8 Causes Of Heavy Equipment Failure (And How To Prevent It)
Heavy equipment failures happen when you least expect them, and cause downtime, stress, and cost you money. This unplanned downtime can cost project managers around 400 to 800 non-productive hours per year, per machine. To put a prevention plan in place, you first need to understand what the primary causes of these failures are.
8 Causes Of Heavy Equipment Failure (And How To Prevent It)
Heavy equipment failures happen when you least expect them, and cause downtime, stress, and cost you money. This unplanned downtime can cost project managers around 400 to 800 non-productive hours per year, per machine. To put a prevention plan in place, you first need to understand what the primary causes of these failures are.
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Modern business environment drives businesses to focus on innovation to stay competitive. Technology is a necessary investment. Even established corporations will struggle if their tools and methods become obsolete. This is why implementing more efficient technologies can transform the way they do business. Source The modern connected world is enabling new technologies to emerge. The...
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If your business depends on having the right tools available when you need them, having a tool room in place is likely not a new idea to you. A tool room allows you to store, control, and maintain your company’s valuable tools and equipment in a central location. When your next big job comes, you don’t have to worry about finding and repairing tools before you get started if you have a...
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Effective asset management is a must-have in any successful business, regardless of whether it's a tiny local store of a multinational corporation serving millions. In this post, we'll look into what asset management is, why it is important, and how businesses can take steps to improve their management processes. What Is Asset Management? Assets refer to anything owned by organizations that is...
How GoCodes is Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic
We take the health and safety of our employees, contractors, vendors and customers seriously and in light of recent events are taking the following steps to help reduce the impact: Remote work will be encouraged for all employees, contractors and sub-contractors. All employees, contractors and sub-contractors will be granted the flexibility to adjust their work schedules including taking...
Improving School Inventory Management
School systems have a vast amount of inventory to administer. The sheer amount of computers, projectors, cleaning equipment, textbooks, desks and other materials in just one school can be staggering. For inventory managers responsible for an entire district, keeping tabs on all of these materials can be a quixotic task. Limited Budgets Keeping track of school system equipment is of vital...
White Paper: Is Your Company Losing Construction Tools and Equipment?
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This white paper asks the question: How can construction companies reduce accidental asset loss? It will begin by providing a worksheet that can be used to estimate the financial impact that missing tools and equipment are having on your business before looking at the most common asset tracking methods being practiced today and how they’re largely ineffective. A simple, total...
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