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Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-05

That’s up 4% from 2017 and continuing to grow as smartphones continue to evolve.Are you considering investing in mobile solutions to improve your field services in 2019?

In many ways, they go hand in hand.Operational excellence is the goal of every organization.

In today's workforce, with the heavy reliance on technology in operations, the technology for mobile workforce management is critical as is performance management.

has led businesses to find, develop, and deploy mobile apps to their field service teams.Using mobile technologies to support field workforce management helps promote innovation and improve operational efficiency and customer service.

The move to mobility in the field enabling field teams to deliver faster, smarter service and improve the customer experience.

Here's another fact: People now spend 7 times longer using mobile apps compared to mobile web browsers (AppAnnie, 2018).Wouldn't now be the best time to make a move to put the best mobile solution in your field service techs’ hands?Tackle Workflows, Routing & Scheduling and much more with an Intuitive Mobile SolutionInnovapptive’s mWorkOrder is the most configurable enterprise mobile plant maintenance solution available on the market.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-12
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Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a corporate level maintenance process to help you ensure that tasks are performed in an efficient, cost-effective, reliable, and safe manner.

A well-managed RCM program is the application of a specific maintenance strategy on each of the assets of the facility.

Having a program in place that establishes an effective RCM program to document the entire process (system, equipment, or part life cycle) for every asset in the facility is critical for the success of your maintenance process.Equipment breakdown is not always straight-line, or linear.

It’s definitely unwanted!The purpose of RCM is to ensure that your maintenance and inspection tasks are positioned around refining the reliability and safety of your equipment, such as your oil pumps, heavy trucks, production line, etc.

Tasks may be preventive, predictive, or involve nondestructive inspections in order to identify or monitor flaws.

Strategies are optimized to ensure the productivity of the plant is maintained using cost-effective techniques.RCM identifies what functions are most critical and then optimizes, or attempts to, your maintenance strategies in order to minimize system failures and increase equipment reliability and availability.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-02-28
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Can it be improved?Research shows that maintenance workforce efficiencies can range from 18% - 74%, with inefficient operations being on the higher end of the spectrum of labor spend.

Breaking this down further; in an 8-hour day, there are only 2½ hours of actual hands-on wrench time or productive, or value-added work.A number of situations can impact wrench time of technician, such as:Failure to have the right asset(s)/equipment available for the assigned technician(s) when needed.Limited visibility.

Maintenance technicians are not able to plan for their routes and carry parts/tools they need for maintenance/repairs.Repeated travel back and forth from the work site to the office/storeroom to collect parts, manuals, and assistance.

An issue reported to maintenance is wrong, due to various reasons such as ineffective paper-based processes, resulting in the wrong technician being dispatched to a job.

Unavailability of an asset’s maintenance history, equipment drawings, and details or service manuals for reference to conduct repairs.and more...The cost of non-wrench time (5½ hours) leaves a great financial impact on an organization.

That said, non-wrench activities are still necessary to get work done but are not considered factors in true wrench time.For improving wrench time, it is essential for your organization to identify and eliminate barriers preventing your maintenance technicians from doing their jobs efficiently.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-26

They are facing increased competition and, as operations are growing increasingly complex, utilities need to take a more flexible approach to business processes and mitigate technology risks to stay ahead of the competition.

With the Cloud comes a lot of compelling business opportunities including the ability to bring new business models to market quickly.Worldwide spending on public cloud services and infrastructure is forecast to reach $266 billion in 2021.

They can quickly scale computing resources in any quantity at any time to meet their needs.

Cloud-based solutions not only make it easier for utilities to run their operations without having to devote resources but also offer substantial cost savings for building area and maintenance of IT hardware and software.

In the cloud environment, apps can be developed quicker and more reliably than the apps of old.

The speed of innovation with cloud computing puts traditional software development at a severe competitive disadvantage.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-04-08
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Failing to digitally transform will lead to extinction for enterprise businesses in today’s market.

To avoid extinction, enterprise organizations are seizing on plummeting costs of technologies and transforming into Digital Enterprises.

