Is your facility struggling to design an effective preventive maintenance (PM) program? An endless parade of books and articles tell us how to “do” PM. But it’s one thing to read and another entirely ...

Too many small carriers run their maintenance programs off hope and memory. And let’s be honest—that’s not a strategy. That’s a liability. Waiting until something breaks costs more than just money. It ...

Well-managed fleets of construction equipment have a detailed preventive/predictive maintenance program designed to meet specific desired outcomes and increase efficiency. Such programs include ...

How do you gauge the effectiveness of your brake maintenance program? It’s a tricky question because there are so many factors to consider. Cost is certainly a factor. Excessive equipment downtime ...

In the modern business environment, equipment downtime not only causes interruptions; it eats away at profitability and dilutes competitive strength. Preventative maintenance (PM), a proactive asset ...

Ryder System today announced the launch of a new preventive maintenance program available to buyers of its pre-owned vehicles. With its new preventive maintenance program, Ryder seeks to provide ...

According to the American Transportation Research Institute, smaller fleets have their own maintenance facilities for routine PMs and oil changes, but they don’t have the educational programs or team ...

Bill White (right), equipment manager with Blythe Construction, reviews shop work flow with Damian Miszuk, shop foreman. Demand in the shop is coming under control as Blythe shifts priority to ...

There is that old adage, “If you want to improve something, you first have to measure it.” With that in mind, if you want to control your maintenance costs, you need to begin by developing a plan to ...

In today's global economy, the quest for increased productivity is a given for most commercial and industrial facilities. Keeping those facilities running smoothly at maximum efficiency requires a ...

Manufacturing managers today face many problems. Some of these seem to be ever-present – increasing production efficiency, and scheduling to customer demand come to mind. However, other problems have ...

Telematics capabilities from equipment manufacturers and third-party specialists are delivering more data with less effort. They are also presenting contractors with a new challenge: How do ...