What is Mean Time to Failure (MTTF)?
What is Mean Time to Failure (MTTF)? Mean time to failure (MTTF) is a maintenance key performance indicator (KPI) used to track the lifespan [...]
Reactive Maintenance: Definition, Strategy, Examples
What is Reactive Maintenance? Reactive maintenance, also known as breakdown maintenance, involves repairing or replacing equipment and systems only after they fail or malfunction. [...]
How to Create the Ultimate Preventive Maintenance Checklist
What is a Preventive Maintenance (PM) Checklist?A preventive maintenance (PM) checklist is a structured guide to ensure regular and systematic maintenance of equipment and machinery. [...]
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 [...]
Understanding Operations and Maintenance (O&M)
What is Operations and Maintenance? Operations and maintenance (O&M) is a comprehensive approach to managing physical assets and infrastructure within an organization. This dual [...]
What is Scheduled Maintenance?
What is Scheduled Maintenance? Scheduled maintenance refers to planned repair and service tasks performed within a specified timeframe. This includes routine inspections, adjustments, and [...]
Routine Maintenance and Why It’s Important
What Is Routine Maintenance? Routine maintenance involves performing regular, scheduled tasks to ensure the optimal functioning and longevity of equipment and facilities. These tasks, [...]
Integrating the Fluke ii910 Acoustic Imager and eMaint CMMS
Air leaks can cause serious damage to your assets when they go undetected. Some plant managers are tackling the problem with a new approach: [...]
How to Effectively Manage Slow-Moving Parts
Slow-moving parts are an unfortunate reality when dealing with asset lifecycle management, and they are a critical issue to control when ongoing maintenance and [...]
A Simple Guide to Asset Inventory Management
A well-planned asset inventory management system can save you countless hours of unplanned downtime, wasted labor, and lost productivity. Fortunately, eMaint makes it easy [...]