Preventive vs predictive maintenance, decided by the numbers. When time-based schedules beat sensors, when they don't, and how to run both without waste.
A practical guide to maintenance KPIs — which metrics predict failures, which just look good on a dashboard, and how to start measuring the ones that matter.
A plain-English guide to MTBF calculation — the formula, a worked example, MTBF vs MTTF, and the mistakes that quietly wreck the number on your dashboard.
MTTR meaning, the formula, and a worked example — plus the four things that inflate mean time to repair and how to cut each one on the maintenance shop floor.
A practical guide to OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) — the three factors, the formula, a worked example, what world-class 85% means, and the vanity-number trap.
Work orders and change requests both assign work to people — but they're fundamentally different. Using the wrong one creates audit gaps, missed approvals, and confused teams.
A change request that reaches CAB with missing fields wastes everyone's time. Here's the template structure that gets CRs approved faster — and the fields teams always forget.
Most change request tools are either too heavy (ServiceNow) or too thin (a Jira template). Here's what actually matters in CR management software — and what to ignore.
A practical Excel asset register template — the foundation of every maintenance system. Track what you own, where it is, and what state it's in. Free download.
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