The NRX Blog

Data quality is often the domain of IT who are responsible for ensuring high quality data in the corporate enterprise systems.  While this works well for many different types of data it does not work well for asset and maintenance master data.  IT can implement and...

The best explanation I have ever heard of predictive maintenance is that: “Your current maintenance activities are the opportunity cost of not working on other maintenance activities.” What other maintenance activities are you giving up to focus on your task at hand?...

For asset-intensive companies, the process of optimizing maintenance without a productivity tool can be an absolute nightmare. This is especially true for those utilizing SAP. SAP EAM incorporates a large number of maintenance strategies and with that,...

This blog is dedicated to the struggles almost everyone has with long text fields in their SAP PM Master Data. The dreaded place where useful data gets lost and buried in an unusable format. It’s not standardized across the company, creates a headache when migrating...

Visualization is key, just as keeping maintenance planners and technicians focused on maintenance is key. Their efficiency and productivity levels depend on having everything they need to plan and carry out a work order as effectively as possible. It is...

Maintenance costs a lot of money. Failing to maintain equipment properly costs even more. Without stringent maintenance standards and regulatory guidelines, the rate of industrial accidents is sure to rise. When equipment functions inefficiently, production grinds to...

Every year, organizations invest billions of dollars worldwide in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to meet their operational goals, yet they still come across certain challenges. Many organizations fail to ensure that the data in these systems are...

IoT is changing the way data practitioners are able to make data-driven decision-making strategies. Asset-intensive organizations cannot achieve excellence in operations unless they know where and when to pay attention. Today, asset-intensive businesses...

In the past few years, plant maintenance has become increasingly important due to business, economic and technological influences. Preventive maintenance (PM) data is incredibly complex, and many asset-intensive companies run into challenges in this area....

Find and visualize assets, equipment, and parts faster.   What is data visualization? Data visualization is the graphical representation of information and data. By using visual elements like charts, graphs, and maps, data visualization tools provide...