eMaint Articles
What is Run to Failure Maintenance?
What is Run to Failure? Run-to-failure maintenance, also known as reactive maintenance, is a strategy in which equipment and machinery are operated until they [...]
Data Analytics for Predictive Maintenance: 5 Steps for Success
What is Predictive Maintenance Data Analytics? Data analytics for predictive maintenance refers to the process of analyzing raw data in order to make smart, [...]
The 7 Most Important Maintenance Metrics
Maintenance metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) measure the performance of people, assets, projects, and more. They are essential to upholding the quality of maintenance [...]
A Comprehensive Guide to Food Maintenance
Food maintenance is a term for the maintenance and reliability practices performed by food and beverage manufacturers on their machines and other assets. For [...]
Getting Started with a Work Order Software App
Why Work Order Software Apps are Important for Maintenance A work order software app, also known as a mobile CMMS, is the smartphone version [...]
What is Facilities Management Software?
Facilities management is a business function that coordinates the supply and demand of commercial infrastructure throughout a public or private organization. As a concept, [...]
Reliability Calculations 101: Teaching Your Maintenance Team to Calculate Reliability
How is it that the highest performing manufacturing plants stay ahead? The answer lies in the strategic combination of maintenance and reliability activities that [...]
Computer-Aided Facility Management: An Introduction
What is Computer-Aided Facility Management? Computer-aided facility management (CAFM) software empowers an organization with next-gen technology that digitalizes the planning, execution, and monitoring of [...]
Five Vital Preventive Maintenance Tools in a CMMS
Organizations use Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) software to schedule, plan, manage, and track maintenance activities. The right CMMS will be loaded with features [...]
Use an Asset Criticality Analysis to Prioritize Predictive Maintenance Strategies
An asset criticality analysis identifies your plant’s most important assets so you can focus predictive maintenance strategies where they’re needed most. The failure of [...]