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The 2026 State of Maintenance Report: Insights & Action Plan
Duration: 1 hour
Published on: January 22, 2026
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- The Execution Gap: Why teams know what to do but struggle to execute, and the 3 strategies that bridge the gap (including measurement systems only 22% have built)
- The Contractor Myth: Why outsourcing didn't solve the labor shortage—contractor usage stayed flat at 67%—and how to use external resources strategically
- The AI Readiness Gap: Why 75% expect AI to drive margins but only 6% are prepared, and how to start with one workflow instead of boiling the ocean
- The Talent Crisis: Why 64% struggle with hiring yet 21% make zero effort to engage younger workers, and how to break this self-inflicted cycle
- Real-World Success: Hear from Selina Patterson, Maintenance Supervisor, who transformed her team from paper-based to AI-powered workflows using UpKeep Intelligence and NOVA
Get the complete report with frameworks, maturity models, and benchmarks by industry and company size. Watch now on-demand.
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