Reduce the Cost of Planned Downtime with Maintenance Automation
In all production facilities, maintenance is involved in a variety of activities, from special projects, outages and equipment refurbishing to daily maintenance programs. All these efforts require planned downtime. Product changeover, when a manufacturing plant switches from producing one product to another, also occurs during planned downtime. These efforts generally shut down production, even if […]
Controlling the Cost of Maintenance Materials: A Business Necessity in the Modern Era
Manufacturing facilities and other plant operations are facing considerable economic challenges in their operating environments as they struggle to adapt to a rapidly evolving business landscape while controlling costs. While such developments as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology and Industry 4.0 offer promise, there are much more fundamental (and easily accomplished) ways for […]
