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In the construction materials and heavy equipment industry, idling refers to engines running without doing productive work. For example, machines in quarries that are running, but not productively moving equipment or materials are common instances where idling occurs.

Preventive maintenance is a method of proactive maintenance management that relies on doing things ahead of time, before it becomes a problem.

When you return to work on Thursday morning, you soon notice that the feed conveyor still hasn’t been fixed. The technicians have a lot on their to-do list, but this is a high-priority matter that must have fallen between the cracks. You start to wonder: “How can I make my team more accountable?”

If your company relies on industrial machinery or a fleet of heavy-duty vehicles, you’ll have several maintenance routines and checks that need to be carried out at certain intervals to ensure safe and efficient operations. But what would happen if half of your frontline employees got sick overnight? Would your production continue or come to a halt?

Larger companies across a variety of industry segments worldwide, tend to rely on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to manage day-to-day operations. The construction materials industry is no exception, and ERP systems will often form the backbone of how companies manage their supply chain, finances, purchasing, and more. CheckProof offers an external API that enables integrations with ERP systems. Merging data

Preventative maintenance is all about identifying and avoiding defects and deviations before they cause problems and expensive breakdowns. Routines are critical to safe maintenance work. But how can you ensure your operators know the maintenance for every piece of machinery AND that they carried out the checks?

There is an increased awareness and acceleration within the heavy industries on how ‘Routine Maintenance’ workflows should replace traditional reactive maintenance methods for the upkeep of equipment and the wellbeing of personnel. Routine Maintenance when done well can form the backbone of any well-functioning system, whether it’s a piece of machinery, a vehicle, or even a building.

Within the Heavy Industry and particularly the Heavy Machinery segment, regulatory compliance is often not just a legal requirement, but a fundamental aspect of sustainable business practices. Whether you’re a manufacturer of heavy machinery or an operator, staying abreast of regulatory requirements is paramount to success. Failure to comply can result in severe consequences ranging from hefty fines to reputational damage and even operational shutdowns.

Setting up SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for crucial tasks is an effective way to ensure safe and consistent work methods across your heavy industry sites. At least if your SOPs are available, relevant, and easy to use for frontline workers – which is, unfortunately, not always the case. This article offers you eight best practices that will help improve SOP compliance by adapting your instructions to suit the people who depend most on them. 

To run a profitable business, you need to optimize the use of critical resources such as equipment, energy, and manpower. One of the most important elements of resource optimization in heavy industries is downtime reduction. The key to success? Proactivity.