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Lean manufacturing, or just-in-time manufacturing, was first popularized in the 1930s by Toyota with a novel approach to automotive manufacturing. The principles and structures built into Toyota’s manufacturing system helped them become one of the most successful automotive companies worldwide, and has been adopted by companies ever since. In 2011, Eric Reis adjusted the method … Continue reading "What Is Lean Maintenance?"

Maintenance scheduling is a balancing act for most facilities. If you’re scheduling preventative maintenance too frequently, you’re wasting money on unnecessary repairs and potentially overworking your equipment, leading to shorter service life. However, if you space out your repairs too much, you’ll experience failures that could have easily been prevented. The right schedule takes time, … Continue reading "Tips for Auditing Your Maintenance Schedule From 2021"

Facility maintenance requires a great deal of organization in order to keep up with a large building’s demand. While many facilities use a reactive maintenance approach with sporadic preventative repairs, MaintenX likes to use previous performance to our advantage, creating a preventative care approach that gets better every year. If you want to improve your … Continue reading "Pay Attention To These Maintenance Metrics in 2022"

It’s the new year, which means it’s time to start fresh with your maintenance management plan. If you’re like many small to mid-sized businesses, you keep a running tab of maintenance services in your backlog that are planned to one day be addressed. The problem is, “one day” seems to never come, while your backlog … Continue reading "How To Improve Your Maintenance Backlog Management Processes"