Maintenance & Operations
Thought Leadership
CMMS and Cybersecurity: Strengthening Your Defense in Industry
The Case for Security Would you be comfortable knowing that complete strangers were wandering around your yard and inside your house? Most of us would say, “No way!”, even if we trust that most people don’t have malicious intent. We...
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Baby Formula Supply Chain Crisis—How a CMMS Could Have Helped
6 minutes The 2022 baby formula shortage was a true crisis for many in the US. Beyond the heartbreaking illnesses, the stories of the stress and work it took...
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How to protect your operations budget during inflation
4 minutes During periods of inflation, everything from regular inventory to special parts or emergency repairs costs more. Maintenance and operations (M&O)...
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P-F Curve Explained: Definition and Use Cases in Maintenance
10 minutes Have you ever heard of the P-F Curve? It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel, doesn’t it? But in reality, this curve is actually...
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How to Reduce Your Environmental Footprint One Carbon Target at a Time
10 minutes The world is changing—and so are we. We all have a responsibility to reduce our carbon footprint and help protect the environment for future...
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Asset management promotes health and safety for manufacturing ops
4 minutes Manufacturing facilities have a lot of moving components, and everything came to a screeching halt at the start of COVID-19. Safety once simply meant...
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Opportunities Abound at Brightly After 15 Years for Steve Harris
2 minutes At Brightly, culture is more than a buzzword; it’s the core of who we are. It drives how we work together, how we treat one another, and how we move...
How to protect your operations budget during inflation
In times of inflation, smart technology can help maximize budgets (including help with grant or funding requests) through more effective utility management, smart asset management, and reduced long-term or emergency costs from preventive maintenance.
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Get schooled: How smart asset management can promote health and safety for students
4 minutes COVID-19 forced many students and educators to rapidly change everything about how learning happened by moving school online. And you know what...
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2 Tools to help manufacturing beat rising energy costs
4 minutes Whether you’re running things on the ground floor or from up in the office, those in manufacturing know: it’s complex. From the workflows of people...
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How to Calculate Your Business’s Carbon Footprint
11 minutes Whether you know it or not, your business has an impact on the environment. And it’s not a small one – many companies contribute significantly to...
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4 Tools governments can use to beat rising energy costs
4 minutes Tapping into technology can help cities to better serve their communities, even when expenses are high Whether you manage facilities and parks for a...
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What Is a Sustainability Strategy?
5 minutes What Is a Sustainability Strategy: Your Path to Tangible ROI It’s 2023 and sustainability is still a buzzword. Climate change awareness is great, but...
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Sustainability 101: A crash course on sustainability in the education sector
4 minutes The education sector has always been a quiet partner in the race to green, with eco-friendly initiatives spanning many years. With the global emphasis...