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May 15, 2025

Learn how a CMMS defines and manages maintenance tasks, its workflow, benefits for manufacturing, and best practices.

May 15, 2025

Learn what preventive maintenance is and why it is important in manufacturing.

May 12, 2025

Learn what idle time is in manufacturing, its impact, common causes, and practical AI-driven strategies to reduce it.

Apr 3, 2025

Ready to implement PdM? This 12-step guide helps reliability leaders move from theory to execution, reduce downtime, and scale PdM success without breaking the bank.

Mar 18, 2025

Planning a predictive maintenance rollout? Learn which critical data sources—from CMMS and SCADA to team insights—to leverage for a successful, data-driven strategy.

Apr 3, 2025

Unplanned downtime in animal feed production is costly. Discover common equipment failure points and how predictive maintenance can keep your mill running smoothly.

Mar 13, 2025

PMs with no value. Learn the six equipment failure patterns and how predictive maintenance helps manufacturers reduce downtime and optimize resources.

Jan 29, 2025

This article discusses how Factory AI’s seamless integration with the MEX CMMS transforms predictive maintenance by automating work orders, reducing downtime, and empowering reliability engineers through advanced AI-driven insights and effortless implementation.

Jan 29, 2025

Online vs. Offline Condition Monitoring: Pros, Cons, and Key Differences. Choose the best strategy for your site's reliability.

Mar 14, 2025

Costly milk & yogurt downtime? PdM & online monitoring for critical assets prevent failures, cut spoilage & boost dairy efficiency.

Dec 19, 2024

Why retry Predictive Maintenance? AI breakthroughs now deliver results. Learn why it's time to embrace PdM software.

Jan 29, 2025

Predictive maintenance vs. condition monitoring: Key differences, pros & cons. Learn which strategy boosts your manufacturing efficiency.

May 11, 2025

Discover everything you need to know about work order software for manufacturing. Learn its benefits, key features, and how AI is transforming it.

Sep 17, 2024

AI & ML in manufacturing: Learn key concepts, steps to start & see case studies on predictive maintenance, quality, supply chain.

Dec 19, 2024

Amazon discontinuing Monitron? They recmmend Factory AI. Smooth transition & advanced prescriptive insights for your PdM.

Jun 19, 2024

Food & Bev: Don't neglect conveyors! Learn how predictive maintenance prevents downtime & boosts reliability for these critical assets.

Jun 7, 2024

Bogged down by busywork? Discover the "Slow Productivity" movement and predictive maintenance tools, which can help reliability engineers save time and more.

Jun 7, 2024

Stop evaluating predictive maintenance based on asset price! Discover why asset criticality and the cost of unplanned downtime are better indicators of ROI.

Jun 7, 2024

In this post, we look into the effectiveness of predictive maintenance software in slashing the need for inspection and preventive maintenance (PM) work orders.

Jun 7, 2024

In this post, we visually demonstrate how predictive maintenance optimises maintenance timing and cost through the P-F curve

Jun 7, 2024

In this post, we guide you through six steps using the failure history method to estimate the ROI of implementing Predictive Maintenance Software.

Jun 7, 2024

In this post, we explore how Predictive Maintenance Software is revolutionising chocolate factories, reducing downtime, and enhancing production.

Jun 7, 2024

In this article, we reference Doug Plucknette's top 5 signs of a reliable plant, hypothesise that top performing sites are more likely to use a predictive maintenance software.

Jun 7, 2024

We share the details of our internal roadmap with you: follow these steps to get great results

Oct 24, 2023

Predictive Maintenance: AI advancements make now the time to succeed, even if past projects failed. Unlock its full promise.

Oct 24, 2023

Predictive maintenance: Early failure alerts enable proactive action & better, informed decisions for your assets.

Jul 6, 2024

This article presents a straightforward 3-step methodology for determining the feasibility of implementing predictive maintenance in your specific use case.

Sep 17, 2024

John, a 50-yr manufacturing veteran. From engineer to founder & digital transformation expert, his journey reflects industry evolution.

Jun 7, 2024

Warren's 5/25 rule underscores focused prioritisation of your top 5 goals for success. This article discusses applications to reliability engineering.

Jun 7, 2024

Learn about the origin of Factory AI