Complete CMMS solution for manufacturing plants

Maximize production uptime, optimize maintenance workflows, and reduce costs with intelligent asset management designed specifically for manufacturing operations.

Manufacturing CMMS Solution

Complete maintenance management platform

Equipment Tracking

Real-time asset monitoring

Preventive PM

Automated scheduling

Work Orders

Digital management

Analytics

Performance insights

Our Features

Built for Manufacturing Plant Operations

Complete maintenance management tools designed specifically for production equipment, assembly lines, and industrial machinery

Digital Equipment Inspections

Customizable checklists for production machinery, conveyors, presses, and processing equipment.

Preventive Maintenance Scheduling

Schedule maintenance based on run hours, production cycles, or calendar intervals.

Work Order Management

Create, assign, and track work orders with priority levels and completion tracking.

Regulatory Compliance

Maintain compliance with OSHA, EPA, and industry-specific safety standards.

Asset Performance Tracking

Monitor OEE, MTBF, MTTR, and other critical manufacturing KPIs in real-time.

Mobile-First Platform

Empower technicians with mobile access to work orders, manuals, and inspection forms.

MOBILE SOLUTION

Mobile Inspection App for Field Teams

Equip your operators and maintenance crews with a mobile inspection app designed for manufacturing plants:

  • Complete digital inspection checklists in the field
  • Access inspection history, maintenance logs, and compliance records
  • Report defects, breakdowns, and repairs instantly
  • Capture photos, signatures, and detailed notes
  • Work offline and sync when connected

Mobile Inspection App

For Manufacturing Field Teams

Digital Checklists

Complete inspections in the field

Access History

Logs & compliance records

Instant Reporting

Report defects & repairs instantly

Photo Capture

Photos, signatures & notes

Analytics Dashboard

Real-Time Production & Equipment Insights

Make data-driven decisions with comprehensive plant performance analytics:

  • Live dashboards showing equipment status, maintenance schedules, and downtime tracking
  • OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) monitoring and optimization
  • Custom analytics on production line efficiency and asset utilization
  • Automated alerts for maintenance due dates and equipment anomalies
  • Historical reporting with trend analysis and predictive insights
See Dashboard Demo

Real-Time Analytics Dashboard

Production & Equipment Insights

Live Equipment Dashboard

Real-time status & schedules

OEE Monitoring

Overall equipment effectiveness

Production Analytics

Efficiency & utilization metrics

Automated Alerts

Maintenance & anomaly notifications

Safety & Compliance

Manufacturing Safety Standards & Audit-Ready Documentation

Pre-configured inspection templates ensure compliance with manufacturing safety regulations:

  • Inspection forms for CNC machines, robots, conveyors, forklifts, and more
  • Lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures with digital documentation
  • Complete audit trails with timestamps, photos, and digital signatures
  • Automated compliance reporting for OSHA and EPA requirements
  • Customizable templates for specific manufacturing processes

Safety & Compliance Checklists

Audit-Ready Documentation

Equipment Inspection Forms

CNC machines, robots, conveyors, forklifts

LOTO Procedures

Lockout/tagout digital documentation

Complete Audit Trails

Timestamps, photos, digital signatures

Compliance Reporting

OSHA and EPA automated reports

Why Choose Oxmaint

Benefits for Plant Managers and Maintenance Teams

Minimize Downtime

Proactive maintenance strategies reduce unplanned downtime by up to 50% and improve production reliability.

Ensure Compliance

Stay compliant with manufacturing safety standards through automated documentation and inspection records.

Reduce Maintenance Costs

Optimize maintenance spending by identifying failure patterns and eliminating unnecessary repairs.

Real Results from Manufacturers Using Oxmaint

42% Reduction in Equipment Downtime

A large automotive parts manufacturer with 340 material handling vehicles and 6 production facilities reduced equipment downtime by 42% and improved operational efficiency by 38% after implementing Oxmaint's comprehensive fleet management system, saving over $720,000 annually.

38% Higher

Operational efficiency with Oxmaint

$720,000 Saved

Annual cost reduction with Oxmaint

100% Compliant

Perfect ISO 9001 compliance record

Trusted by Manufacturers Nationwide

"Oxmaint's predictive maintenance reduced our forklift downtime by 45% and eliminated unexpected failures. The mobile app works perfectly on the production floor, and ISO compliance tracking helped us pass our certification audit with flying colors."

Manufacturing Operations Manager

Automotive Parts Manufacturer - 340 vehicles

"The ISO compliance features are exceptional. We achieved zero safety incidents in 12 months and passed our ISO 9001 audit with perfect scores. The automated tracking ensures we never miss critical equipment inspections or operator certifications."

Quality Assurance Director

Electronics Manufacturer - 280 vehicles

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Boiler Inspection Checklist for Manufacturing & Plant Operations

Industrial boilers are the workhorses of manufacturing operations, generating the steam and hot water essential for processing, heating, and power generation. Yet according to the National Board Incident Report,...

