How a Midwest Cutting Tools Manufacturer Replaced Paper-Based Maintenance with MaintiMizer
A 25-person maintenance team now handles 50,000+ PMs and 8,500+ work orders annually, without adding headcount.
The Solution: A Digital Maintenance System Built in MaintiMizer
The MaintiMizer support team assisted by moving the company’s entire paper system into MaintiMizer. This created a single digital system of record for all tasks, equipment history, parts, and reporting.
Daily use of MaintiMizer now includes:
- Completing preventive maintenance orders
- Reviewing work requests and closing work orders
- Managing and ordering required parts
- Generating PM and work order completion reports for management
- Data-driven decisions based on historical data and tracking
Why Maintenance History Matters
The supervisor repeatedly pointed to maintenance history as one of the most valuable things MaintiMizer provides. With complete records in one place, his team can:
- Reference past repairs. When a machine has a problem, technicians can look up how the same issue was handled before and apply the right fix faster.
- Confirm the right parts. Historical records show exactly which parts were used on each piece of equipment, reducing the chance of ordering the wrong item.
- Optimize PM schedules. With accurate history, the team identified where PM intervals were set too frequently and adjusted them, saving labor without sacrificing reliability.
Mobile Maintenance: The Next Step
The team is now expanding into the MaintiMizer mobile platform. Using the iOS app, technicians can perform parts inventory transactions, including receiving against purchase orders and running cycle counts. The team is also evaluating using mobile for submitting work requests directly from the floor.
This mobility gives technicians access to the same system data they would have at a desktop, without leaving the work area.
The Result: More Output, Same Team Size
Maintenance volume and equipment count have both grown significantly over the years. The headcount has not. MaintiMizer gave the team the structure and visibility to absorb that growth without adding staff.
In the supervisor’s words, MaintiMizer has helped them “do more with the same, if not do more with less.”
See What MaintiMizer Can Do for Your Facilities
Does your maintenance team want to move from paper logs to digital CMMS tracking? MaintiMizer helps you build a scalable, digital maintenance operation.
Contact us to talk through your specific needs.
