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
- RFID Tags – Anti-metal Tags
- RFID Readers – Fixed & Handheld readers
- Middleware & Application Hardware – Enterprise Servers
- End User Devices- Personal Computers, Tablets and Smartphone.
- Network – Wired, Wireless, GPS, WWAN, and Bluetooth.
- RFID Middleware – High-level hardware enabled application.
- Preventive Maintenance Management Software – Windows/ Web-enabled and Mobile versions.
Benefits of RFID enabled Preventive Maintenance Management
- High ROI – savings from reduced equipment breakdown and staff efficiency.
- Totally Paperless Real Time Solution – Green Initiative.
- Extremely cost effective Solution that works on a 2G/3G/Wi-Fi Network/Wired LAN.
- Automates maintenance checklists and Keeps track of work done by Maintenance Staff.
- Real time update of asset management information.
- Ability to capture signatures, GPS location & Photographs makes it difficult for maintenance to be falsified by maintenance staff.
- Asset Maintenance History at the touch of a button on the server and mobile devices.
- Accurate and up-to-date records.
- System automatically send maintenance schedule reminder to predefined personnel via e-mail and SMS which means no more missing of maintenance