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Quick info
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Bay State Milling
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Industry
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Flour Milling
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Software
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FaciliWorks |
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Principal user
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Dick Niswonger |
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On using FaciliWorks
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Maintenance labor costs
have been reduced due to
reduced equipment
failures. |
Bay State Milling Co., a North American family-owned and operated flour miller,
did not have a preventive maintenance system in place: it operated on a run-to-failure
basis. The company turned to FaciliWorks for a reliable maintenance system.
 | "It cut costs. Definitely," said Dick Niswonger,
a twenty-year Bay State employee. Niswonger relayed how FaciliWorks Maintenance
Management Solution improved the company's bottom line. First, FaciliWorks reduced
unscheduled downtime. By tracking maintenance history, Bay State now maintains equipment
on a regular basis. Knowing that a particular piece of equipment is failing all
the time helped determine the cause of the failure. In addition, the ability to
track parts to particular equipment further sliced downtime. |
"By being able to track
parts to equipment, you spend less downtime finding the parts to repair a piece
of equipment," said Niswonger. Finally, maintenance labor costs have lessened due
to reduced equipment failure.Operational cost savings resulted from implementing FaciliWorks. With labor and
unscheduled downtime reduced, the plant functions at an optimal level. According
to Niswonger, FaciliWorks is a "very good product and a good way to manage maintenance
and parts." Bay State Milling remains
a step ahead of industry trends and
using FaciliWorks to manage their
maintenance operation helps them to
reduce costs, reduce downtime and
increases asset utilization. |
