The way industrial companies manage maintenance is changing. There’s no point in clinging to old methods like chasing technicians, getting bogged down with mountains of paperwork, or guessing about spare parts. Instead, provide your team with a CMMS app, which will make your employees’ jobs easier and help you reduce costs.
Just a few years ago, it was common for most companies to rely on a paper-based system to track maintenance work orders.
Now, maintenance technicians and supervisors need near-instant access to information to make decisions about their assets and facilities. That’s why digitization and mobility solutions have become indispensable for this department.
Is your company still not using a CMMS like MapexMM that incorporates a mobile application to perform daily operations? These are some of the reasons why your company should do a 180-degree turnaround.
3 reasons why your team needs a CMMS app
1. React faster when something goes wrong
Although a proactive and preventive approach to maintenance management is best, the reality is that things can go wrong. When this happens, the most important thing is to have the right tool to alert, in the shortest possible time, the right technician about the problem.
In this sense, a CMMS app allows direct notifications to be sent to the operator, along with all the data about the damage, the necessary parts, the degree of priority, etc. These types of notifications are key to reducing unscheduled downtime as much as possible.
2. Spend less time registering and searching for information
Another way to stop wasting time and money on maintenance management is to make it easier for technicians to spend more hours on the factory floor executing their work than in the office searching and recording information.
A mobile application allows them to perform all kinds of routine tasks in an agile and efficient way in the field, while moving around the production plant.
Some examples are: managing all corrective and preventive maintenance work orders in real time; assigning spare parts to the work orders they perform; capturing and storing multimedia files; reading QR and NFC codes; consulting documentation; analyzing data with history and dashboards, etc.
3. Take preventive maintenance to the next level
A CMMS app makes it easy to plan and track preventive maintenance activities.
By automating and optimizing these types of inspections, you can reduce unplanned downtime, save on maintenance and replacement costs, and extend equipment life.
When should you implement a CMMS app?
Implementing a mobility solution for maintenance management is a strategic decision that can help you increase efficiency and productivity in your department.
Here are some signs that suggest you might be at the right time to implement a CMMS app:
- Growing operations.
- Need for real-time information.
- Spare parts inventory issues.
- Increased asset downtime.
- Need for improved communication and collaboration within the team.
Remember that at Mapex we have our own mobility solution for maintenance and quality management, as well as for data analysis.
In this blog post you will find all the information you need about the features and advantages of using MapexMobility. To learn more, do not hesitate to contact us through this form.
