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Guest blog: cpm industries on the importance of maintenance

Our guest blog this week comes from CPM Industries, a leading manufacturer of prototype, short-run, and low-volume castings in ferrous and non-ferrous alloys.  The manufacturing industry and every company within the industry relies on some type of machine or tool to be successful. CPM Industries lies within the manufacturing industry and is a perfect example […]

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Humidity: how it can affect facilities and what to do about it

Recent years have seen record setting temperatures—both high and low—across the globe, posing unique challenges for facility managers. Temperature alone, however, can be a superficial measure of facility climate. Humidity is as important as raw temperature data for facility managers, as moisture levels that are too high or too low can cause serious problems for

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Maintaining corrugated roofs: preventing white rust

ManagerPlus is pleased to kick off our new guest blog series with this excellent piece on white rust prevention by Corrugated Metals, Inc. Check back regularly for more expert content covering a broad range of industries. +Corrugated roofing and siding is popular with homeowners and businesses alike, thanks to beneficial attributes such as long life,

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Reduce fleet cost with maintenance management software

Labor, tires, and ever-fluctuating gas prices have all been steadily adding to the overall cost of maintaining fleets in recent years. Fortunately for fleet managers, there has also been a number of countervailing technological innovations that, if implemented effectively, can help combat rising costs. Maintenance management software makes implementing these measures much easier, while also

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5 ways maintenance software can help increase roi on pumps

The trade publication Modern Pumping Today recently released a comprehensive 4-part series on pump maintenance that every plant and facility manager—and anyone else who works with pumps, should see. The series offers numerous maintenance tips that every plant and facility should incorporate into scheduled equipment management routines with the aid of maintenance software. Given that

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Simplify facility sustainability efforts with cmms

A combination of media attention, new technology, and influential research has pushed sustainability issues to the forefront of the facilities management profession. Annual surveys consistently rank facility sustainability at or near the top of facility management priority lists; a key indication of the degree to which issues of waste, inefficiency and environmental impact have transformed

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Prioritizing maintenance by determining critical equipment

One of ManagerPlus’s big focuses in training and consulting on maintenance procedures is the necessity of a preventive posture when it comes to maintenance. If a large portion of your maintenance budget is consumed by corrective repairs, it’s a good indicator that you’re spending too much and that redirecting resources to strategic preventive efforts will

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