Remote work in industry: rethinking work processes

In the health crisis situation in which we find ourselves, the French industry is only running at 25%. The industrial sector is no less affected by this crisis than other sectors: some factories are completely shut down or are running at a low speed, with the protection of employees as a priority.

This situation pushes us to rethink our work processes and to change our habits.

How to set up business tools in telecommuting, to ensure a continuity of service at a distance, in the field of inspection and maintenance?

This is an issue that all manufacturers are facing today.

A business platform in SaaS mode allows manufacturers to collaborate remotely, to have a vision of the status of their assets even when not on site and toensure maximumservice continuity.

In the field of maintenance and inspection, it is obvious that field work is not an option today.

Indeed, the successive publications of the ordinance n°2020-306 of 26/03/2020 and of the decree n°2020-383 of 01/04/2020 have respectively suspended then renewed the course of the deadlines for the realization of the operators’ requirements (including the inspection periodicity, preventive maintenance schedule).

The PowerMaint platform allows you to automatically make mass changes to all initially planned field operations, and to shift all schedules, as well as to review and modify inspection plans in compliance with current regulations.

PowerMaint, dedicated to maintenance and inspection, allows manufacturers towork upstream of field operations:

• Creation and modification of mass maintenance plans
• Creation and modification of mass inspection plans
• Remote maintenance and inspection management

The possibility of having access to SaaS platforms makes it technically feasible to continue to work remotely on the maintenance and inspection of industrial equipment, so as to prepare for a return to normal activity within, we hope, a few weeks.

Even in the process or heavy industries, all these solutions allow the implementation of telework in optimal conditions and to keep the contact between employees. Collaborative work remains a lever for efficiency and competitiveness, even in times of crisis.

This situation also allows us to reflect on the equipment management strategy in place, and toidentify ways of improvement and optimization.

The PowerMaint platform allows you to move from corrective to preventive maintenance, and to have a more advanced and optimized approach to maintenance operations, by considering the real state of each family of equipment.

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