There is no doubt that the physical work required to manage and maintain company equipment has always been (and will continue ...

AssetWatch, a leading provider of AI-powered predictive maintenance solutions for manufacturers, has been named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list, ranking No. 526 nationally—its second time earning the ...

In this episode of Gear Talk recorded at Reliable Plant 2025, Wes Cash sits down with Trent McJunkin—an automotive maintenance pro who rose from technician to strategic leader. They dive into why ...

In industrial operations, the cleanliness of lubricating oil is often an underestimated factor in equipment health and ...

Things break. No matter what you do, there is always a chance that products will fail. The same holds true for bearings, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t prevent many of the issues that result in ...

Proper maintenance and scheduling in manufacturing, when done right, can greatly increase productivity. Read about how to implement maintenance planning and scheduling and more.

Criticality analysis is defined as the process of assigning assets a criticality rating based on their potential risk of failure. Read about how to perform a criticality analysis and more.

Managing a work order backlog is not the most exciting of maintenance tasks, but without a complete and up-to-date backlog, important work will be forgotten. Indeed, good backlog management is a ...

A fishbone diagram is a cause-and-effect discovery tool that helps figure out the reason(s) for defects, variations or failures within a process. Check out how to create a fishbone diagram and more.

Total Productive Maintenance is the process of using machines, equipment, employees and supporting processes to maintain and improve the integrity of production and the quality of systems.

The role of the maintenance function, accomplished through the six elements of the maintenance process discussed in this article, is to maintain the capability of critical equipment to meet its ...

Thermography can be used to identify and analyze thermal anomalies for the purposes of condition monitoring of machines. These thermal anomalies are usually caused by such mechanisms as operation, ...