Maintenance Management Learning Center

Assets & Equipment, Work Orders, Preventive Maintenance

Simplify Failure Reporting in Maintenance

During the heat of a long and difficult maintenance shift, industrial engineers sometimes 'forget' to fill out the work order feedback for failures they have fixed. 

Work Orders

A Plan for Conquering (and Preventing) Work Order Backlog

  Crumbling infrastructure is a worldwide problem - spurred on, in part, by inaccurate predictions about the lifespan of things like bridges, and partially, from a global lack...

Infographic: What do Maintenance Professionals REALLY think about industrial IoT?

  Even though the industry is full of buzz-words like Digital Transformation and IoT, what is the reality? Are companies ready to adopt it?  Recently Dynaway has conducted...

Market Analysis: How much does CMMS/EAM software cost?

  Many providers, especially in the EAM space avoid this question. "Call for quote!" they say. We traditionally try to be as upfront as possible. You can check out our Dynaway...

Implementing EAM Software: 4 Challenges and How to Solve Them

  Let’s get to the point early on. Getting EAM / CMMS implementation wrong is expensive and stressful for any sized company. You have been warned.

10 signs you should switch to a new EAM system

Modern CMMS / EAM software can offer you so much more than its 20th century predecessors.

Work Orders

Work Order Management: The Right Way

  Work order management. If you do it the right way, your organization will reap the benefits. It will witness a transformation in productivity, maintenance effectiveness and...

Assets & Equipment

Beginners Guide : Industrial Lubrication

Lubrication. That word makes some people smile. But in industrial organizations world-wide, it gives most people a headache. Why?

IoT, Predictive Maintenance

Reliability & Availability: How to Get There with FMEAs and P-F Curves

For organizations that suffer from unexpected failures and unplanned downtime, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) can help achieve high asset reliability and...

Condition Based Maintenance, IoT

The Top 5 Benefits of Condition-Based Maintenance in the Age of The IIoT

  The benefits of condition-based maintenance (CBM) are now as clear as they ever were.  

IoT

Vibration & IIoT Sensors

  Vibration analysis is a key technology in the ever-changing world of IIoT and predictive maintenance. 

IoT

5 Reasons IoT Projects Fail and How to Avoid It

  Many Industrial IoT projects fail. Many IIoT value chains have ended up with broken, rusting links. That’s been a disappointing fact of life so far for many organizations on...

D365 Business Central, Maintenance Planning & Scheduling, Assets & Equipment

FREE EAM/CMMS for Microsoft Business Central

  Do you know how often your assets need maintenance? Is your inventory management effective? Do you capture the actual costs of your maintenance?

IoT, Predictive Maintenance

IoT Sensors in Maintenance

  Maintenance is changing. Rapidly. Predictive maintenance is evolving almost by the hour. Just like the rest of the world, maintenance is becoming connected and interconnected...

Condition Based Maintenance

Condition Monitoring: Let your assets talk to you

  Just like us, assets can speak. Their talk and their words consist of parameters and signals such as vibration, temperature, viscosity, decibels, wear particles, corrosion,...

Preventive Maintenance

What is Preventive Maintenance?

  Preventive Maintenance Explained Preventive maintenance (PM) is critical to profitability and performance in asset-intensive industries.

IoT, Predictive Maintenance

Everything you need to know about IoT in maintenance

  1. Condition Monitoring: Let your assets talk to you Just like us, assets can speak.

Work Orders

Work Order Software

At Dynaway, we rely on proven technologies that help us create great EAM applications and apps. We see our customers as collaborative partners therefore our product development...

D365 Finance & Operations / AX 2012, Safe Work

The Permit-to-Work Life Cycle

  Like any industrial process, a safety permit-to-work has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Safe work has a clear life cycle. Safety permits are used in many industries where...

D365 Finance & Operations / AX 2012, Safe Work

Permit to Work – Types, Risks and Precautions

    When you walk around any typical industrial site, you see all sorts of maintenance work going on.  Mechanical clunking of spanners on bolts, multi-colored electrical...

D365 Finance & Operations / AX 2012, Safe Work

Prevent Accidents in the Workplace with a Permit to Work System

  Digital transformation of Safe Work has gained momentum. With a workforce armed with digital devices, no longer should your organization have piles of paperwork mounting up.

The state of smartwatches in Enterprise Asset Management

  Employing technology to improve asset management will boost your business decades ahead. Cutting costs, providing excellent digital working tools, enhancing safety, and much...

