Technology, Data, and Predictive Maintenance: SolidRules at the Cutting Edge

COM.PACK, the magazine specialized in sustainable packaging, featured us in an article following our participation in the seminar held at the end of February at the UCIMA headquarters in Baggiovara (Modena). The event was titled: “Industry 4.0, Operations and Maintenance: How to improve productivity reducing costs with Smart Maintenance.”

What did we learn from the speakers?

The speakers highlighted how efficiency often falls short due to repetitive design approaches, which ultimately increase maintenance costs. The solution? Not to reduce maintenance, but to use it better: this calls for improved design, more sensors, and technologies capable of detecting issues before they arise.
Smart Maintenance isn’t just about a more efficient service department – it’s about a new way of designing and managing systems, optimizing the entire product lifecycle. In practice:

✅ Design with maintenance in mind
✅ Monitor in real-time with IoT
✅ Analyze with AI
✅ Improve design based on real data
✅ Continuously enhance the design

What are SolidRules' strengths in this scenario where technology and maintenance go hand in hand? 💡

In the magazine’s Automation section, you’ll find our insights explaining how SolidRules offers advanced tools for Service operations.
Thanks to the Company System (SolidRules Desk), you can manage support requests, schedule interventions based on maintenance plans, and define checklists with inspections, suggested spare parts, and documentation. 🛠️

What’s more, SolidRules Parts enables the management of 2D and 3D spare parts starting from drawings, CAD assemblies, production orders, or BOMs.
In this context, the integration with Artificial Intelligence deserves a spotlight: SolidRules can store, analyze, and manage huge volumes of data.
For example, AI (based on local models) is used to enhance ticketing, recognize similar items, find spare parts, and even in documentation—accelerating the shift towards Industry 4.0 and 5.0. 🤖

SolidRules is an extended PLM system that supports you even in the design phase—an essential aspect when it comes to after-sales service.

👉 Check out the full article below! 📖

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