Preventative maintenance is one of those areas where carriers either run a disciplined system or they run themselves into breakdowns that bleed cash. Too often, maintenance is treated like a ...

Keeping equipment, tools, and vehicles in top working order is as critical to a contractor as keeping a surgical knife sharp and sterile is to a brain surgeon. Can you imagine the problems a brain ...

Preventative maintenance refers to tasks that maintain assets on a regular basis to optimize performance and prevent unexpected breakdowns that could push up asset tracking costs. Depending on the ...

Members pictured from left to right. The concept of predictive maintenance is familiar to anyone who has owned a car—you regularly have the vehicle inspected, change fluids, replace tires, change ...

Establishing a solid preventive maintenance (PM) program is the key to getting the most productive use out of your truck and trailer. “A good PM program means you are doing everything you can within ...

No news from your employees is good news, right? That approach might fit your leadership preference, but it’s an archaic way of leading your team, says Dave Mitchell, founder of Walla Walla, ...

Most everything these days is so after-the-fact and, in some circumstances, a fire drill. Proper communicating, planning and budgeting are necessary when it comes to equipment maintenance, replacement ...

Firefighting maintenance increases downtime, costs, and stress while masking deeper reliability and planning issues. Reactive ...

Maintenance emergencies seem to happen at the most inopportune times. The boiler conks out during the coldest day of the year. A frozen plumbing pipe bursts on a holiday. The 25-year-old roof sprouts ...

Amsterdam-based applied science institute Netherlands Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) is in discussion with several airlines about the ongoing development of its artificial intelligence algorithms, ...

86% of Americans plan to cook a holiday meal at home this season; 89% will look to DIY-videos to help with equipment repairs With the holidays in full swing, household appliances are getting more use ...