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How maintenance software can help your bottom line
At MRO’s recent Reducing Downtime: How Software Can Help…

Importance of a work order management system as a communication tool
Many years ago, the first work order management system emerged as an evolution sign in maintenance management. Importantly, all these years later, many manufacturing companies are still lacking a work order management system.

Are onboarding and mentorship really that important?
Let’s explore the tangible impact of onboarding and mentorship on our workforce.

Food safety compliance
Make sure it is your main priority.

Speakers announced for Advance: Women in Manufacturing 2023
The agenda is set for the 2023 Advance: Women…

OPINION: Food price summit hard to see
In what seems to be a never ending narrative,…

MRO Roundtable – Difficulty making business improvements in reliability and maintenance
At the recent PEMAC Maintrain conference, MRO ran its…

How an Ontario SME cookie manufacturer is navigating inflation
Inflation solutions with Hollandia Bakery’s president

On the clock: Optimizing shift work for well-being and productivity
The global food economy never sleeps.

Automation and its effect on labour
The adoption of automation leads directly to reduced work content and the loss of jobs.

What to do with MP2
For the second time in its history, MP2 is on the chopping block.

The future of maintenance
This change in future is outside of maintenance. It resides in the education systems that feed our industries with maintainers and business leaders.

Do you have fugitive materials on the loose?
Defend your conveyor profitability.

MRO Pro Tip – Preventing bottlenecks
EXPERT: Amanda Stefanovic, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at…

MRO Pro Tip – Controlling Air Quality
EXPERT: Julien Rouette, President at Capt-Air. TOPIC: How to…

How intelligent and regular machine safety audits can protect a workforce in the manufacturing industry
Safety comes at a cost, but a cost which will never be greater than the danger presented to an unprotected workforce.

Three questions to ask before upgrading your radio remote control technology
Effective and operational radio remote control technology enhances safety, streamlines vision for machine operators and increases efficiency.

Recognizing the causes of rolling element bearing failures
Assuming proper design, application, and lubrication, rolling element bearings will fail sooner or later due to their natural material fatigue life limit, but all bearings will fail prematurely from abuse or neglect.

Bearings and the environment
Rolling element bearings and their maintenance can affect the environment.

How maintenance 4.0 technology will help bridge the skills gap
Can digital solutions and vibration sensors fill the maintenance skills gap?

OPINION: It’s not you, food is getting more expensive
In our June 2022 issue, we compared food prices…

MRO Roundtable – Are We Solving the Right Problems?
At the recent 2022 PEMAC Maintrain conference, MRO ran…

New class of automation solution: controlled pneumatics
Piezo technology is taking compressed air technology to a technological level that is resource-saving, energy-efficient and sustainable.

Making the most of food waste
Your business’s food waste may be one of your greatest resources.

Gas turbine operational troubleshooting
Gas turbine efficiency can be determined by concentrating on troubleshooting four important areas: gas path analysis, fuel control systems, vibration, and lubrication.

MRO Roundtable – Continuing education, certifications and contributions toward competency in AM M&R
At the recent 2022 PEMAC Maintrain conference, MRO ran…
Importance of routine checks for mechanical repairs
Mechanical components in a factory require the most attention from a maintenance perspective, as they have a high propensity to fail, making it a high priority for maintenance teams. In turn, it is always better to prevent failures than resort to reactive maintenance.

Maintrain 2022: Live and in-person
Maintenance, reliability, and asset management professionals recently descended on Toronto, Ontario for the PEMAC Asset Management Association of Canada Maintrain 2022 conference.

MRO Roundtable – The Most Important Decisions in Asset Management
At the recent 2022 PEMAC Maintrain conference, MRO ran…

The Role of the Maintenance Manager
Any plant has the potential to have a successful maintenance department, the payoff is an engaged maintenance team providing focused equipment care and customer service to the production department with a result of sustainable equipment reliability.