How to Leverage the Internet Of Things and Skip an Evolutionary Step
The overwhelming trend in maintenance is moving away from costly reactive maintenance and making the leap to one of the three P’s: Preventative, Predictive or Prescriptive maintenance.
Scheduling someone to inspect assets on a routine basis – whether it’s once a day, once a week or even once a month - is very costly and, in most cases, inadequate. In addition to traditional CMMS features, a more evolved solution leverages the Internet of Things (IoT) to collect data through wireless sensors,
Today, the cost of the internet-enabled sensors needed to monitor critical information is far more economical than using human resources to conduct routine inspections. A sensor can continuously monitor asset health, such as the temperature and current draw, every minute instead of sending a person to check on it once a week. Plus, this approach is much more effective, as it catches small problems before they escalate into bigger, more expensive problems. This forward-thinking approach empowers people to solve problems before they escalate, streamlines the troubleshooting process, prevents unscheduled downtime and has saved significant dollars.
This whitepaper takes a deeper dive into the current state of Internet of Things technology and condition monitoring. It will demystify common challenges, solutions and cost savings realized when evolving from reactive maintenance to an IoT maintenance technology solution.
