Do you need maintenance management software?

There are many reasons to use a computerized maintenance management program. The main motivating factor - for most companies - however, is saving money. CMMS features allow operations managers to track support activities, implement advanced support processes, automate workflows, and make cost-effective decisions in a way that is nearly impossible without a digital organization. Due to exceptional global economic growth, many operational managers are now under pressure to maintain intensive production schedules and reduce asset downtime by using proactive maintenance strategies. Although it is possible to run a successful support program with clipboards and Excel spreadsheets, it is not easy. Often, without an appropriate asset management solution, support teams find themselves in a "reactive mode" rather than a proactive mode.

Indirect maintenance costs lie beneath the surface, in the form of reduced asset life cycles, high energy costs, lost production, delayed deliveries, inefficient equipment planning and various lost resources. Direct maintenance costs come in the form of labor, materials, contracts and overheads. These are problems that our service strives to solve by making proactive service a realistic, achievable and stress-free goal.

CMMS stands for Computerized Maintenance Management System. It is a centralized digital platform that organizes the company's maintenance operations, streamlines procedures, eliminates paper piles, improves team communication and supports cost-effective management decisions. CMMS solutions are a cost-effective and easy way to streamline your operations and improve maintenance efficiency. Fabrico is a state-of-the-art cloud system that combines ERP functionality, can collect information from machine-related sensors, process video data, and use data science and artificial intelligence to perform analysis. The solution is specialized for production companies and is focused on production facilities, as the main module organizes the tasks of maintenance and repair of machines and combines streams of key information about their condition.

The main benefits that Fabrico gives are:

• Supports the technical department in the planning and management of repair and maintenance tasks - annual plans, work charts and notices
• Specifies the synchronization of production plans with the time for repair and maintenance
• Reduces non-operating time and associated losses
• Maintains accurate service information for machine maintenance and repairs, including through a connected spare parts warehouse
• Creates a culture of accountability and control, thus giving management security for the condition of important machines
• Meets the requirements of ISO 9001: 2015 and facilitates the work on reporting related to the standards

User-friendly software can help with the problem of constantly delaying the schedule and lagging behind tasks and solving urgent and urgent problems and accidents, thus helping to maximize the use of maintenance resources in the most efficient way possible.

Task planning calendar

• Provides information on the status of all tasks
• Easily move tasks with Drag & Drop functionality
• Complete set of filters: by period, machine, task, status, task type, performer
• Monthly and weekly view
• Print tasks
• Mobile version
• Great benefit for management

Work cards:

• The head of the technical team may assign tasks
• Each team member can monitor their tasks on their own device and in their profile
• The manager can create teams for the day when they have common tasks
• Indicative time required for one task is monitored to avoid overloading the team
• Extremely easy for workers and easy functionality

Spare parts warehouse:

• Delivery and storage of spare parts
• Writing spare parts by the repair contractor
• Notification of minimum quantity
• Possibility for integration with accounting
• Generate an order request

Management tools:

• Visual picture of the implementation of tasks thanks to the planning calendar
• Summarized reports on machines, tasks and team
• Repair statistics
• Machine service history
• Access from anywhere in the world

Unplanned non-operational time costs most plants between 5% and 15% of their production capacity, sometimes even more. If you want to manage this risk in your factory, digitizing service processes is the first step.