In fall 2023, we studied the state of maintenance in the Finnish energy industry. The study was conducted as an in-depth interview with 23 maintenance professionals in the energy industry. The vast majority of...
Read the article →Maintenance is a key productivity driver for manufacturing industry, and one of the pillars of competitiveness. In this article, we have compiled a list of topics that we think maintenance managers or anyone interested...
Read the article →A maintenance system does not carry out maintenance work on behalf of the technician, but acts as their right hand in many other ways. It serves as a memory aid, helps anticipate the future, and guides the daily work...
Read the article →A company’s maintenance is typically handled in a separate system developed for maintenance needs or in the maintenance module of the company’s ERP system (Enterprise Resource Planning). An ERP system and a separate...
Read the article →Artificial intelligence boosts industrial production in many ways. It supports decision-making and proactive maintenance and helps optimize processes. It also enables business development, and even completely new...
Read the article →Production and maintenance staff are critical to the smooth running of a plant. Too often, however, work is done one after the other or in parallel – not in genuine cooperation. Closer cooperation between production and...
Read the article →Maintenance is an expense that only incurs costs. Does this sound familiar? We have heard this argument many times. However, we believe that the role of maintenance as a success factor for an industrial company is...
Read the article →Measuring production from different perspectives is commonplace in many manufacturing companies, but measuring maintenance or especially the work planning related to it is less so. However, monitoring and indicators can...
Read the article →Reliable and up-to-date maintenance data is the backbone of a maintenance organization’s work and operations. Data is used in daily work to ensure that the planned tasks can be carried out both efficiently and with high...
Read the article →As the level of digitalization increases, maintenance is a more essential part of the lifecycle management of production assets. As maintenance data accumulates over the years and becomes knowledge, there is a growing...
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