While we are still in the early stages of the Digital Transformation, organizations failing to take advantage of strategic initiatives, such as embracing Wearables, to better enable their workforce and improve productivity will fall behind in defining their long-term futures.Key drivers behind the move to digital, and embracing real-wear, for enterprise organizations areEnhanced customer experienceOperational excellenceNew business modelsBusiness process innovationsIncreased employee engagementSMAC Technologies (Social Media, Mobile, Analytics/Big Data, and Cloud) are key enablers behind companies embracing Digital but they all tie back to the experience of the user, be that the Customer, Supplier, and Employee.

For the purposes of this blog, we will focus solely on the Employee.Reconnect the Disconnected EmployeeDespite the umpteen advances in technology, organizations around the globe, big and small, still struggle with the ability to connect and stay connected with each other and their employees.

Employees need full use their hands when in the field as well as full concentration when using them.

Wearables allow employees full access to their hands while carrying out computer-aided activities in real-time such as scanning barcodes with glasses or inputting item numbers on a smartwatch.Realwear, such as headsets and smartwatches, can be equipped with software enabling workers to determine the health of assets quickly and make necessary adjustments in maintenance to alleviate stressors.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-04-02
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In the world of manufacturing, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a logical extension of automation and connectivity, accounting for the maximum share of today’s global IoT spending.

For businesses involved in the production and transportation of physical goods, IIoT provides higher operational efficiencies, new business models, and serves as a logical extension of automation and connectivity.Industrial IoT opens many opportunities in automation, optimization, asset performance management, new ways of servicing customers, and the creation of new revenue models.

To survive in today’s hyper-competitive business environment with highly disruptive technologies; companies are heavily investing in IIoT to increase growth and maximize productivity.

IIoT has the potential to drive productivity and improve operating costs across multiple industries, including manufacturing, oil and gas, and mining.IIoT in manufacturing creates smarter environments with greater visibility helping companies to optimize their operations and better prepare for future demand.

Industrial IoT-based solutions enable employees to access relevant information, and supporting application, from mobile devices anytime, from anywhere.

By providing real-time monitoring, companies can fully utilize their assets with improved performance.Asset Utilization: Implementing Industrial IoT solutions enable companies to track asset performance, predict failures, and increase the efficiency of operations.Predictive maintenance: It helps companies monitor equipment health, schedule maintenance based on usage, and performing more effective preventive maintenance eliminating unplanned downtime.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-13
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Regardless of the industry, any organization managing a distributed network of assets needs to keep them continuously running and adequately maintained which falls to the hands of technicians.

To provide prompt customer service and ensure efficiency, your dispatchers need planning capabilities that provide real-time data, spatial data, technician availability, and location.

In the absence of accurate information, maintenance or asset repairs will delay.

This delay becomes a cause of strife for your customers, causing a ripple effect on the rest of the schedule.Generating a work order, and completing it effectively, is not as easy as it sounds.

External factors (changing customer preference, time sensitivity, lack of historical, real-time data, i.e., navigation) can directly impact the complexity of attending to work orders.

This added functionality allows your maintenance technicians to track and complete assigned work orders within scheduled time frames.Innovapptive’s Answer for Route Optimization in Work Order ManagementInnovapptive, a leading provider of Mobile EAM and Supply Chain solutions, offers its mobile EAM portfolio, mWorkOrder, as the answer to your organization’s route optimization needs.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-18
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While on its way towards the autonomous horizon, modern organizations are still in a peer-based sharing/collaborative world.

As we "speak", machines are being outfitted with sensors, self-monitoring tools, and communication capabilities galore as the transition towards autonomy begins to take shape.

Based on a recent report, the global digital transformation market is expected to reach approximately $431.71 billion by 2021 (GlobeNewsWire, 2017).

Market drivers are based on top trends to help organizations in market growth and development.

There are 3 main categories of market drivers for a sustainable digital economy: Societal, Economic, and Technology.Societal drivers - Conditions which impact an organization's change processes; Relate to the structures and institutions shaping preferences, behavior and the possibilities in the capacity to influence changeEconomic drivers - Reveals the performance and growth of business; Measurable and calculable; Can be compared to a standard (ie budget or historical figures) or an industry average; Are within a company's controlTechnology drivers - Rapid and advanced; Achieve transformation by looking inward and adopting a modern, lean and efficient operating modelFour Trends in TransformationFour trends are making major impacts in the digital transformation of current peer-to-peer/collaborative systems to more autonomous ones:Innovapptive’s mWorkOrder is the most configurable enterprise mobile plant maintenance solution available on the market.

