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Preventative Maintenance

Machine Maintenance
Software

Curb excessive downtime and costly repairs with preventative maintenance scheduling and task management powered by Caddis Systems.

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Install in < 2 Hours
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$100/Month Per machine
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Overview

A Complete Guide to
Machine Maintainence Software

What is Machine Maintenance Software?

Machine Maintenance Software, often part of a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), is a digital tool designed to help manufacturers manage and execute a proactive maintenance strategy.

It replaces disorganized spreadsheets, paper calendars, and tribal knowledge with a centralized, automated system for scheduling, tracking, and documenting all maintenance tasks.

By automating the planning of routine inspections, servicing, and repairs, machine maintenance software ensures that critical maintenance work is performed on time, every time, preventing unexpected equipment failures before they can disrupt your operations.

Key Features of Machine Maintenance Software

Machine Maintenance software provides a suite of tools designed to streamline every aspect of your maintenance workflow. Look for these essential features:

Automated Maintenance Scheduling: The core of the system. Schedule recurring maintenance tasks based on time (e.g., every month), usage (e.g., every 500 operating hours), or specific conditions.
Work Order Management: Create, assign, and track digital work orders for both planned PMs and unplanned repairs. Monitor progress from initiation to completion.

Asset Management: Maintain a centralized database of all your equipment, including maintenance histories, manuals, specifications, and parts information.

Mobile Access: Empower your technicians with the ability to view schedules, access work orders, and document their work directly from a smartphone or tablet on the shop floor.

Reporting and Analytics: Generate powerful reports on maintenance costs, technician performance, asset downtime, and work order history to identify trends and measure the effectiveness of your PM program.

Why is Machine Maintenance Software Important?

Implementing a machine maintenance software is one of the most impactful investments a facility can make. It fundamentally shifts your entire approach to asset management and delivers significant operational and financial advantages.

Reduce Unplanned Downtime: By proactively servicing equipment, you can identify and fix potential issues before they cause catastrophic failures, which are the leading cause of costly production stoppages.

Extend Equipment Lifespan: A well-executed PM program ensures your assets are always running in optimal condition, significantly extending their useful life and maximizing the return on your capital investment.

Lower Overall Maintenance Costs: While it requires an upfront investment, a PM strategy is far more cost-effective than running equipment to failure. You'll spend less on expensive emergency repairs, rush shipping for parts, and overtime labor.

Improve Workplace Safety: Properly maintained equipment is safer equipment. Regular inspections help identify and mitigate potential hazards before they can cause injury to your team.

Increase Operational Efficiency: With fewer surprise breakdowns and better-running machines, your production schedules become more reliable and predictable, leading to greater overall throughput.

Create Actionable Records: The software provides a complete, auditable history of all maintenance activities. This data is invaluable for passing regulatory audits, optimizing maintenance schedules, and making informed decisions about when to repair or replace an asset.

OUR SOLUTION

Machine Maintenance Software.
$100 a Month Per Machine.

Caddis Systems provides your team with real-time machine insights and preventative maintenance capabilities to minimze unexpected downtime.

Machine Monitoring

Monitor machine health and performance in real time through continuous tracking of critical metrics — including downtime, utilization, OEE, cycle time, changeover time, and condition data.

Downtime Tracking

Log and timestamp machine downtime events to generate comprehensive reports. Identify the root causes of downtime and develop strategies to minimize disruptions and enhance productivity.

Preventative
Maintenance

Schedule maintenance tasks proactively to minimize unexpected downtime and extend the lifespan of your machines.

Smart Alerts

Receive instant notifications via text or email based on live machine data. Act swiftly to avert prolonged downtime, reduce repair expenses, and ensure seamless operations.

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Playbooks

Stop guessing what to fix. We tell you exactly where to start.

Most machine monitoring tools hand you a dashboard and walk away. Caddis comes loaded with battle-tested playbooks — built from years on our own factory floor — so your team knows what to do with the data from day one

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Preventative Maintenance Playbook

Shift from reactive to proactive. Schedule maintenance by actual runtime and cycle counts — not guesswork — so you catch problems before they become expensive emergencies.

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Downtime Elimination Playbook

Pinpoint your top three downtime causes in the first week. Then systematically eliminate them using a proven root-cause framework your whole team can follow — no analyst required.

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Utilization Uplift Playbook

Uncover hidden capacity that's already sitting in your shop. Identify idle patterns by shift, operator, and machine — then close the gap with targeted scheduling adjustments.

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OEE Improvement Playbook

Move your OEE score from a vanity metric to an action plan. Track availability, performance, and quality together — then follow a weekly cadence to drive measurable gains each month.

We use Caddis across our entire shop, with our machines split into three main groups. Two of those groups are run by brothers, and Caddis has turned their day-to-day into a full-on competition. Every day they hustle to outdo each other, watching their percentages and machine run time like a scoreboard. They both now despise downtime. It’s a true sibling rivalry—and as an owner, I love everything about it. Turning that brotherly competition into higher production is a win for everyone. Putting an actual number on our downtime and production has been a game changer.
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Mike Morette
Vice President, Sharp Tool
Before we started using Caddis, we often struggled to pinpoint the reasons behind our machinery's inefficiencies. We relied on guesswork and anecdotal evidence, which left us in a spot of making uninformed decisions. Since integrating Caddis, our understanding of our machinery—and how to optimize them—has improved dramatically."
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Mike Morette
Owner, The Sharp Tool Company
We weren’t fully aware of how many resources were underutilized and how much more we could achieve.”
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Ralph Zimmerman
President, LeClaire Manufacturing
Caddis has allowed our operators and supervisors to effectively manage their machines and departments in a very short amount of time. We have tried other machine monitoring applications and Caddis is by far the easiest to navigate and utilize. I look forward to integrating Caddis throughout our entire facility."
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Anton Anderson
Manufacturing Test Engineer, Seimens
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Caddis devices can be installed same day with no disruptions. No I.T. Team required.

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Connect

Plug Caddis devices into your machines — works with virtually any legacy or modern equipment. Most shops are up and running in under 2 hours.

Monitor

View real-time machine insights to benchmark performance and identify downtime reasons.

Improve

Use pre-built reports, dashboards and expert guides to make reduce unplanned downtime and improve productivity.

SUCCESS STORIEs

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