MAPCON CMMS Blog

April 17, 2025

How to Improve Equipment Efficiency and Effectiveness

To achieve success in business, you need assets to operate with maximum efficiency. Many obstacles stand in your way. Unplanned downtime. Low quantities of inventory. Lack of trained maintenance technicians.

However, you can solve the above challenges to improve equipment efficiency. Let's back up a step and look at the efficiency itself.

• Key Metrics for Measuring Equipment Efficiency and Performance.
• Understanding the Difference Between Productivity and Efficiency.
• What Is Overall Equipment Effectiveness?
• How a CMMS Improves Equipment Efficiency.

April 16, 2025

How Depreciation and Asset Management Work Together

In many business operations, you want to keep your equipment running as long as possible. What happens when maintenance costs go beyond the investment of a new or replacement machine? By understanding how depreciation affects asset management, you have better oversight over those costs. In this article, we'll look at the following in discussing depreciation:

⮚ What is Depreciation and Why It Matters for Asset Management?

⮚ Key Factors in Depreciation: What Affects Asset Value Over Time

⮚ Common Depreciation Types and When to Use Them

⮚ Depreciation and Asset Management: How It Impacts Preventative Maintenance

⮚ Using a CMMS for Streamlined Depreciation Tracking

⮚ Why Depreciation Tracking Is Crucial for Business and Asset Efficiency

April 15, 2025

Complete Guide to Golf Course Maintenance and Energy Conservation

Many people enjoy a round or two of golf throughout the week, especially on weekends. But have you ever considered the effort a maintenance team makes to provide a pleasant course? For the average golfer, a well-maintained course appears effortless, a verdant oasis of sculpted fairways and pristine greens.

Effective golf course maintenance management is crucial for a course's financial health and reputation, ensuring a consistently enjoyable experience for golfers.

In the following discussion, you'll read about the areas on a golf course requiring maintenance, lists of preventive and general maintenance, and equipment needed. Also, see how courses can operate with energy conservation in mind. Finally, let's see how a computerized maintenance management system can bring efficiency to golf course maintenance. Read on for the following discussions:

April 14, 2025

Improving Machine Uptime for Operational Success

Companies strive for maximum production and efficiency. To do this, they must have operating assets. To keep them operating, technicians conduct preventive maintenance and repairs when needed. This article looks at how to achieve success with machine uptime. Read on to learn more about:

• What Is Machine Uptime and Why It Matters?
• How to Calculate and Track Machine Uptime.
• Understanding High/Low Uptime: Causes, Consequences & Benefits.
• 7 Proven Steps to Improving Machine Uptime.
• How a CMMS Helps in Improving Machine Uptime and Reliability.

April 10, 2025

How to Improve Maintenance Reports with Better Data Management

When you conduct maintenance, you need to document the jobs from the work request through the completion of the repair. You need this information to understand maintenance reports. You need as much information as possible even if you don't use all of it.

Every piece of information has its importance. The person who submitted the work request. The creation of the work order. The location and asset of the repair. What parts the technician used. The cost of those parts. The length of time for the job. Whether the job was completed or backlogged.

All these and more go into reports. These reports help you measure a maintenance program's effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.

This article will discuss the following:

April 09, 2025

Mastering Successful Troubleshooting: A Step-by-Step Guide

When things go wrong what do you do? When machines and equipment fail, you call in maintenance or another professional. That person troubleshoots the situation.

Troubleshooting – The very word conjures images of furrowed brows and frantic button-pushing. But beneath the surface lies a powerful problem-solving methodology applicable to a vast array of situations. From flickering lights to sluggish software, troubleshooting equips us with a systematic approach to identifying, understanding, and resolving issues.

This article will discuss the following:

• What is Troubleshooting and Why Does It Matter?
• Common Reasons for Troubleshooting Equipment Issues.
• Issues in Troubleshooting: When to Repair or Replace.
• Who is Responsible for Troubleshooting?
• 5 Key Steps for Successful Troubleshooting.
• The Role of Critical Thinking in Troubleshooting.
• How a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) Enhances Troubleshooting Efficiency.

April 08, 2025

Building a Lean Maintenance Program for Productive Maintenance

Companies strive for efficient operations. For a detailed discussion of efficiency and effectiveness, read this article. To achieve this, the discussion may include terms such as lean manufacturing and lean maintenance. In this article, we'll focus on the latter.

April 07, 2025

How Paperless Work Orders Work For Your Maintenance Operations

In today's fast-paced business environment, companies look for efficiency without sacrificing quality. Many maintenance departments have shifted away from paper-based work orders to digital. These systems offer a multitude of advantages.

This article will:

Why Paperless Work Orders Improve Maintenance Operations

Why should you go paperless? Part of the answer comes in the form of companies trying to move to "greener" operations. However, let's delve into those operations and see what advantages help your company.

April 03, 2025

How Renewable Energy Can Power a Sustainable Business Future

Over the last decade, much of the world has further advanced into providing clean, sustainable energy sources. The renewable energy industry continues to evolve, experiencing explosive growth. A smart entrepreneur could see success in this market.

This article will focus on the following:

• Understanding the Renewable Energy Landscape.
• Carving Your Niche in Renewable Energy for Business.
• Establishing Credibility with Essential Certifications.
• Finding Reliable Renewable Energy Suppliers.
• Overcoming Key Challenges in Renewable Energy.
• The Framework for Renewable Energy Success: A 9-Step Guide.

April 02, 2025

How Barcode Tracking Streamlines Inventory and Asset Management

Many companies have discovered the benefits of barcoding. This system of tracking provides instant information and helps maintenance and purchasing departments.

In this article, we'll look at the following:

• What is a Barcode and How Does It Work?
• Key Advantages of a Barcode System.
• How Barcode Tracking Improves Industrial Operations.
• Top Industries Benefiting from Tracking with Barcodes.
• Types of Barcodes For Business Use.
• Steps to Successfully Implement a Barcode to Barcode Tracking.
• Enhancing Barcode Tracking with a CMMS.