Fully configurable with Innovapptive’s RACE™ (Rapid App Configurator Engine) toolkit, mWorkOrder provides organizations with the unparalleled flexibility to zero in on industry-specific requirements and turn an organization’s asset management system into a competitive advantage.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-24
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Despite using the best-in-class software (SAP), are your maintenance costs are not going down?Are you plagued with decisions to reduce maintenance costs related to materials and manpower?If your answer is yes to any of the above questions, then your (manufacturing) organization follows a reactive maintenance approach.Moving from reactive to proactive maintenance is a multi-phase process, requiring streamlining processes and providing maintenance crews access to real-time information.

When a manufacturing organization manages maintenance effectively, it sees greater asset reliability and improved margins as well as reduced maintenance costs and much more.

Despite knowing the advantages of proactive maintenance, many manufacturers are still following a reactive approach for plant maintenance.The overall satisfaction measures success the customer gets with the result, no longer just by a "job well done".

In today’s environment, where manufacturers are challenged with increased competition, they are under pressure to improve asset and production reliability and maximize ROI consistently.

It is a must for companies to reduce downtime and extend the equipment lifespan.

Organizations must make their maintenance functions proactive instead of reactive which reduces maintenance expenses and parts inventories without compromising safety or quality.The Best-Fit Mobile Solution for Plant MaintenanceTo help manufacturing organizations move from reactive to proactive maintenance,  reduce downtime, maximize ROI, and provide maintenance crews with all required information to execute maintenance activities effectively, Innovapptive offers a solution for Plant Maintenance, mWorkOrder.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-05
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In today’s competitive business environments, it is essential for asset-oriented organizations to have efficient processes and optimized workflows to stay ahead of the curve.

The mass adoption of augmented reality (AR) is gathering pace across a multitude of industries, with one of the most heavily impacted being manufacturing.

The market for AR is projected to reach $3.5 billion to $85-$90 billion in revenue over the next 5 years installed by 2020, according to a Digi-Capital 2018 report.From smartphones and tablets to gadgets like headsets, Google® glasses or handheld devices, AR technology is continuously evolving.

AR-based equipment, such as wearables, can overlay digital information (text, voice or video) onto the user field of view in real-time.When enterprise assets or industrial equipment go out of service, the resulting downtime not only affects profitability, but it can also result in entire projects grinding to halt.

The resulting outcome leads to losses of revenue and customer dissatisfaction.

A solution with extended support for AR can help mission critical industries such as manufacturing, boost user productivity, improve workflow and reduce rework.Wearables ranging from smartwatches and head-mounted tablets to connected glasses and smart contact lenses are increasingly making impressions on the mass market.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-03
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82% of companies have experienced unplanned downtime over the past three years.

Just like in traffic, bottlenecks in manufacturing happen when the flow of production is curtailed due to limited capacity reducing the capacity of the whole chain.

Bottlenecks in production can be any, or a combination of, the following: Congestion points occur in product flowing.Any resource whose capacity is less than the demands placed upon it.A manufacturing process that limits throughput.Temporary blockades to increased output.A facility, operator, etc.

It is a massive inconvenience and leads to costly repairs.

It also costs your maintenance managers/technicians significant time and causes millions in lost production for your organization.

Knowing when, where, and how downtime occurs is essential to prevent it.Regular maintenance of your plant’s assets/equipmentEssential to keep them operating at their best for the most extended periods possible.Switching your maintenance strategy from preventive (run-to-failure) to predictiveHelps you maximize your production plant equipment uptime.Reducing your reliance on paper-based and manual processesA cause for user/operator error and a leading cause of downtime on your production line.Identifying potential issues early helps minimize your long-term maintenance costs.Replacing obsolete equipment to improve performance is an essential step to reducing your manufacturing downtime.Ensure that your workers have clear understandings of tasks assigned to them work more effectively Having the service and maintenance history of equipment available to your techniciansHelp your technicians perform their jobs more efficiently and effectively.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-16
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The concept of EAM has long existed.

