Latest news and insights into the world of maintenance

Manufacturing downtime costs small and mid-sized companies between €3,000 and €10,000 per hour in lost production, emergency repairs, and missed deadlines. At the same time, technicians spend up to 30 % of their working time on manual data entry instead of actual maintenance work. Cloud based maintenance management software fundamentally changes this reality, making maintenance processes more efficient, transparent, and

Unplanned downtime costs the world’s 500 largest manufacturers $1.4 trillion annually — 11% of total revenues, according to Siemens’ 2024 True Cost of Downtime Report. The right maintenance software for manufacturing shifts that equation: from reactive firefighting to scheduled prevention. This guide covers what separates effective CMMS platforms from generic tools, which features matter most in production environments, and how SAP-integrated solutions deliver measurable ROI.

Industrial maintenance is entering a decisive phase of transformation. Across Europe’s factories and production sites, maintenance teams are under pressure to achieve more with less – higher uptime, lower costs, and demonstrable ROI – while dealing with increasingly interconnected equipment, fragmented data sources, and growing regulatory and sustainability demands. At the same time, aging infrastructure and a shrinking skilled workforce

Many maintenance teams still waste hours each day printing SAP work orders, scribbling notes in the field, and manually re-entering data. These paper-based workflows create delays, errors, and frustration that reduce productivity.

In a recent survey among maintenance managers, we asked about the KPIs they consider most important in their day-to-day work. Each participant could select up to three KPIs that they find most relevant.  What was evaluated?  Six experts were asked to rank the following six categories by relevance:  Each participant created their own ranking from “most important” to “least important.” We

22.09 – 23.09 | Maritim proArte Hotel, Berlin Why attend Pharma Maintenance? Pharma Maintenance is the only European platform for reliability engineering, maintenance, asset management, and technical operations in GMP-regulated pharmaceutical and biotech production. The focus is on practical answers to asset reliability, regulatory compliance, predictive maintenance, and digital transformation. We will demonstrate how the osapiens HUB for maintenance supports

22.09 – 26.09 | Hannover – Hall 6 | Booth D23 Why Stop by? The osapiens HUB for Maintenance is a modern, intuitive CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) designed for maintenance managers: For field service managers, the osapiens HUB offers a free solution to manage service orders, field technicians, and customer requests: This means happier customers, lower costs, and a

Updates to the Dashboard Our next-gen Dashboard is the next evolution for maintenance managers. Clean, focused, and built for action. with the KPIs that matter most. Simplified Maintenance Planning Plan, schedule, and assign maintenance tasks with just a few clicks.  Fast, Powerful Asset Tree Navigate your entire installed base in seconds, even across complex, multi-site environments. Work Order Re-Design A

Spare parts management remains a critical, yet often underestimated, element of maintenance operations. Many organizations face recurring challenges: inconsistent naming conventions, outdated data sources, limited supply visibility, and lack of inventory control. According to Siemens, on average, manufacturing plants experience about 25 unplanned downtime incidents per month, with each plant losing approximately 27 hours monthly to downtime, partly due to