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Failure Codes in Maintenance: What They Are, Why They Matter, and Best Practices

Failure Codes in Maintenance: What They Are, Why They Matter, and Best Practices

Most maintenance managers have faced the dreaded mystery failure. A machine went down, the team...

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Prescriptive Maintenance: What It Is, Its Benefits, and Real-World Examples

Prescriptive Maintenance: What It Is, Its Benefits, and Real-World Examples

Modern industrial operations are increasingly complex and rely heavily on advanced machinery and systems to...

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What is Industrial Maintenance?

What is Industrial Maintenance?

Industrial maintenance is the routine practice of maintaining and repairing equipment, machinery, and facilities used...

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Top Ten Areas Preventive Maintenance Teams Lose Most Time During Work Hours

Top Ten Areas Preventive Maintenance Teams Lose Most Time During Work Hours

Your maintenance team is putting in long hours, yet equipment reliability continues to decline. Despite...

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Top Reasons Maintenance Backlogs Spiral Out of Control (and How Leaders Optimize Them)

Many maintenance leaders grapple with a growing wave of overdue tasks that threaten schedules, budgets,...

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Maintenance SOPs: What, Why It Is Important and How to Set Up SOPs for Success

Maintenance SOPs: What, Why It Is Important and How to Set Up SOPs for Success

As Benjamin Franklin famously noted, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.”...

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Deferred Maintenance: What It Is, Consequences, and How to Avoid It

Deferred Maintenance: What It Is, Consequences, and How to Avoid It

On Christmas Eve 2018, at U.S. Steel's century-old Clairton plant in Pennsylvania, a corroded sprinkler...

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What is Preventive Maintenance Audit and How to Create a Transformative Preventive Maintenance Audit

What is Preventive Maintenance Audit and How to Create a Transformative Preventive Maintenance Audit

You invest countless hours and dollars on a preventive maintenance schedule, trying to prevent equipment...

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What Is Reactive Maintenance and How to Prevent It?

What Is Reactive Maintenance and How to Prevent It?

“You never know when it will break—until it does.” That’s the grim reality maintenance leaders...

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