eMaint Articles
What is Pencil Whipping? Meaning, Dangers, How to Avoid It
What Is Pencil Whipping? Pencil whipping means hastily signing off on work orders or other tasks that have not been properly completed. This can increase the risk [...]
What is Emergency Maintenance (EM)? Definition & Types
What Is Emergency Maintenance? Emergency maintenance is urgent repair work required when equipment unexpectedly fails and poses an immediate risk to safety or operations. [...]
DFMEA or PFMEA? The Differences and Benefits Explained
Identifying the failure modes of processes, designs, and assets is a critical part of continuous improvement for manufacturers. Completing a failure mode and effect [...]
5 Types of Preventive Maintenance and Examples
Well-managed preventive maintenance (PM) programs reduce equipment failures, increase machine reliability, and extend asset life through regularly scheduled maintenance. Maintenance managers who use preventive [...]
How DFMEA Identifies Potential Risks or System Failures
Developing a new product or improving an existing one starts with an idea. But moving from an idea to reality involves a series of [...]
What Is Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM)? The Ultimate Guide
What is Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM)? Condition-based maintenance, or CBM, is a maintenance strategy in which work is performed based on asset condition. Maintenance and reliability teams [...]
What is the Best CMMS Software? The 4 Key CMMS Features
By Michael Mills, Technical Solutions Manager at Fluke Reliability Updated: July 16, 2025 • Originally Posted: 2021 • 10 min read A computerized maintenance [...]
What is The Best Maintenance Software in 2026?
eMaint offers organizations the customizability they need to be competitive in 2026, which makes it the leading maintenance software on the market. As a mobile-first [...]
What is FMEA? Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
What is Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)? FMEA is an acronym of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, a process where all possible equipment [...]
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 [...]