What Is Planned Maintenance Percentage (PMP)?
Planned Maintenance Percentage (PMP) is a maintenance key performance indicator (KPI) that evaluates the effectiveness of your planned maintenance by comparing your planned maintenance [...]
Why GMP and GLP Compliance Matter in Manufacturing
In drug discovery, chemicals must undergo thorough testing before they can be safely administered to the public. It's critical to prevent the cross-contamination of drug [...]
OEE: Overall Equipment Effectiveness Calculation
What is Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)? Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a metric that is used to measure the productivity of an individual asset [...]
How eMaint CMMS Helps Life Sciences Maintain Regulatory Compliance
Computer System Validation (CSV) or re-validation is required by companies operating in the life sciences industry when implementing a new software system or modifying a [...]
What is Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)?
Mean time between failures (MTBF) is a common metric used to assess equipment reliability. It represents the average time, in hours, that an [...]
What Is Deferred Maintenance?
Deferred maintenance refers to postponing maintenance tasks — whether planned or unplanned — usually due to lack of budget. Over time, deferred maintenance [...]
Five CMMS Reports To Help Better Manage Your Facility
Managing facilities involves a lot of moving parts, literally and figuratively. Trying to keep it all organized manually can be almost impossible, especially with [...]
P-F Curve Explained: History, Definition, Importance
The P-F curve is a graph that helps visualize an asset’s condition to determine its practical lifespan. The most important element in the curve is [...]
How Life Sciences CMMS Guides Companies to Regulatory Compliance
Using a CMMS to Demonstrate and Maintain Regulatory Compliance Industries such as life sciences require more robust regulatory compliance reporting and auditing than others because [...]
How CMMS Inventory Management Software Eases Supply Chain Woes
A predictable supply chain is vital to the operations of manufacturers and other businesses as well.