eMaint Articles
What’s in a Maintenance Storeroom? The Entire Org Needs to Know
A logistics clerk uses a handheld device to issue parts management inventory. A maintenance storeroom is the central hub for a maintenance [...]
CMMS vs EAM vs APM Software: What’s the Difference?
Three types of maintenance software dominate the asset management software market: computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software, enterprise asset management (EAM) software, and asset [...]
How PM Optimization Cuts Maintenance Costs and Failure Risks
Preventive maintenance can boost productivity, increase uptime, and lower overall costs. But most preventive maintenance programs aren’t operating at maximum efficiency. Preventive maintenance optimization, also [...]
FMECA: Getting Started with Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis
Today, most manufacturing operations face constraints in time, budget, and expertise. Failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis (FMECA) is a structured work priority system [...]
Understanding the 5 Stages of Asset Lifecycle Management
Proper asset lifecycle management is vital to ensuring your organization is running at peak efficiency. Asset lifecycle management is typically broken down into five [...]
What is Asset Utilization and How is it Calculated?
Asset utilization refers to how effectively and efficiently your organization is using equipment. It's a great way to measure whether you're getting the value [...]
Calculating RIME: Ranking Index for Maintenance Expenditures
Maintenance teams make tough decisions every day. Data-driven tools, like the Ranking Index for Maintenance Expenditure (RIME) can help teams prioritize the most critical [...]
What is Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)?
How Failure Metrics Improve your Maintenance and Reliability Program Maintenance and reliability organizations are defined by the reliability of their assets, and every plant's [...]
Asset Performance Management for Oil and Gas
What is Asset Performance Management ? Asset performance management, or APM, combines the work management capabilities of computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software with condition [...]
Enterprise Asset Management Systems: A Field Guide
What are Enterprise Asset Management Systems? Enterprise asset management (EAM) systems offer a strategy to effectively maintain and manage all an organization's assets and [...]