D365 Finance & Operations / AX 2012, Maintenance Reporting

How the Right Maintenance Data Tracking Can Benefit Your Company

As a maintenance manager, planner, or supervisor, you know how important it is to keep your assets running so you can minimize downtime and get shipments out the door to your...

Assets & Equipment

6 Pitfalls of a Poorly Set Up Asset Register and How to Avoid Them

  A poorly set-up asset register and asset hierarchy can cause your manufacturing organization seemingly never-ending operational and business issues. 

Maintenance Reporting

Clean Out Your Computer Day: Organize EAM

  Started in 2000 by the Institute of Business Technology, national clean out your computer day falls on the second Monday in February. How to Celebrate? Organize your folders...

Economic Slowdown: Great Time to Invest in EAM

With the beginning of the new decade, many businesses have started preparing for an economic slowdown. In 2020 companies are faced with uncertainties that are causing doubt...

Work Orders, Preventive Maintenance

Work Order Execution: Maintenance Checklists

Managing your preventive maintenance can be a challenge. One of the best ways you can do it is a proper use of checklists.

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling

How to Implement a Total Productive Maintenance Plan (TPM)

The successful and sustainable implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (also known as TPM) should be a key concern for any conscientious plant manager or production...

D365 Finance & Operations / AX 2012

EAM in D365 (Asset Management in Microsoft Supply Chain)

In the new release for October 2019, Microsoft has announced a lot of new capabilities and features of Dynamics 365 and one of them is Asset Management. 

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling

The Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Concepts and Benefits

Routine and preventative maintenance models can boost your company's overall production and alleviate downtime. The most popular method used for this is total productive...

D365 Finance & Operations / AX 2012

Asset Management on Microsoft Dynamics®

Enterprise Asset Management versus Asset Management on Microsoft Dynamics® 365 for Finance and Operations

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling, Preventive Maintenance

Preventive Maintenance: All you need to know

More and more often we can hear about Preventive Maintenance. But what exactly it means? Is it easy to just quit your pevious maintenance strategy you had for 15 or more years...

D365 Finance & Operations / AX 2012

Microsoft Asset Management Transition: What You Need To Know

You asked and we answered!  In November 2018, we were proud to announce that Microsoft acquired the rights to Dynaway

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling, Preventive Maintenance

Preventive Maintenance & Sequences

 

Preventive Maintenance

Preventive Maintenance Software

Preventive maintenance is a systematic maintenance strategy where work is carried out with the objective of increasing asset lifetime. This maintenance usually has repetitive...

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling, Preventive Maintenance

Creating an Effective Maintenance Plan: What should you include?

Effective maintenance planning is essential to the overall maintenance environment. The maintenance plan's contents, which include the actual work, instructions, schedule,...

Preventive Maintenance

How to Create Preventive Maintenance Plan

Preventive maintenance is vital for every business. Without proper preventive maintenance, problems arise

D365 Finance & Operations / AX 2012

Microsoft D365 Asset Management | Preview

We are pleased to announce the preview program of Dynaway EAM for Microsoft D365 Asset Management!

D365 Business Central, D365 Finance & Operations / AX 2012

INFOGRAPHIC: How To Choose The Right EAM Solution Provider?

  In the sea of CMMS/EAM providers and solutions, finding the right one for your business or industry can be a challenging task, full of question marks. Many believe that it's...

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling, Preventive Maintenance

Benefits of Preventive Maintenance Software

 

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling, Safe Work, Maintenance Reporting

8 steps to reduce Maintenance Management Costs

The well-being of equipment has a huge impact on the overall efficiency in the organization. Producers need to exploit the latest technology in order to stay in ongoing...

Assets & Equipment, Maintenance Reporting

Failure Data Analysis in Maintenance (MTTR, PPC and more)

In any asset-intensive industry, from manufacturing to mining to food and beverage processing, reactive maintenance can wreak havoc on operational efficiency

D365 Finance & Operations / AX 2012

[CASE STORY] Pattern Energy

Top-notch experience and world-class work effort from Dynaway Team –Pattern Energy

Maintenance Inventory

Spare Parts Inventory Software

  As a maintenance manager, your livelihood hinges on your ability to control maintenance costs and minimize production downtime.

Maintenance Inventory

3D Printing of Spare Parts

  3D printing is changing things in many industries including Manufacturing and Natural Resources. It is a game changer in spare parts production. 3D printing is...