It serves as the extension of work processes for maintenance, operations, and repair of physical assets, equipment, buildings, and grounds.

A mobile EAM can manage your work order creation (planned, break/fix or service requests) producing strong communications between your mobilized workforce and systems to maintain the organization, facilities, structures, and other assets.

By incorporating a mobile application for enterprise asset management, your employees can collect, generate, and analyze all asset-related information in real-time and help to:Predict and Analyze Enterprise Assets Behavior: Avoid unplanned downtime & discover patterns of asset failure while maintaining operational integrity.Share and Collaborate Asset Information: Ensure truth & transparency for assets while avoiding confusion or dependency that could potentially cause delays or production loss.Connect All Assets:  Mobile EAM solutions connect all enterprise assets, consolidating operational and business system information on a mobile platform, leading to a quick resolution of issues.Most Configurable Mobile Work Order Management Solution TodayInnovapptive’s industry-recognized Mobile Work Order Management solutions - mWorkOrder with RACE™ Dynamic Forms - are the most configurable enterprise-grade SAP Mobile Plant Maintenance solutions on the market.Innovapptive's mobile EAM solution, mWorkOrder, takes asset-intensive organizations from reactive to proactive in the space of days.

The mobile application helps you extend your assets’ performance, increase workforce productivity, and reduce value chain costs all in one solution.With Innovapptive’s mWorkOrder you can:Give employees all they need to install, inspect, maintain, and repair assets in the fieldCapture higher quality real-time data and gain better visibility and improved analyticsKeep assets running at peak performance with shorter response timesMinimize unplanned downtime, failures and maintenance backlogsStreamline processes by reducing paperwork and cycle timeImprove first-time resolution rates and workforce safetyRACE™ Dynamic Forms is the answer to going paperless in the field.

The solution is equivalent to electronic versions of paper forms you can carry within a mobile digital platform and gain access to information anytime, anywhere.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-01-10
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Some companies believe risk assessment interferes with normal day-to-day operations.

Others think it offers little value versus time, effort and money spent.

So, they’re often unprepared when those risks become reality.Lack of a well-designed risk assessment program can cost a company dearly.

There are also human expenses to consider, such as injuries, lost productivity and turnover when workers leave what they consider to be an unsafe environment.

Additionally, companies may jeopardize customer relations when a risk-related shutdown delays order delivery.

Perhaps a vessel is leaking a hazardous material, or rotating equipment isn’t in proper repair.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-01-10
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Robotic process automation is profoundly changing the relationship that utility field service personnel have with smart assets.Organizations around the globe integrate automation into their operations and results have been promising.

According to Capgemini Research Institute’s Intelligent Automation in Energy and Utilities survey, utility companies that have deployed intelligent automation at scale expect to save from $237 to $813 billion.Despite this, the survey also found that nearly half of utility companies have underestimated the benefits derived from intelligent automation initiatives, with only 18% deploying use cases and 17% deploying use cases at scale.Productivity levels are bound to increase with automation, and this can benefit utility workers and companies.

Through intelligent automation, utility field operators can also deal with fluctuation in wind turbine repair and maintenance processes.With Industry 5.0 closer than we think, the rise of automation signals the need for a seamlessly connected workforce to achieve desirable outcomes.Innovapptive’s enterprise asset management (EAM), field services, inventory and supply chain management solutions provide access to real-time and mission-critical data.

Through automation and mobilization, real-time data connects utility field-level workers to back-office systems to executives, creating total operational visibility.Work order management teams can leverage Innovapptive’s mobile work order management (mWorkOrder) application to achieve full visibility and collaborate effectively with field technicians.

Automation and mobilization technologies delivered by Innovapptive makes this possible.

By automating work order process, technicians get full access to work order scope to review histories and study critical asset information for speedy repair and effective maintenance work.There’s no question about automation whether or not it be instrumental for the success of the utilities of the future, but instead just about how much.

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Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-05

That’s up 4% from 2017 and continuing to grow as smartphones continue to evolve.Are you considering investing in mobile solutions to improve your field services in 2019?

