Industries are catching on that there are new types of untraditional assets (like sensors) that require time, effort, and money to manage and maintain.
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Planon regularly publishes blog posts on topics ranging from workplace management and compliance to the Internet of Things and Building Information Modelling. These quick reads are often educational, occasionally humorous, and always worth your time.
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Although many service providers use separate systems for their business processes, they should have an 'enterprise operations platform'.
Learn moreBlogs | 10/08/2018
Becoming a B2B2C Service Provider
This connection of relationships is referred to as the B2B2C-model, in which commercial service providers extend their existing business to business (B2B) relationship with contract managers to also include the end users and consumers of the service (B2B2C).
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Blogs | 05/24/2018
How service providers can automate maintenance management processes
When service providers want to modernize their maintenance management processes, there are three vital sources of information to start with.
Learn moreBlogs | 05/17/2018
How advanced are organizations with the automation of their maintenance processes?
Automating maintenance processes is “hot”. But how advanced are organizations with this and what do maintenance and facility managers in particular want to improve?
Learn moreBlogs | 04/26/2018
Debating modernizing your field service operations? Get started today!
Efficient field service management is more than just digital work order dispatching from the back office to internal trades or external field technicians. The opportunities in field service operations to improve reliability, safety and operational profitability are endless.
Learn moreBlogs | 04/12/2018
The Romance of Maintenance
Thanks to the Internet of Things, maintenance workers have now taken on the role of data scientists; and that makes this role perhaps the 'sexiest job of the 21st century'. A romantic thought.
Learn moreBlogs | 08/03/2017
From reactive to proactive maintenance: how maintenance plans are becoming superfluous
The use of sensors will enable organizations to predict the right maintenance moment, allowing them to switch over time from reactive to proactive maintenance.
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It’s critical to have an effective maintenance management strategy and a solution that supports the efficient upkeep of your buildings and assets.
Learn moreBlogs | 07/06/2017
How to establish the core of your reactive maintenance process
Reactive maintenance is a given thing, as assets will fail sooner or later. How do you establish the core of your maintenance process?
Learn moreBlogs | 06/29/2017
Wake-up call! Get your maintenance management out of the desk drawer
The spreadsheet culture is outdated and is no longer fit for maintenance management purposes. It is time to take the next step. The right step.
Learn moreBlogs | 06/22/2017
How to get your contract management repository in place
What actions should you undertake to set up your contract management repository in order to get the basics in place for effective maintenance management?
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