November 27, 2023

Be Safe Out There

"Safety is a full-time job, don't make it a part-time practice." - Anonymous

November 27, 2023

HTML Work Requests

F.O.M.O. A quaint acronym meaning Fear Of Missing Out. I've heard a radio station use it to promote its newscasts. The station wants listeners to feel they're part of a larger "community" by being "in the know." Some of your maintenance team members may have this feeling when you're beginning your journey with Mapcon. Other employees may feel left out of the loop, especially when there's important information to pass along. In this post, we'll discuss how a non-system user can be included in maintenance tasks by submitting HTML work requests.

November 27, 2023

Ask Mapcon - November 2023

Once again, Mapcon presents questions from our valued customers that are answered by a member of our staff, eager to be of assistance.

November 16, 2023

A Successful MUG

Mapcon Technologies and many of its valued clients celebrated another successful MAPCON Users Group (MUG) conference, held November 6-9 Attendees hailed from Wisconsin to Missouri to California as well as several other points across the country. Attendees all enjoyed intriguing seminars given by their peers and Mapcon staff alike, lively entertainment, and delicious meals at the conference.

November 06, 2023

Dos And Don'ts Of Maintenance - II

Last week began a series of discussions on the dos and don'ts of maintenance starting with Assets, both equipment and non-equipment. This week the topic shifts to Inventory.

October 30, 2023

Dos And Don'ts Of Maintenance - I

One year, my father purchased a new set of string lights for an outside decoration. Inside the box, along with the coiled lights was a pamphlet that had 33 points of either basic instructions or warnings on how not to use the product. For instance, don't bend the coil too tightly or you risk breaking the lights. (Apparently, the tight coil shoved into a small box wasn't what they meant.) While this is an amusing anecdote of the dos and don'ts of maintenance (and yes, stringing lights around a porch is Christmas maintenance), let's look at more traditional maintenance.

October 24, 2023

The Name Game

“I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.”

What is needed is a phone feature that will list the name of the person who’s calling even if you don’t have that person as a contact. So much easier to avoid those pesky telemarketers or scammers.

October 16, 2023

The Human Factor - III

Over the last two weeks, I've shown how the human factor plays a major role in the failure or breakdown of products, especially assets and equipment in a company. This week, the focus will be on a computerized maintenance management system and how the human factor problems can be reduced, and how it also relates to the software company as well as the system itself.

October 09, 2023

The Human Factor - II

Last week, I looked at reasons equipment/machine fails for a company due to the human factor. This week I present five more.

October 03, 2023

The Human Factor - I

"Forget the mistake. Remember the lesson" – Unknown