In many ways, they go hand in hand.Operational excellence is the goal of every organization.

In today's workforce, with the heavy reliance on technology in operations, the technology for mobile workforce management is critical as is performance management.

has led businesses to find, develop, and deploy mobile apps to their field service teams.Using mobile technologies to support field workforce management helps promote innovation and improve operational efficiency and customer service.

The move to mobility in the field enabling field teams to deliver faster, smarter service and improve the customer experience.

Here's another fact: People now spend 7 times longer using mobile apps compared to mobile web browsers (AppAnnie, 2018).Wouldn't now be the best time to make a move to put the best mobile solution in your field service techs’ hands?Tackle Workflows, Routing & Scheduling and much more with an Intuitive Mobile SolutionInnovapptive’s mWorkOrder is the most configurable enterprise mobile plant maintenance solution available on the market.

Innovapptive Inc 2020-02-28
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Can it be improved?Research shows that maintenance workforce efficiencies can range from 18% - 74%, with inefficient operations being on the higher end of the spectrum of labor spend.

Breaking this down further; in an 8-hour day, there are only 2½ hours of actual hands-on wrench time or productive, or value-added work.A number of situations can impact wrench time of technician, such as:Failure to have the right asset(s)/equipment available for the assigned technician(s) when needed.Limited visibility.

Maintenance technicians are not able to plan for their routes and carry parts/tools they need for maintenance/repairs.Repeated travel back and forth from the work site to the office/storeroom to collect parts, manuals, and assistance.

An issue reported to maintenance is wrong, due to various reasons such as ineffective paper-based processes, resulting in the wrong technician being dispatched to a job.

Unavailability of an asset’s maintenance history, equipment drawings, and details or service manuals for reference to conduct repairs.and more...The cost of non-wrench time (5½ hours) leaves a great financial impact on an organization.

That said, non-wrench activities are still necessary to get work done but are not considered factors in true wrench time.For improving wrench time, it is essential for your organization to identify and eliminate barriers preventing your maintenance technicians from doing their jobs efficiently.

Innovapptive Inc 2020-04-08
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Failing to digitally transform will lead to extinction for enterprise businesses in today’s market.

To avoid extinction, enterprise organizations are seizing on plummeting costs of technologies and transforming into Digital Enterprises.

While we are still in the early stages of the Digital Transformation, organizations failing to take advantage of strategic initiatives, such as embracing Wearables, to better enable their workforce and improve productivity will fall behind in defining their long-term futures.Key drivers behind the move to digital, and embracing real-wear, for enterprise organizations areEnhanced customer experienceOperational excellenceNew business modelsBusiness process innovationsIncreased employee engagementSMAC Technologies (Social Media, Mobile, Analytics/Big Data, and Cloud) are key enablers behind companies embracing Digital but they all tie back to the experience of the user, be that the Customer, Supplier, and Employee.

For the purposes of this blog, we will focus solely on the Employee.Reconnect the Disconnected EmployeeDespite the umpteen advances in technology, organizations around the globe, big and small, still struggle with the ability to connect and stay connected with each other and their employees.

Employees need full use their hands when in the field as well as full concentration when using them.

Wearables allow employees full access to their hands while carrying out computer-aided activities in real-time such as scanning barcodes with glasses or inputting item numbers on a smartwatch.Realwear, such as headsets and smartwatches, can be equipped with software enabling workers to determine the health of assets quickly and make necessary adjustments in maintenance to alleviate stressors.

Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-13
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Regardless of the industry, any organization managing a distributed network of assets needs to keep them continuously running and adequately maintained which falls to the hands of technicians.

To provide prompt customer service and ensure efficiency, your dispatchers need planning capabilities that provide real-time data, spatial data, technician availability, and location.

In the absence of accurate information, maintenance or asset repairs will delay.

This delay becomes a cause of strife for your customers, causing a ripple effect on the rest of the schedule.Generating a work order, and completing it effectively, is not as easy as it sounds.

External factors (changing customer preference, time sensitivity, lack of historical, real-time data, i.e., navigation) can directly impact the complexity of attending to work orders.