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Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for Bearing Failures in Manufacturing Plants

Bearing failure analysis is the cornerstone of reliability engineering in modern manufacturing. When a bearing fails prematurely, it is rarely a random event; rather, it is a symptom of a systemic issue within...

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Bearing Failures & Troubleshooting Guide for Manufacturing Plants

Precision troubleshooting of bearing failures is the cornerstone of industrial reliability. When a bearing fails prematurely, it is almost always a symptom of a larger systemic issue—misalignment, lubrication...

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Bearing Inspection Report Template for Manufacturing & Plant Operations

In industrial environments, the bearing is the heart of rotating equipment. A single undetected bearing failure can bring an entire production line to a standstill, costing thousands in lost revenue and...

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Bearing Inspection Checklist for Manufacturing & Plant Operations

Bearing failures account for over 60% of all rotating equipment breakdowns in manufacturing plants, making them the single largest cause of unplanned downtime. A systematic bearing inspection checklist...

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Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for Conveyor Belt Failures in Manufacturing Plants

Conveyor belt failures in manufacturing plants are more than simple equipment breakdowns—they represent cascading disruptions that ripple through production schedules, safety protocols, and bottom-line...

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AI-Powered Predictive Maintenance for Conveyor Systems in Manufacturing Plants

Manufacturing plants lose millions annually to unexpected conveyor failures. A single belt breakdown can halt entire production lines, costing facilities between $10,000 to $260,000 per hour in lost...

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Conveyor Belt Failures & Troubleshooting Guide for Manufacturing Plants

Conveyor belt failures remain one of the leading causes of unplanned downtime in manufacturing plants, costing facilities anywhere from thousands to millions of dollars per incident. Whether it's belt...

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Conveyor Belt Inspection Report Template for Manufacturing & Plant Operations

Aproduction manager at a food processing plant in Michigan received a frantic call at 3 AM—the main packaging line conveyor had seized completely. The belt, which had been showing subtle signs of edge fraying...

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AI-Powered Predictive Maintenance for Bearings in Manufacturing Plants

Amaintenance supervisor at a steel manufacturing plant in Ohio watched helplessly as a critical conveyor line ground to a halt. The culprit? A $47 bearing that had been showing warning signs for six...

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Air Compressor Inspection Report Template for Manufacturing & Plant Operations

A maintenance technician at a Texas manufacturing plant spent 15 minutes last Tuesday searching for the previous month's air compressor inspection records. He found them eventually—crumpled in a toolbox,...

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Centrifugal Pump Failures & Troubleshooting Guide for Manufacturing Plants

The production line went silent at 2:47 AM. Your centrifugal pump—the one moving 500 gallons per minute through your cooling system—just failed. Emergency repair costs: $8,500. Lost production while waiting...

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Electric Motor Inspection Checklist for Manufacturing & Plant Operations

That conveyor motor runs 16 hours a day, every day. Right now, the bearings are developing micro-fractures you can't hear, see, or feel. In approximately six weeks, it will seize during peak production—halting...

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Gearbox Inspection Checklist for Manufacturing & Plant Operations

A single missed inspection point cost a Michigan automotive parts manufacturer $127,000 last quarter. The gearbox bearing that failed had been making subtle noise changes for six weeks—changes that a...

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OPC UA & SCADA Integration for Cement AI Systems

The cement industry generates more operational data per hour than most manufacturing sectors combined—kiln temperatures cycling through 1,400°C pyroprocessing zones, raw mill vibration signatures across 500+...

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AI Computer Vision for Cement Plant Safety

Every 15 seconds, a worker somewhere in the world dies from a work-related accident or disease. In cement manufacturing, where workers navigate rotating kilns operating at 1,400°C, confined spaces inside silos...

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AI Energy Management System for Cement Plants

Energy costs consume 30-40% of every dollar your cement plant spends on production—making fuel and electricity your largest controllable expense after raw materials. For a typical 2,000 TPD facility, that...

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Predictive Maintenance for Cement Plants Using AI

Somewhere in your plant right now, a bearing is failing. Not catastrophically—not yet. But deep within its metal housing, microscopic cracks are spreading, temperatures are rising fractionally, and vibration...

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Real-Time Clinker Quality Prediction Using AI | Cement Plants

Your kiln is producing 2,000 tonnes of clinker daily, but you won't know if the last four hours of production meets quality standards until the lab results arrive. By then, you've either wasted fuel over-burning...

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NESHAP & ESG Compliance Software for Cement Plants | AI

The call comes without warning. EPA Region 5 has scheduled a compliance inspection at your cement plant in 48 hours. Somewhere in this facility—across control room binders, legacy databases, filing cabinets in...

