Amissa Giddens

Using Sensors in Condition-Based Maintenance: Enhancing Equipment Reliability

Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) leverages real-time monitoring to detect early signs of equipment failure, and sensors play a pivotal role in this process. By integrating sensor technology into maintenance strategies, businesses...

In-house vs. Outsourcing Maintenance - Why Maintenance Teams Prefer Contractors

Outsourcing maintenance vs. hiring in-house has become less of a trend and more of a necessity. Click here to learn more about why maintenance and reliability teams prefer contractors.

Manual Maintenance Methods Still Abound in 2025 And Why Maintenance Digitalization Is the Answer

With nearly one in three maintenance teams still relying on manual maintenance operations in 2025, maintenance digitalization offers an opportunity to increase efficiency and reduce downtime.

Bridging the Gap Between Preventive Maintenance’s Value and Execution

Preventive maintenance—the practice of scheduling and performing maintenance activities before equipment failures occur—has long been touted as a crucial strategy for reducing downtime, improving asset longevity, and minimizing repair costs....

Preparing Your Facility for the Holiday Season: Essential Maintenance Tips

Whether you manage a retail space, office building, or industrial facility, a little proactive maintenance can go a long way. Check out these essential maintenance tips to help you prepare...

Creating a Culture of Gratitude: Celebrating Maintenance Teams During the Holidays

This is the perfect time to not only celebrate with family, friends and immediate colleagues but also to recognize the work of all those in your organization. One group of...

Holiday Shutdown Checklist: Maintenance Tasks for an Efficient New Year Start

Be sure to perform key maintenance tasks during the holiday break so you’re ready for a smooth and efficient start to the new year.

Benefits and Challenges of Preventive Maintenance

Preventive maintenance is a proactive approach to equipment and asset management that aims to prevent breakdowns and extend asset life by performing regular maintenance tasks. While it offers numerous advantages,...

The Importance of Identifying Performance Measures

When a critical asset goes down unexpectedly, it’s natural that a maintenance team moves to an all-hands-on-deck mentally, working to restore that piece of equipment. Yet without key performance...

Maintenance & Reliability Benchmarking: Enhancing Your Business's Operational Efficiency

As important as it is to measure key performance indicators (KPIs) in your business, benchmarking against industry standards takes measurement to a new level. Done right, maintenance and reliability benchmarking...

Exploring Maintenance Asset and Component Failures

Asset and component failures are integral aspects of maintenance, often driving the need for planned, corrective, or emergency actions. Understanding the nature of failures, their causes, effects, and the methodologies...

What It Takes to Implement Reliability-Centered Maintenance Effectively

In order to ensure that critical assets continue to operate as needed without unnecessary maintenance or costs, RCM must be implemented in a structured, organized manner with careful planning,...

Understanding Condition-Based Maintenance Technologies

Today, many different technologies can help your organization implement a successful CBM program. Understanding these solutions and which ones may be the best fit for your business will be important...

How to Integrate Preventive and Condition-Based Maintenance into Reliability-Centered Maintenance Methodology

For years the industry has talked about the importance of reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) as well as preventive and condition-based maintenance in ensuring the reliability and longevity of equipment. We know...

Working Together: Past, Present and Future of Planning and Scheduling Integration

During the last few weeks, we’ve discussed the importance and future of both maintenance planning and scheduling. This week, we’ll take a bird’s eye view of these two key functions...

What's New in Maintenance Scheduling?

While maintenance scheduling is not the most exciting to talk about today amidst all the exciting technologies that are evolving, it is one of the most important aspects of preventive...

What's New in Maintenance Planning?

Maintenance planning is the process of determining what maintenance activities need to be performed, when they should be done, and who will execute them. It aims to improve equipment reliability,...

Improving Retention Becomes Highest Priority in Addressing the Growing Skills Gap

For the past several years, the maintenance and reliability industry has struggled with a growing skills gap while bracing itself for things to only get worse. Many reasons for this...

Maintenance & Reliability Economic Outlook for 2024

As we reach the halfway point in 2024, it’s a good time to take a look back and a look forward. Technological advancements, labor market challenges, and geopolitical tensions continue...

What Progress Has Been Made in AI Implementation Within Maintenance?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved beyond simply a futuristic concept to become an integral part of various industries. One sector where AI is making significant strides is within maintenance and...

Tools and Techniques to Manage Inventory Costs

Whether you operate a small retail store or a large-scale manufacturing plant, efficient inventory management can significantly impact your bottom line. Excessive inventory holding costs, stockouts, and obsolescence can all...