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling, Safe Work

How To Increase Safety of Equipment

Effective maintenance management helps your business go further by reducing maintenance costs and boosting overall performance. 

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling, Work Orders

The Mobile EAM | Maintenance App

Mobile EAM for the Maintenance Worker In order to have optimized Maintenance Management strategy, Mobility is a must. The most important data and information cannot be gathered...

What is EAM System (Enterprise Asset Management)?

What is Enterprise Asset Management? Enterprise asset management (EAM) is a process of managing the lifecycle of physical assets and equipment in order to maximize its...

8 Key Factors When Choosing EAM

    In the sea of CMMS/EAM providers and solutions, finding the right one for your business or industry can be a challenging task, full of question marks. In spite of that,...

Maintenance Inventory

Offline Inventory App for Remote Locations

When the EAM Mobile Client is online, you can request item information, allowing you to see inventory status and create item registrations when the Mobile Client is offline....

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling

Maintenance Planning

  Effective maintenance planning and work order scheduling ensure a safer and more cost-efficient work environment for asset-intensive businesses.

Maintenance Reporting

Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) for Maintenance

  Why Maintenance Performance, Reporting, and KPIs are Critical to Organizational Success If you want to achieve any objectives in life – whether personal, group, or...

[CASE STORY] Luck Stone

Dynaway EAM puts the power back where it belongs -  with Luck Stone users

Maintenance Inventory

Spare parts and consumption

  The Dynaway Enterprise Asset Management system allows users to track spare parts on objects and object BOMs, which means you can follow item consumption on an object during...

Blockchain and Manufacturing - Is there a connection?

  Introduction Blockchain is not only a tempting technology and a buzzword used within the financial field. It can also be a huge advantage for manufacturing, supply chain

5 Considerations behind enterprise digital transformation.

  Digital Transformation stands for the integration of digital technology within all areas of the business which brings value to the company and its customers by changing...

IoT in Maintenance

More and more we are hearing about the internet of things (IoT), but what does it actually mean? Basically, IoT  is the connection between devices and to the internet. The idea...

The right stuff: Asset management in manufacturing

  There’s nothing worse than starting a home improvement project and discovering midway through that you’re missing a part or a specific tool.

Transforming manufacturing with Enterprise Asset Management

  Every manufacturer has to deal with asset management and unfortunately, it’s an area that is fraught with inefficiencies.

D365 Finance & Operations / AX 2012

Dynaway EAM software in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Asset Management)

  EG-owned Dynaway headquartered in Aalborg has done it before: sold a piece of software to Microsoft.

AXUG Summit in Phoenix

  User Group Summit in Phoenix was a blast! Many thanks to our customers, partners and everyone who stopped by our booth to talk and try out HoloLens, which was a big hit this...

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling

Advantages and Disadvantages of Reactive Maintenance

What is reactive maintenance? Reactive maintenance also often referred to breakdown maintenance means that equipment repairs are done after the equipment failure.

Work Orders

Transform first-line worker asset management

  Today’s first-line manufacturing workers have more on their plates managing and maintaining complex machines and other assets than ever before. As production volumes increase...

[CASE STORY] Kent Corporation

Dynaway EAM reduces reactive work orders by two-thirds – and counting – at Kent Corporation

EAM Deployment Methods

The need to be a good administrator of assets is not a new concept for businesses. For years, producers have put resources into asset maintenance. This is essential to reduce...

[CASE STORY] Algood Food

Transforming Manufacturing with EAM

[CASE STORY] Rich Products

Dynaway EAM helps leading food supplier dramatically improve maintenance efficiency. Learn how the Dynaway EAM solution facilitates the reduction of downtime as well as a...

Integration Points

    The Dynaway Enterprise Asset Management solution is BUILT-IN, not bolted on! We provide full integration with Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling

Planning board module

In the mobile solution for Dynaway Enterprise Asset Management, the Planning board module is used for planning unscheduled work order lines on individual workers. Planners,...

Work Orders

Mobile work order execution

  The Mobile EAM Client is a comprehensive offline capable client that supports a wide variety of processes related to work order execution and one of them is Work Order Check...

Kanban board for Work Orders

The Kanban board is used for handling and completing work orders within teams on the EAM Mobile Client.

Service Requests

The Service portal module is a service request management solution that allows you to quickly and easily create requests on objects, for example, when a worker detects an...

Maintenance Strategies

Maintenance Strategies Four common types of maintenance strategies are corrective, preventive, condition-based maintenance and predictive maintenance.  Corrective Maintenance: ...