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Your Predictive Maintenance Platform Generates 100,000 Alerts a Day. Your Team Reads 12. By: Bill Carrick   Last year, a mid-size automotive parts manufacturer in Ohio spent $1.8 million deploying IoT sensors across 340 production assets. Vibration monitors on every motor. Temperature probes on critical bearings. Acoustic sensors on compressors. The predictive maintenance platform went […]

The 18-Month Clock: Why Your Retiring Maintenance Workers’ Knowledge is Worth More Than Your Newest Sensor By: Bill Carrick   Maria has worked the compressor line at a Midwest chemical plant for 31 years. She can tell you—by sound alone—whether the centrifugal pump on Unit 4 is running 2% outside its normal vibration envelope. She

Two-Thirds of Maintenance Teams Plan to Adopt AI. Here Is Why Most Will Not. By: Bill Carrick   The gap between AI ambition and AI execution in enterprise asset management is not a technology problem. It is a data, culture, and platform readiness problem — and the cost of staying on the wrong side is

Stop Sending Humans to Look at Things: How Visual AI Is Transforming Asset Inspection By: Bill Carrick   AI-powered visual inspection now detects defects with 99% accuracy in under 100 milliseconds — while the human eye misses 20–30% on a busy production line. Here is what that means for inspection programs that still run on

From Predictive to Prescriptive Maintenance: The Next Evolution By: Bill Carrick   The technology has moved from forecasting failures to choosing the optimal response — and in some organizations, to acting without any human in the loop. Here is what that shift means for operations leaders who are still measuring success in alerts.   Your

The AI Promise in Public Transit Maintenance: Why the Journey Matters More Than the Destination By: Bill Carrick   There’s a version of the AI story that goes like this: you buy the software, plug in your data, and suddenly your maintenance operation runs itself. Buses don’t break down unexpectedly. Parts are always on hand.

Why 90% of Organizations Are Stuck on AI in Asset Management And What Pragmatic Adopters Do Differently By: Bill Carrick   Everyone in enterprise asset management is talking about AI. Very few are doing it well.   According to recent industry data, nearly two-thirds of organizations remain stuck in the pilot stage of AI adoption,

Conquering Nonconformities in HxGN EAM By: Jaime Simon Industries thrive on efficiency, and a key aspect of maintaining a productive operation is addressing anomalies before they escalate into major problems. Hexagon EAM offers a powerful tool to achieve this: Nonconformities.   What are Nonconformities? Nonconformities in Hexagon EAM go beyond typical work order management by providing

The Art of the Redirect: Unveiling the Business Need Behind the Request By: Leah Johnson We have all been there. In the midst of design, or even implementation, client begins making very specific configuration requests. Particularly dangerous, these requests are cloaked in the language and framework of our solution. It is to be expected! After

Keeping the Fleet Moving: Maximizing Warranty Recovery in Transit Operations By: Christian Kepner For Transit organizations, maintaining a state of good repair is a balancing act between strict budget constraints and the imperative to keep vehicles on the road. When a bus engine fails or a rail component wears out prematurely, missed warranty claims represent