This added functionality allows your maintenance technicians to track and complete assigned work orders within scheduled time frames.Innovapptive’s Answer for Route Optimization in Work Order ManagementInnovapptive, a leading provider of Mobile EAM and Supply Chain solutions, offers its mobile EAM portfolio, mWorkOrder, as the answer to your organization’s route optimization needs.

Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-24
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Despite using the best-in-class software (SAP), are your maintenance costs are not going down?Are you plagued with decisions to reduce maintenance costs related to materials and manpower?If your answer is yes to any of the above questions, then your (manufacturing) organization follows a reactive maintenance approach.Moving from reactive to proactive maintenance is a multi-phase process, requiring streamlining processes and providing maintenance crews access to real-time information.

When a manufacturing organization manages maintenance effectively, it sees greater asset reliability and improved margins as well as reduced maintenance costs and much more.

Despite knowing the advantages of proactive maintenance, many manufacturers are still following a reactive approach for plant maintenance.The overall satisfaction measures success the customer gets with the result, no longer just by a "job well done".

In today’s environment, where manufacturers are challenged with increased competition, they are under pressure to improve asset and production reliability and maximize ROI consistently.

It is a must for companies to reduce downtime and extend the equipment lifespan.

Organizations must make their maintenance functions proactive instead of reactive which reduces maintenance expenses and parts inventories without compromising safety or quality.The Best-Fit Mobile Solution for Plant MaintenanceTo help manufacturing organizations move from reactive to proactive maintenance,  reduce downtime, maximize ROI, and provide maintenance crews with all required information to execute maintenance activities effectively, Innovapptive offers a solution for Plant Maintenance, mWorkOrder.

Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-03
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82% of companies have experienced unplanned downtime over the past three years.

Just like in traffic, bottlenecks in manufacturing happen when the flow of production is curtailed due to limited capacity reducing the capacity of the whole chain.

Bottlenecks in production can be any, or a combination of, the following: Congestion points occur in product flowing.Any resource whose capacity is less than the demands placed upon it.A manufacturing process that limits throughput.Temporary blockades to increased output.A facility, operator, etc.

It is a massive inconvenience and leads to costly repairs.

It also costs your maintenance managers/technicians significant time and causes millions in lost production for your organization.

Knowing when, where, and how downtime occurs is essential to prevent it.Regular maintenance of your plant’s assets/equipmentEssential to keep them operating at their best for the most extended periods possible.Switching your maintenance strategy from preventive (run-to-failure) to predictiveHelps you maximize your production plant equipment uptime.Reducing your reliance on paper-based and manual processesA cause for user/operator error and a leading cause of downtime on your production line.Identifying potential issues early helps minimize your long-term maintenance costs.Replacing obsolete equipment to improve performance is an essential step to reducing your manufacturing downtime.Ensure that your workers have clear understandings of tasks assigned to them work more effectively Having the service and maintenance history of equipment available to your techniciansHelp your technicians perform their jobs more efficiently and effectively.

Innovapptive Inc 2020-01-10
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Some companies believe risk assessment interferes with normal day-to-day operations.

Others think it offers little value versus time, effort and money spent.

So, they’re often unprepared when those risks become reality.Lack of a well-designed risk assessment program can cost a company dearly.

There are also human expenses to consider, such as injuries, lost productivity and turnover when workers leave what they consider to be an unsafe environment.

Additionally, companies may jeopardize customer relations when a risk-related shutdown delays order delivery.

Perhaps a vessel is leaking a hazardous material, or rotating equipment isn’t in proper repair.

Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-12
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Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a corporate level maintenance process to help you ensure that tasks are performed in an efficient, cost-effective, reliable, and safe manner.

A well-managed RCM program is the application of a specific maintenance strategy on each of the assets of the facility.

Having a program in place that establishes an effective RCM program to document the entire process (system, equipment, or part life cycle) for every asset in the facility is critical for the success of your maintenance process.Equipment breakdown is not always straight-line, or linear.

It’s definitely unwanted!The purpose of RCM is to ensure that your maintenance and inspection tasks are positioned around refining the reliability and safety of your equipment, such as your oil pumps, heavy trucks, production line, etc.

