The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and latest advancements in edge computing and analytics as machine learning and artificial intelligence are constantly reshaping the industrial maintenance sector. After the glorious leap from reactive and corrective interventions to timely scheduled preventive plans, condition-monitoring data and predictive algorithms, the maintenance professionals are about to integrate another important achievement in their portfolio. Prescriptive maintenance is introduced as the “maintenance of the future” and it spans across cognitive analytics and IIoT tools to “prescribe” to the machine a certain behavior, which will lead to its maximized performance. Why can predictive maintenance open the doors to the maintenance sector to enter the world of industry 5.0?

1. Why is prescriptive
maintenance the
future of industry?

2. THE QUESTION IS…
Why can predictive maintenance open the doors to
the maintenance sector to enter the world of industry
5.0?

3. AN EVOLUTION THAT IS RESHAPING THE
INDUSTRIAL WORLD
IIOT, machine learning and AI are reshaping
the industrial maintenance sector
Prescriptive maintenance is described as the
“maintenance of the future”
Prescriptive maintenance spans across
cognitive analytics and IIOT tools to prescribe
to equipment a certain behavior for a
maximized performance

4. These two types of maintenance are carried out just
after a failure or a breakdown occurs.
Modern organizations are seeking to minimize this
kind of actions through the establishment of scheduled
preventive asset check ups and predictive algorithms,
aiming at predicting the occurrence of breakdowns.
THE FIRST SETP: CORRECTIVE/REACTIVE
MAINTENANCE

5. TO GO FURTHER: PREVENTIVE
MAINTENANCE
Preventive plans include
regular, scheduled routine
actions
Aims to eliminate any
unplanned downtime and
expenses
Preventive check ups detect
and immediately correct
potential problems

6. WHAT ABOUT PREDICTIVE
MAINTENANCE?
Based on real-time condition-monitoring data
Data has to be combined with intervention history, spare
parts information and other asset records
This approach is at the core of IIOT to enhance physical
objects in order to improve the collection and storage
of data from their environment
Its implementation at small and mid-sized companies
remains questionable due to additional costs

7. PRESCRIPTIVE ROUTINES IN
CONCRETE TERMS
It is not only showing when a failure is going to happen,
but also why it is happening
Professionals are advised by AI algorithms and cognitive
analytics tools
Benefits: cost reduction and support when critical
decisions have been made
 Deploying prescriptive maintenance might be quite
challenging but it has a huge potential, ready to open the
doors to the maintenance sector to enter the world of
industry 5.0

8. “Let’s say a piece of equipment is showing increasing bearing
temperature. Predictive analytics looks at the temperature profile
and tells you it is likely to fail in X amount of time. On the other
hand, prescriptive analytics tells you that if you slow the
equipment down by Y%, the time to failure can be doubled,
putting you within the already scheduled maintenance window and
revealing whether you can still meet planned production
requirements”
Dan Miklovic, principal analyst at LNS Research
HOW TO DEFINE PRESCRIPTIVE
MAINTENANCE

9. FOR EXAMPLE:
The maintenance team of a big
manufacturing organization
has prolonged the life of a
conveyor belt to 1,000 hours of
use in winter and 800 hours in
summer by anticipating the
impact of the building’s
temperature on the equipment

10. THE SOLUTION TO IMPLEMENT
PRESCRIPTIVE MAINTENANCE
A reliable, next-gen CMMS is
of essential importance for a
successful implementation
Thanks to your CMMS, you can
access any type of equipment
data while in the field and easily
collect intervention records

11. A 4.0 CMMS ALLOWS YOU TO…
Manage your tasks, calendar, work orders and
equipment data
Have access to an analytic tool showing tables and
graphs to help you understand what are the
problems and eliminate failures and unplanned
downtime
Communicate with your colleagues and a whole
community of maintenance technicians
Share information and good practices thanks to a
community-based tool like the Mobility Work mobile
app

12. For more insights on next-
gen equipment
maintenance, visit us on:
www.mobility-work.com