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Hello again, MaintainX Community!We're back with another finding from our State of Industrial Maintenance Report 2024. Let's dive into our second discussion question and another chance to win prizes! 🎁 Win Prizes! Remember, your insights are valuable! For this post:The top 5 replies with the most likes will each earn a $50 gift card!(This will be tallied across each question at the end of September) 🤔 Our Second Question Our report revealed a significant gap in preventive maintenance practices:While 86.8% of facilities use preventive maintenance, 59% dedicate less than half their time to it. Where does your facility stand? What challenges do you face in increasing time spent on preventive maintenance?How to Participate:Read the Question: Reflect on the finding and question above. Share Your Insig

Hi there, I have been using MaintainX for the past few months, and I really like it for the most part, however, there are some functionality issues I have found, such as: We have over (100) requesters in our system, but they currently do not receive a notification of a new comment or tagged item within their requested work order. A requester has to manually check their requested work order for the additional comms; however, they end up emailing or calling us to find out why they aren’t receiving notifications or asking what is happening with their requested work order, which is adding significant delays to the resolution of a work order and unnecessary admin. It allows you to tag their name in the comments but doesn’t notify them. Having 2-way comms within each work order would streamline the process considerably. Currently a requester will only receive notifications when the

Hello MaintainX Community!We're back with our third and final discussion question from our State of Industrial Maintenance Report 2024. This time, we're addressing a critical challenge facing our industry. Let's dive in! 🎁 Earn Prizes!Your insights are more valuable than ever! For this final post:The top 5 replies with the most likes will each earn a $50 gift card!Don’t forget - you can still submit replies to our first and second questions to win!🤔 Our Third QuestionOur report highlighted a significant challenge in the maintenance industry:60% of respondents cited skilled labor shortage as the m

I hope someone can help me on this topic. I want to be able to set the asset working days and hours to reflect correctly when viewing the online and offline data.  Thank you. Brent 

There is a useful “Minimum in Stock” tool within MaintainX, however there is no “Maximum in Stock” tool. When placing parts and/or consumable orders, MaintainX will automatically fill in the “Units Ordered” field with the number needed to get inventory back to the minimum level, however it would be more useful to have MaintainX auto fill this number to the maximum units needed. The system is good at showing the items that “need restock” based off the minimum units, but to have it also autofill the ordered units based off the maximum units would make this process perfect. Thanks!

Does anyone have any suggestions/examples of MaintainX integrated into a PowerBI dashboard? After some ideas for dashboard format and layout for a manufacturing facility. - What data to include- Effective ways to display metrics-Ways to achieve 'deep dives' into specific data TIA 

I tend to view locations as sites (aka job-sites, property sites).  Is there a way to assign a location to a region, and a district if applicable, and then when looking up locations, on screen, I can see/sort by region, and drill down to district, when needed? Further, would I also then (if the above is available) be able to see active, complete, in progress, etc. work orders by region, and if needed district)?

Hello. When we originally started making PM’S, we set a recurrence date on specific PM’s. Recently we found that some of the PM’s were not getting done. What we found was some of the PM’s that we put a recurrence on and assigned to specific maintenance personnel, were being changed (the recurrence date). On the PM’s or work orders, there is an edit button in the top right hand corner. Is there a way to eliminate or lock out lower level users from being able to use the edit button to change recurrence times/dates, or the “assigned to” option? It doesn’t make sense as a manager to be assigning work to specific employees, just to have them assign it to someone else or be able to change the due date/time, or the recurrence date. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am curious if/ how other are using Mx to document work, events etc outside the Work Order system.  For example if I respond to an alarm, but no work is required, how are you capturing the alarm event so that there is a history? What I am looking for is a complete asset history, all work orders, in promptu inspections, etc.

Wondering if there is a way to organize the columns on this view (move the columns around)?  A screen like this is like an “overview” of active work orders and moving the column locations, while also removing some columns (filters) allows the user to reorganize the way they view work in progress.  In fact, this would be a nice feature on all table view screens.

We are using MaintainX to track certain equipment calibrations. We have the work order categorized as “calibration” Is there a way to have the “last calibration date” updated when a calibration work order is completed? This seems like a pretty basic function. Otherwise it requires manually updating every asset in addition to performing the work order.MaintainX offered to create a customization for this but the cost was too high.

We are using MaintainX to track certain equipment calibrations. We have the work order categorized as “calibration” Is there a way to have the “last calibration date” updated when a calibration work order is completed? This seems like a pretty basic function. Otherwise it requires manually updating every asset in addition to performing the work order.MaintainX offered to create a customization for this but the cost was too high.

Our business has a need to issue POs in multiple currencies.Has anyone discovered a way to do this?The only way I can see to do this currently is to change the currency in settings each time I want a PO in another currency. 

