eMaint Articles
What is SCADA? Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
What is SCADA? SCADA, an acronym for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, refers to a sophisticated system designed to monitor, control, and gather data [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 maintenance [...]
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 [...]
The Advantages of a Cloud-Based CMMS
Amid an overwhelming threat to physical and economic health, organizations are finding new ways to maintain business continuity. That is especially true for industrial [...]
Maintenance Data: Moving from Big Data to Smart Data
Today, many plants struggle to keep up with sky-high consumer demand and expectations while combatting ongoing labor shortages. One major challenge is hiring enough [...]
The Basics of Asset Maintenance Management
Shifting to a predictive asset maintenance management strategy will help your organization reduce downtime and cut costs. In the maintenance world, an “asset” typically [...]
What is Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)?
What is Total Productive Maintenance? Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a holistic asset maintenance strategy that actively involves everyone in the facility – not [...]
5 Benefits of Work Order Management Software
Work order management refers to the process of prioritizing, completing, and documenting maintenance work orders in a timely manner. While this might sound simple, [...]