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Wrench Time Optimization

Maximize maintenance efficiency and optimize technician time spent

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Overview

Wrench time optimization provides a huge opportunity for mining companies to improve operational efficiency, reduce downtime, and lower costs. By increasing the proportion of actual time spent by maintenance technicians on repairs and maintenance activities, companies can ensure that mine productivity improves, for enhanced profitability.

However, with mining equipment becoming more complex and connected through IoT and equipment sensors, the complexity of maintenance scheduling increases. Without the efficient gathering, managing and analyzing of data from monitoring systems and sensors, maintenance tasks may not be appropriately timed, which in turn leads to wrench times being impacted.

Communication and coordination are crucial for wrench time to be optimized on-site for improved productivity, as is comprehensive skills and training for maintenance technicians to achieving optimal workforce scheduling.

Key Client Challenges

How can we improve the skill level of our maintenance technicians through training programs or skills development?

How can we improve communication and coordination between maintenance and other departments?

How do we integrate and leverage our data more effectively to optimize maintenance schedules?

How YCP Unison Can Help

Implementing new maintenance technologies, such as predictive maintenance tools and remote monitoring systems has the potential to significantly increase wrench time. However, sufficient training for maintenance technicians and management control systems are needed to monitor wrench time accurately and fully utilize these technologies.

At YCP Unison, our experts work shoulder to shoulder with your team to systematically incorporate the systems, performance metrics, and controls needed into your existing processes to ensure sustainable change.