The PFMEA Method and How To Prevent System Failures
What Is Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis (PFMEA)? Process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA) is an essential tool in industries where process reliability [...]
Asset Utilization: How To Boost & Calculate
Asset utilization is one of the most important maintenance metrics for productivity and asset lifecycle management. Understanding the asset utilization ratio can help you [...]
A Guide to Asset Inventory Management Systems
How many assets does your organization own? Where are they located, and what’s their current operating status? If you can’t answer these questions, it [...]
Finding and Understanding the Useful Life of an Asset
The equipment your team uses everyday won’t last forever. Even though preventive maintenance can extend the life of your assets, there will inevitably come [...]
Improving Processes Using Lean Manufacturing Principles
What is Lean Manufacturing? Lean manufacturing is a systematic approach to minimizing waste and maximizing productivity by finding and eliminating waste within manufacturing systems. [...]
Managing Obsolescence with a CMMS
Managing obsolescence can make an already challenging job of managing asset lifecycles start to seem overwhelming. However, there are many strategies and tools that [...]
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 [...]
Four ways to increase CMMS usage and support continuous improvement
In a March 2021 webinar, senior solutions engineer Michael Mills from Fluke Reliability describes what a successful CMMS implementation should accomplish and how to increase [...]
Increase work order effectiveness by digitally mapping your assets through a CMMS
Digital twin technology has gained leading reliability engineers' attention in recent years. Its ability to model asset lifecycles and simulate failure modes offers a shot [...]