Tasks may be preventive, predictive, or involve nondestructive inspections in order to identify or monitor flaws.

Strategies are optimized to ensure the productivity of the plant is maintained using cost-effective techniques.RCM identifies what functions are most critical and then optimizes, or attempts to, your maintenance strategies in order to minimize system failures and increase equipment reliability and availability.

Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-26

They are facing increased competition and, as operations are growing increasingly complex, utilities need to take a more flexible approach to business processes and mitigate technology risks to stay ahead of the competition.

With the Cloud comes a lot of compelling business opportunities including the ability to bring new business models to market quickly.Worldwide spending on public cloud services and infrastructure is forecast to reach $266 billion in 2021.

They can quickly scale computing resources in any quantity at any time to meet their needs.

Cloud-based solutions not only make it easier for utilities to run their operations without having to devote resources but also offer substantial cost savings for building area and maintenance of IT hardware and software.

In the cloud environment, apps can be developed quicker and more reliably than the apps of old.

The speed of innovation with cloud computing puts traditional software development at a severe competitive disadvantage.

Innovapptive Inc 2020-04-02
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In the world of manufacturing, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a logical extension of automation and connectivity, accounting for the maximum share of today’s global IoT spending.

For businesses involved in the production and transportation of physical goods, IIoT provides higher operational efficiencies, new business models, and serves as a logical extension of automation and connectivity.Industrial IoT opens many opportunities in automation, optimization, asset performance management, new ways of servicing customers, and the creation of new revenue models.

To survive in today’s hyper-competitive business environment with highly disruptive technologies; companies are heavily investing in IIoT to increase growth and maximize productivity.

IIoT has the potential to drive productivity and improve operating costs across multiple industries, including manufacturing, oil and gas, and mining.IIoT in manufacturing creates smarter environments with greater visibility helping companies to optimize their operations and better prepare for future demand.

Industrial IoT-based solutions enable employees to access relevant information, and supporting application, from mobile devices anytime, from anywhere.

By providing real-time monitoring, companies can fully utilize their assets with improved performance.Asset Utilization: Implementing Industrial IoT solutions enable companies to track asset performance, predict failures, and increase the efficiency of operations.Predictive maintenance: It helps companies monitor equipment health, schedule maintenance based on usage, and performing more effective preventive maintenance eliminating unplanned downtime.

Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-18
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While on its way towards the autonomous horizon, modern organizations are still in a peer-based sharing/collaborative world.

As we "speak", machines are being outfitted with sensors, self-monitoring tools, and communication capabilities galore as the transition towards autonomy begins to take shape.

Based on a recent report, the global digital transformation market is expected to reach approximately $431.71 billion by 2021 (GlobeNewsWire, 2017).

Market drivers are based on top trends to help organizations in market growth and development.

There are 3 main categories of market drivers for a sustainable digital economy: Societal, Economic, and Technology.Societal drivers - Conditions which impact an organization's change processes; Relate to the structures and institutions shaping preferences, behavior and the possibilities in the capacity to influence changeEconomic drivers - Reveals the performance and growth of business; Measurable and calculable; Can be compared to a standard (ie budget or historical figures) or an industry average; Are within a company's controlTechnology drivers - Rapid and advanced; Achieve transformation by looking inward and adopting a modern, lean and efficient operating modelFour Trends in TransformationFour trends are making major impacts in the digital transformation of current peer-to-peer/collaborative systems to more autonomous ones:Innovapptive’s mWorkOrder is the most configurable enterprise mobile plant maintenance solution available on the market.

Fully configurable with Innovapptive’s RACE™ (Rapid App Configurator Engine) toolkit, mWorkOrder provides organizations with the unparalleled flexibility to zero in on industry-specific requirements and turn an organization’s asset management system into a competitive advantage.

Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-05
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In today’s competitive business environments, it is essential for asset-oriented organizations to have efficient processes and optimized workflows to stay ahead of the curve.

The mass adoption of augmented reality (AR) is gathering pace across a multitude of industries, with one of the most heavily impacted being manufacturing.

