increasing efficiency, reducing downtime, and minimizing risks are among the top priorities for facilities. Choosing the right products and procedures to maintain equipment can be an affordable solution to keep your facilities firing on all cylinders.
Talk to a person that can help move your company forward and not push a brand product. Make sure that they push solutions for your specific needs. You can talk to us anytime, we’ll listen.
We are going to talk just a little bit about artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) and how your return on investment can be realized in a noticeably short amount of time.
Artificial intelligence provides organizations with visibility into the health of their operations by predicting malfunctions in advance and prescribing solutions to address looming issues. This predictive lens is not something the human eye can see alone, so relying on artificial intelligence to achieve this level of visibility is essential.
You can talk to us at SiteWorks Mechanical anytime you have questions, especially on where to start this journey. We don’t push products, we push knowledge.
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