In today’s construction environment, there is no room left for a Run-to-Failure maintenance strategy since when a machine fails, the result is unforeseen downtime and expensive repairs that negatively affect the company. Downtime brings about significant productivity losses and adversely impacts other operations through the job site.
What’s more, when a machine is down, you must undergo financial losses due to delays and lost working hours. As the saying goes, the cost of returning the machine to work is never zero.
Another risk resulting from poor equipment and machinery maintenance on construction sites is the frequent life-threatening injuries and accidents. Construction sites are dangerous workplaces, the work is mainly physical, and the machinery is mighty. Workers injured in these environments often suffer serious health problems and chronic pain. To avoid such injuries and accidents, we must make our construction sites safe by providing our workers with safety equipment and machinery.
Improper assets and maintenance management lead to severe inefficiencies for the construction, some of which can be addressed through assets conditions traceability:
Preventive maintenance refers to regular maintenance activities to prevent unexpected equipment breakdown and expensive repair costs. The philosophy behind preventive maintenance is to systematically apply engineering knowledge to equipment and machinery to ensure proper performance and reduce their rate of wear and tear. This is done by identifying weaknesses in different parts of machines, fixing problems, and preventing the failure before it occurs.
Adhering to a preventive maintenance program allows you to repair or replace damaged equipment before noticeable problems occur. This will ensure equipment reliability as well as a significant reduction in downtime. For a preventive maintenance program to be effective and successful, careful scheduling of maintenance on equipment is required. And to ensure that maintenance work is done according to the schedule, the best practice is to use a reminder system to alert you that the preventive maintenance is due.
Our Smart Maintenance Management (CMMS) Platform allows you to schedule maintenance activities based on calendar days or the number of usage of assets and machines and issues notifications and alerts to remind you of the approaching due date.
Implementing preventive maintenance will provide you with increased equipment lifetime and safety, fewer accidents, and a reduced cost of downtime. Our system uses the following system components and methods to render your preventive maintenance scheduling and management more accessible and more efficient.
Asset condition information has become increasingly generated by sensors, RFID/ Beacon tags, meters, actuators, GPS, and other devices and systems.
SmartX HUB RFID technology enables the automation of record keeping for asset maintenance. This, in turn, ensures the highly accurate and complete maintenance records required to best adhere to maintenance schedules and optimize an asset’s performance.
As a technician completes service, critical maintenance data can be associated with the asset tag — such as service date and time, technician, service performed, and subsequent inspection date. An asset’s complete history is always available to the technician with a quick read of the asset’s RFID tag. And in addition, the information can also be sent automatically to the SmartX HUB EAM module, ensuring the timely scheduling of future maintenance required to maximize equipment uptime.
SmartX HUB includes pre-configured reports that allow organizations to manage their asset inventory and utilization more effectively. The SmartX HUB software application includes several reports based on information that is, by default, refreshed hourly in the solution.
Here are some of the most evident benefits of SmartX HUB RFID Maintenance management at a construction job site:
The SmartX HUB RFID-IoT system allows workers to locate tools quickly and easily, preventing the need to stop the assembly line and search for a misplaced tool. It can also help provide insight into how often specific equipment is used, allowing you to control the depreciation of high-value assets better.
The system’s Service Reports allow you to view a report of all PM Due Dates associated with an asset or a group of assets. You can also set the system to send you Preventive Maintenance Due Date notifications and alerts. This way, you will constantly be reminded of critical due dates and have complete visibility over your preventive maintenance schedule and plan.
With its preventive maintenance management capabilities, SmartX HUB CMMS Solution helps you obtain a more efficient workflow by improving your control over your project, enhancing safety on your job site, reducing equipment downtime, minimizing safety hazards, increasing the life expectancy of equipment, and reducing repair costs. It provides you with the necessary means to stay on schedule, stay on budget and work consistently to keep your overall project on the right track.
The many parts throughout a construction site can be serialized with an RFID tag — including flanges, precast concrete, and pipes. Now, with a quick scan of the RFID tag via a handheld RFID reader, field operators can determine when the part was placed in use, any known defects, maintenance history, repair procedures, the date the part should be retired, and more. Coupling rich data with every part provides maintenance staff with the granular visibility required to monitor the job site better.
Gain item-level data about every asset to ensure essential tools and equipment don't get lost, misplaced, or stolen. You can reduce overall inventory levels by keeping up-to-date on your tools' whereabouts while ensuring adequate supplies across all locations.
SmartX HUB CMMS Solution helps you obtain a more efficient workflow by improving your control over your project, enhancing safety on your job site, reducing equipment downtime, minimizing safety hazards, increasing equipment life expectancy, and reducing repair costs. It provides you with the necessary means to stay on schedule, stay on budget and work consistently to keep your overall project on the right track.
Built on the SmartX HUB Platform, the Asset Visibility and Smart Maintenance Management applications enable companies to manage their job sites using new data, offering scorecards, dashboards, and reports to set expectations and identify cycle, turnaround times, and inadequate performance by contractors and suppliers.
By automating your processes with SmartX HUB RFID-IoT technology, you can cut daily operational costs by significantly reducing labor and error costs through process automation. SmartX HUB offers a scalable, customizable and straightforward platform, easily fitting into your unique business process. SmartX HUB runs on any web browser and any Windows, iOS, or Android device to make it even easier.
SmartX HUB’s global presence, coupled with its deep industry and business transformation expertise, has proven that the methodologies and experience gained from thousands of worldwide engagements help clients achieve accurate business results and innovation quickly and cost-effectively.
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