The market for AR is projected to reach $3.5 billion to $85-$90 billion in revenue over the next 5 years installed by 2020, according to a Digi-Capital 2018 report.From smartphones and tablets to gadgets like headsets, Google® glasses or handheld devices, AR technology is continuously evolving.

AR-based equipment, such as wearables, can overlay digital information (text, voice or video) onto the user field of view in real-time.When enterprise assets or industrial equipment go out of service, the resulting downtime not only affects profitability, but it can also result in entire projects grinding to halt.

The resulting outcome leads to losses of revenue and customer dissatisfaction.

A solution with extended support for AR can help mission critical industries such as manufacturing, boost user productivity, improve workflow and reduce rework.Wearables ranging from smartwatches and head-mounted tablets to connected glasses and smart contact lenses are increasingly making impressions on the mass market.

Innovapptive Inc 2020-03-16
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The concept of EAM has long existed.

It serves as the extension of work processes for maintenance, operations, and repair of physical assets, equipment, buildings, and grounds.

A mobile EAM can manage your work order creation (planned, break/fix or service requests) producing strong communications between your mobilized workforce and systems to maintain the organization, facilities, structures, and other assets.

By incorporating a mobile application for enterprise asset management, your employees can collect, generate, and analyze all asset-related information in real-time and help to:Predict and Analyze Enterprise Assets Behavior: Avoid unplanned downtime & discover patterns of asset failure while maintaining operational integrity.Share and Collaborate Asset Information: Ensure truth & transparency for assets while avoiding confusion or dependency that could potentially cause delays or production loss.Connect All Assets:  Mobile EAM solutions connect all enterprise assets, consolidating operational and business system information on a mobile platform, leading to a quick resolution of issues.Most Configurable Mobile Work Order Management Solution TodayInnovapptive’s industry-recognized Mobile Work Order Management solutions - mWorkOrder with RACE™ Dynamic Forms - are the most configurable enterprise-grade SAP Mobile Plant Maintenance solutions on the market.Innovapptive's mobile EAM solution, mWorkOrder, takes asset-intensive organizations from reactive to proactive in the space of days.

The mobile application helps you extend your assets’ performance, increase workforce productivity, and reduce value chain costs all in one solution.With Innovapptive’s mWorkOrder you can:Give employees all they need to install, inspect, maintain, and repair assets in the fieldCapture higher quality real-time data and gain better visibility and improved analyticsKeep assets running at peak performance with shorter response timesMinimize unplanned downtime, failures and maintenance backlogsStreamline processes by reducing paperwork and cycle timeImprove first-time resolution rates and workforce safetyRACE™ Dynamic Forms is the answer to going paperless in the field.

The solution is equivalent to electronic versions of paper forms you can carry within a mobile digital platform and gain access to information anytime, anywhere.

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Robotic process automation is profoundly changing the relationship that utility field service personnel have with smart assets.Organizations around the globe integrate automation into their operations and results have been promising.

According to Capgemini Research Institute’s Intelligent Automation in Energy and Utilities survey, utility companies that have deployed intelligent automation at scale expect to save from $237 to $813 billion.Despite this, the survey also found that nearly half of utility companies have underestimated the benefits derived from intelligent automation initiatives, with only 18% deploying use cases and 17% deploying use cases at scale.Productivity levels are bound to increase with automation, and this can benefit utility workers and companies.

Through intelligent automation, utility field operators can also deal with fluctuation in wind turbine repair and maintenance processes.With Industry 5.0 closer than we think, the rise of automation signals the need for a seamlessly connected workforce to achieve desirable outcomes.Innovapptive’s enterprise asset management (EAM), field services, inventory and supply chain management solutions provide access to real-time and mission-critical data.

Through automation and mobilization, real-time data connects utility field-level workers to back-office systems to executives, creating total operational visibility.Work order management teams can leverage Innovapptive’s mobile work order management (mWorkOrder) application to achieve full visibility and collaborate effectively with field technicians.

Automation and mobilization technologies delivered by Innovapptive makes this possible.

By automating work order process, technicians get full access to work order scope to review histories and study critical asset information for speedy repair and effective maintenance work.There’s no question about automation whether or not it be instrumental for the success of the utilities of the future, but instead just about how much.