We recently came across a fascinating episode of the (R)Evolutionizing Manufacturing podcast that got us thinking about the role of data in our industry. The hosts, Jeff Winter and Scott Achelpohl, dive deep into how data is shaping the future of manufacturing.It's a bit of an eye-opener, isn't it? We all know data is important, but hearing experts break down just how crucial it is for digital transformation, decision-making, and even financial success really puts things in perspective.This got us wondering about our own experiences with data in maintenance and manufacturing. Have you ever had a "lightbulb moment" where good data helped you solve a tricky problem? Or maybe you've struggled with poor quality data and seen how it can throw a wrench in the works?We'd love to hear your stories! How has data impacted your day-to-day operations? Have you implemented any cool data-driven initiatives lately? What challenges have you faced in collecting or using

I’m looking to get back into the freight industry I have been off work and not keeping up and I was wondering if anybody knows if the industry and Rates and turned around from the down slopes was on

The new utilization report is nice, but extremely limited in its usefulness. Has anyone found a way with Work Order or other reports, to determine utilization based on Location and including the Work Order category?We are an external service provider and we want to be able to view on a monthly basis what customer locations our engineers are spending the most time at and what types of work they are engaged in while they are at said customer. I’ve tried using a Work Order report and simply filtering by location and viewing total time logged, but we sometimes have work orders that are open longer than a single month.Additionally, the Utilization report would be very useful if I could filter on Category. We log some administrative and non-service related tasks and time in the system, and I’d like to view only direct labor utilization. Does anyone have any insights or ideas that I might be overlooking?

I may not have permissions, but I cannot find where to add an additional category to the existing list.  There are no areas to select under the category tab.  Within the work order it gives and option when you start typing but just goes away when the “+” is pressed.  Thanks in advance!

The WSJ recently published an article about Boeing's huge challenge of training new employees after many of their experienced workers left.This got us thinking about our own experiences with knowledge transfer. Have you ever started a new job and felt overwhelmed trying to learn everything from scratch? Or maybe you’ve been the one tasked with training newbies while juggling your regular work? It’s tough, right?Boeing's story is a reminder of how important it is to have good training programs and ways to pass on vital knowledge. When seasoned workers leave, they take years of experience with them, and it's not easy to fill those shoes.We’d love to hear your stories. How have you handled situations where important knowledge needed to be passed on? What’s worked for you and what hasn’t? Maybe you’ve discovered a great way to make sure new team members get up to

Analytics Insight recently published an article about how AI innovations are driving more resilient manufacturing processes.This got us thinking about how AI can revolutionize maintenance operations. Imagine a world where AI not only predicts when a machine will need maintenance but also optimizes supply chains to ensure everything runs smoothly. This isn't science fiction—it's happening now and promises to become even more critical as technology advances.Have you seen AI in action in your workplace? Maybe it's helped streamline your operations, reduce costs, or improve product quality. Or perhaps you're curious about how AI could benefit your team but aren't sure where to start.We’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences. How do you think predictive maintenance powered by AI can improve maintenance operations and manufacturing resi

Ensure fire extinguishers are present where required. Ensure fire escapes and stairs are free of obstructions. Ensure chemicals are disposed of according to the instructions. Ensure chemical products are sealed, clearly labeled, and stored.  Determine if first-aid kits are well-stocked.  

Is there a way to add parts to a work order without adding it to parts inventory or am i always supposed to use restock to zero out the inventory?

Hello,Does anyone have experience of creating a MaintainX workorder via an API from a MES (or equivalent system which is used to track the Asset equipment running status)?  What is desired is that if an Operator sets an Equipment Asset to Offline (due to a fault condition), that a Corrective Workorder is automatically created in MaintainX (bypassing the Request step).The generated Workorder reference number could also be passed back to the MES as the reference ID for the downtime event.ThanksBrent

Closed-loop water systems are water circulation systems that function in a contained environment where the water remains isolated from the atmosphere and the makeup requirements are minimal- NIH Technical News BulletinIf the top of a water holding tank is covered but not sealed airtight, is the system still considered isolated from atmosphere?

When filling out a PM work order on Manintainx does the time that u put on the the work order have to be in 15 min intervals? Or can it be 1 min intervals? 

How often, if ever, do you or your maintenance teams require MaintainX training materials that can be accessed offline?For context, we have training material available in MaintainX Academy and product documentation in our Help Center, but both require access to the internet. In the past, our customers have occasionally asked for training materials as PDFs, so they can share them with their teams offline or in some cases even print them. This type of request doesn’t come up too often, so I’m trying to get a sense of whether maintaining offline training material would serve a real need.To help illustrate, an example of offline training material would be something like a PDF ‘MaintainX Technician Training Manual’ that could be downloaded via a portal