What is Maintenance?
Maintenance is a set of activities to keep your equipment, machinery, buildings, or other assets in good working order, or to fix them when they're not. It includes steps to prevent breakdowns and make your company's assets last longer. Maintenance covers both physical things (like equipment and buildings) and software.
Types of Maintenance
- Preventive Maintenance: Regular check-ups and tasks done to stop problems before they start.
- Predictive Maintenance: Using data and sensors to guess when something will break down so you can fix it first.
- Condition-Based Maintenance: Watching equipment in real-time and doing maintenance only when it needs it, based on how worn it is.
- Corrective, Reactive, or Emergency Maintenance: Repairs done after something breaks down.
Goals of Maintenance
- Keeping things running smoothly, making sure everything is safe, keeping repair costs down, and making assets last longer.
Most Common Maintenance Activities:
- Service
- Cleaning
- Inspection
- Adjustment
- Overhaul
- Calibration
- Lubrication
- Parts Replacement
- Repair
- Software Updates
- Refurbishment
- Performance Measurement
Key Aspects of Maintenance
- Asset tracking (machinery, equipment, or tools)
- Maintenance scheduling
- Resource management (staff and spare parts inventory)
- Maintenance work orders, task management, and progress tracking
- Maintenance history logs
- Maintenance cost tracking
- Incident reporting and urgent repairs
- Maintenance cost analysis
- Regulatory compliance and documentation for maintenance and assets
How Aptien Helps with Maintenance in Your Company
- Aptien is asset management software that simplifies the work of a maintenance manager by centralizing everything in one place.
Scheduling Maintenance Activities
- Automates maintenance scheduling and sends deadline reminders
- Simplifies compliance management, including tracking inspections and requirements
- Automatically tracks maintenance and inspection due dates and sends deadline reminders
Managing and Overseeing Completed Maintenance
- Manages an overview of company assets
- Maintains asset documentation
- Tracks and manages asset and equipment issues
Managing the Team and Work of Maintenance Staff
- The maintenance manager manages their team of maintenance technicians and technical staff
- Facilitates the check-out and check-in of assets and equipment
Managing External Maintenance Technicians
- The maintenance manager manages the work of external contractors using an extranet