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Usually, in a downturn, companies start to adjust operations, which unfortunately also involves personnel cuts. In this situation, the amount of work does not necessarily decrease, but tasks are divided among the personnel and some are outsourced. The measure can paralyze the company's operations, because the transfer of tasks to own and external resources is not always completely uncomplicated. It is difficult for our own personnel to take on new tasks in the midst of their own busyness and workload. Outsourcing […]

The maintenance system is designed especially as a tool for the maintenance personnel of production facilities. It is an important tool for manufacturing plants, where it is used to plan and manage preventive and corrective maintenance. It is used to manage e.g. equipment registers of production facilities, spare parts, defect reports and work orders related to equipment. Traditionally, the maintenance department of production facilities manages its area of responsibility using a maintenance system, while production manages its own area of responsibility using other methods. Production personnel do not use the maintenance system,

Maintenance downtime of a production plant is a critical event in many respects. In many areas of the traditional process industry, maintenance shutdowns are planned very carefully in advance to minimize the duration of the production interruption. However, delays often occur during the implementation of the shutdown, one of the reasons for which is the lack of tools that would support the management of the shutdown work. . For example, in the paper industry, during one maintenance day, there can be up to more than 200 tasks performed by different parties, e.g. production

In forest industry companies, the number of work accidents has decreased over the past 10 years, which is evident from the statistics of Metsäteollisuus ry. The goal is zero accidents. It is possible to achieve it by developing work processes and work methods. Achieving the desired target level is essentially influenced by the commitment and attitudes of the personnel. Did you know that modern applications and remote support solutions can have a significant impact on reducing accidents? The Tool4pro work management application developed by us can be used to develop and improve safety [...]

Many people working in industry are very familiar with various production-related problems. Every production plant has different problems from time to time, the solution of which takes a varying amount of time. A lot of money is lost in these in the long run. In order to solve the problems, meetings are held, where action plans are made and responsible persons are defined for the tasks. Tasks usually include various experiments and corrections in different areas. In this way, tasks often go beyond organizational boundaries and [...]

In an industrial maintenance shutdown, the plant must be shut down for maintenance and upkeep, because the equipment cannot be serviced while it is running. During a maintenance shutdown, as much preventive maintenance, maintenance and required repairs as possible are carried out, so that production can run smoothly after the shutdown ends. Maintenance downtime is a challenging event, so careful planning is essential. During the event, a lot of work is done in a limited time by several different parties [...]