Preventative Maintenance

Machine Maintenance
Software

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Overview

A Complete Guide to
Machine Maintainence Software

What is Machine Maintenance Software?

Machine Maintenance Software, often part of a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), is a digital tool designed to help manufacturers manage and execute a proactive maintenance strategy.

It replaces disorganized spreadsheets, paper calendars, and tribal knowledge with a centralized, automated system for scheduling, tracking, and documenting all maintenance tasks.

By automating the planning of routine inspections, servicing, and repairs, machine maintenance software ensures that critical maintenance work is performed on time, every time, preventing unexpected equipment failures before they can disrupt your operations.

Key Features of Machine Maintenance Software

Machine Maintenance software provides a suite of tools designed to streamline every aspect of your maintenance workflow. Look for these essential features:

Automated Maintenance Scheduling: The core of the system. Schedule recurring maintenance tasks based on time (e.g., every month), usage (e.g., every 500 operating hours), or specific conditions.
Work Order Management: Create, assign, and track digital work orders for both planned PMs and unplanned repairs. Monitor progress from initiation to completion.

Asset Management: Maintain a centralized database of all your equipment, including maintenance histories, manuals, specifications, and parts information.

Mobile Access: Empower your technicians with the ability to view schedules, access work orders, and document their work directly from a smartphone or tablet on the shop floor.

Reporting and Analytics: Generate powerful reports on maintenance costs, technician performance, asset downtime, and work order history to identify trends and measure the effectiveness of your PM program.

Why is Machine Maintenance Software Important?

Implementing a machine maintenance software is one of the most impactful investments a facility can make. It fundamentally shifts your entire approach to asset management and delivers significant operational and financial advantages.

Reduce Unplanned Downtime: By proactively servicing equipment, you can identify and fix potential issues before they cause catastrophic failures, which are the leading cause of costly production stoppages.

Extend Equipment Lifespan: A well-executed PM program ensures your assets are always running in optimal condition, significantly extending their useful life and maximizing the return on your capital investment.

Lower Overall Maintenance Costs: While it requires an upfront investment, a PM strategy is far more cost-effective than running equipment to failure. You'll spend less on expensive emergency repairs, rush shipping for parts, and overtime labor.

Improve Workplace Safety: Properly maintained equipment is safer equipment. Regular inspections help identify and mitigate potential hazards before they can cause injury to your team.

Increase Operational Efficiency: With fewer surprise breakdowns and better-running machines, your production schedules become more reliable and predictable, leading to greater overall throughput.

Create Actionable Records: The software provides a complete, auditable history of all maintenance activities. This data is invaluable for passing regulatory audits, optimizing maintenance schedules, and making informed decisions about when to repair or replace an asset.

Machine Maintenance Powered
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OUR DifferenCE

Built By and For Manufacturers

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Works on
Any Machine

Our devices can be easily connected to a wide range of legacy and modern machines.

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Made and Assembled
In The USA

All devices are manufactured and assembled in Bettendorf, Iowa.

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Proven Playbooks

We are manufacturing experts with an extensive library of proven playbooks that will help you make an immediate impact.

Before we started using Caddis, we often struggled to pinpoint the reasons behind our machinery's inefficiencies. We relied on guesswork and anecdotal evidence, which left us in a spot of making uninformed decisions. Since integrating Caddis, our understanding of our machinery—and how to optimize them—has improved dramatically."
Mike Morette
Owner, The Sharp Tool Company
We weren’t fully aware of how many resources were underutilized and how much more we could achieve.”
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Ralph Zimmerman
President, LeClaire Manufacturing
Caddis has allowed our operators and supervisors to effectively manage their machines and departments in a very short amount of time. We have tried other machine monitoring applications and Caddis is by far the easiest to navigate and utilize. I look forward to integrating Caddis throughout our entire facility."
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Anton Anderson
Manufacturing Test Engineer, Seimens
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View real-time and historical machine insights to benchmark performance and indentify downtime reasons.

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