RFID in Preventive Maintenance Management

The RFID system features

  • Easy equipment identification
  • Customized automated checklist to the preventive maintenance team
  • Quick data collection of past calibration dates and maintenance records.
  • An effective preventive maintenance program that is not only safer but also more efficient
  • Tools and spare parts tracking
  • Ability to capture signatures, GPS location & Photographs
  • A fully Green initiative by giving a totally paperless maintenance management system which does away with the need of paper.

Components required for implementation

  1. RFID Tags – Anti-metal Tags
  2. RFID Readers – Fixed & Handheld readers
  3. Middleware & Application Hardware – Enterprise Servers
  4. End User Devices- Personal Computers, Tablets and Smartphone.
  5. Network – Wired, Wireless, GPS, WWAN, and Bluetooth.
  6. RFID Middleware – High-level hardware enabled application.
  7. Preventive Maintenance Management Software – Windows/ Web-enabled and Mobile versions.

Benefits of RFID enabled Preventive Maintenance Management

  1. High ROI – savings from reduced equipment breakdown and staff efficiency.
  2. Totally Paperless Real Time Solution – Green Initiative.
  3. Extremely cost effective Solution that works on a 2G/3G/Wi-Fi Network/Wired LAN.
  4. Automates maintenance checklists and Keeps track of work done by Maintenance Staff.
  5. Real time update of asset management information.
  6. Ability to capture signatures, GPS location & Photographs makes it difficult for maintenance to be falsified by maintenance staff.
  7. Asset Maintenance History at the touch of a button on the server and mobile devices.
  8. Accurate and up-to-date records.
  9. System automatically send maintenance schedule reminder to predefined personnel via e-mail and SMS which means no more missing of maintenance