Maintenance management in plants
The InnerWeb system focuses on achieving the highest possible production results through effective maintenance management at the production facility. The goal is to minimize the risk of breakdowns, eliminating long downtimes as well as faults or accidents. InnerWeb emphasizes increasing the longevity of production equipment and machinery so that, while remaining in good shape, they can serve for as long as possible. Importantly, all of these measures help to reduce costs and cut company expenses.
The most critical plant maintenance and machine maintenance issues are:
- The occurrence of machine breakdowns causes downtime and reduces the company's production efficiency.
- Inadequate planning of maintenance activities and technical inspections can lead to deterioration of machinery and equipment. This affects their service life. In addition, the risk of machine breakdowns increases, which generates company downtime and increased costs.
- Incomplete or difficult-to-access technical documentation of machinery makes it difficult to diagnose the causes of failures that occur. In addition, it is more time-consuming to repair equipment and place an order for the parts needed for the repair.
- Defects and the need for product corrections delay all processes and negatively affect the company's plan.
- Ambiguous machine maintenance procedures contribute to errors.
- Inadequate training of employees responsible for supervising and inspecting machinery can lead to missed cyclic inspections, delayed response to technical problems of machinery, etc.
Maintenance in manufacturing plants is one of the most critical areas of any company in this industry. The difficulties mentioned above generate the emergence of additional costs.
Efficient production, i.e. maximum production efficiency with optimal use of company resources
Efficient production is the efficient use of resources at the optimum time while minimizing costs and maximizing profits at the same time.
In addition, what should be taken into account?
- Minimize the risk of accidents
- Minimize the omission of the technical inspection of machinery
- Provide easy access to clear instructions and technical documentation for machinery
- Improve reporting of review results.
Maintaining a manufacturing plant is a path to success for many companies, as it enables them to obtain quality products in the allotted time, while maintaining competitive prices. As a result, the company makes a profit, reducing production costs and gaining customer appreciation.
How does InnerWeb affect maintenance management at a manufacturing facility?
The InnerWeb system has a wide range of functionalities that synergize to improve work organization and achieve better business results. What drives productive and efficient plant maintenance include:
- Reporting failures
- Cyclic reviews
- Reporting
- Documentation on location
- Entitlements of employees
- Location of resources
One system streamlines a number of different areas in the company. Daily procedures take less time.
Reporting failures
An employee has identified a machine malfunction. How do you quickly notify the appropriate people? With just a few clicks in the app, you can send a failure report to the designated employee. This way, the response is quick and the process runs smoothly without unnecessary downtime. You also don’t need to exercise control over the task at hand, as you can see the progress of the action in the app. It is also possible to add a photo to the notification.
Cyclic reviews
In a plant with hundreds or even thousands of machines, it is incumbent on employees to perform regular inspections. Skipping this task can result in failure to verify a defect in time. This then increases the risk of serious failure and long downtime. This generates unnecessary costs and slows down the production process. At InnerWeb, the system reminds you to perform cyclical tasks, such as machine inspections. What’s more, the system will sound an alarm if a workaround is missed, so the risk of missing this important activity during the day is negligible.
Reporting
If an employee performs a technical inspection of a particular machine, he can inform his superiors and co-workers. The application can send a report to individuals on the work done, with comments on the defects or malfunctions that occurred, as well as photographic documentation. Communication is extremely fast and reliable.
Documentation on location
Employees often waste too much time finding the necessary technical documents or manuals, which significantly affects the time it takes to perform maintenance. The InnerWeb system solves this problem, because while at the machine you can scan the QR code stuck on it and check its documentation in detail. What’s more, the data is assigned to a specific area. The employee has access to the documents assigned to the location he is currently in (he connects to the nearest iBeacon). He can also select the location he is interested in from the list of locations available. Using the InnerWeb system makes it possible to reach for documents at any time and any place in just a few seconds.
Entitlements of employees
How can you be sure that an employee directed to perform a specific task has the appropriate authorizations? Are they still valid, or has their expiration date passed? All employee authorizations are entered into the system, so that in a matter of seconds you can check the qualifications of a particular person and verify whether he or she can perform particular work. This is an important part of maintenance so that you don’t waste time laboriously searching for and checking paper documentation. It also minimizes the risk of sending a person to work who does not have the necessary authorizations.
Location of resources
In a workplace that covers a large area and tasks are performed by thousands of employees using hundreds of machines and equipment, the daily supervision and finding of things and people is quite a challenge. InnerWeb’s solution is to geolocate resources and end wasted time. Using the system gives you access to information on where equipment and machines are located and how the cooperation between individual employees and teams is – whether the process is running smoothly or there are downtimes. The key thing is that InnerWeb allows constant supervision of the processes taking place in real time from anywhere on Earth. The collected data is stored in one place and can be used to analyze and optimize operations.