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Reduce Cement Mill Energy Consumption Using AI | Oxmaint

Right now, your cement mill is burning through electricity at a rate that would power 500 homes. Every hour, 3,500 kWh disappears into the grinding chamber—and physics dictates that 95% of that energy converts...

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AI Cement Strength Prediction | Predict 28-Day Strength Early

Picture this: Your cement plant produces 2,000 tons daily. Every 24 hours, you're betting $304,000 worth of product on test results you won't see for nearly a month. By Day 28, when lab results finally confirm a...

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Predictive Maintenance for Cement Mills USA | Cut Downtime 250+ Hours

When your cement mill gearbox fails at 2 AM on a Saturday, the clock starts running at $100,000 per hour—and it doesn't stop until production resumes. Your maintenance team scrambles to diagnose a problem that...

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Predictive Maintenance ROI Calculator | Cement Industry USA

Every hour your cement kiln sits idle, you're watching $12,500 to $100,000 evaporate into thin air. For a typical 1 MTPA cement plant, a single day of unplanned downtime translates to roughly $300,000 in lost...

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AI-Driven Kiln Optimization in USA Cement Plants: Reduce Energy Costs by Up to 15%

Your rotary kiln operates at 1,450°C around the clock, consuming fuel that accounts for 20-30% of your total production costs. With fuel expenses running approximately $20 per ton of cement and national average...

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On-Premise AI ROI for Indian Manufacturing: How Factories Achieve 12-Month Payback

A Pune automotive manufacturer invested ₹32 lakhs in on-premise AI for quality inspection in February 2024. By February 2025—exactly 12 months later—the system had saved ₹38  lakhs  in ...

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From ₹15 Lakh to ₹60 Lakh per Month: The Hidden Cost Explosion of Cloud AI in Indian F...

A Pune automotive parts manufacturer started with a cloud AI pilot for quality inspection in January 2024. Budget: ₹15 lakhs monthly. By July, costs hit ₹62 lakhs—over 4x the original  estimate....

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The $252 Billion AI Paradox: Why Indian Factories Fail with Cloud APIs—and Succeed with ...

In 2023, global AI investment hit $252 billion. Yet 80% of AI projects fail before reaching production. For Indian manufacturers, this paradox is acute: massive investment, minimal success.  A Nashik food...

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Manufacturing 6.0 in India: The Shift from Cloud AI to Sovereign, Factory-Owned Intelligen...

When a Pune automotive manufacturer deployed cloud AI for quality inspection in 2023, they expected transformation. Instead: 890ms latency that broke real-time control, ₹18L monthly costs, and system failure...

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80% of AI Projects Fail in Indian Manufacturing: Why Cloud AI Breaks—and How the Top 5% ...

When a $50 million automotive parts manufacturer in Pune deployed a cloud-based AI vision system to detect paint defects on their assembly line, they expected 99.9% uptime and millisecond  response times....

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Calibration and Metrology Scheduling: Risk Assessment for Electronics Assembly

2:47 PM. Your ISO auditor pulls calibration records for the pick-and-place machine that's been running production for three weeks. Last calibration: 94 days ago. Due date: 90 days. For four...

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Digital Work Orders for Maintenance Teams: ROI Calculator Approach for Discrete Manufactur...

A textile plant maintenance supervisor receives three urgent calls within an hour: Ring spinning frame #4 showing excessive vibration, dyeing machine temperature controller malfunctioning mid-batch ($48,000...

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Digital Work Orders for Maintenance Teams: Troubleshooting Handbook for Textiles

A textile plant maintenance supervisor receives three urgent calls within an hour: Ring spinning frame #4 showing excessive vibration, dyeing machine temperature controller malfunctioning mid-batch ($48,000...

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OEE Improvement through Condition Monitoring: Change Management for Electronics Assembly

Your electronics assembly line runs at 62% OEE. Competitors implementing predictive maintenance hit 85%+—gaining 15-25% capacity advantage. Technology isn't the barrier—people are. Veterans resist sensors...

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Thermography and Vibration Programs: Troubleshooting Handbook for Process Industries

Your thermal camera shows a motor bearing at 185°F. Normal or emergency? Your vibration meter reads 0.35 in/sec on a pump. Acceptable or failure imminent? Without standardized troubleshooting criteria, the same...

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Thermography and Vibration Programs: Regulatory Compliance Guide for Packaging Lines

Your packaging line stops at 2 AM. The filling machine seizes unexpectedly. Production scrambles to diagnose the problem while $45,000 worth of product sits in limbo. Six hours later, technicians discover a...

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Root Cause Analysis with AI Signals: Risk Assessment for Process Industries

Picture this: Your critical pump fails again for the third time this year. Each failure costs $60,000 in repairs plus production downtime. Your team replaces seals, bearings, and impellers—but the failures...

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Integrating PLC Data with CMMS Dashboards: Regulatory Compliance Guide for Electronics Ass...

Your electronics assembly line stops unexpectedly. The SMT machine throws  a cryptic error code. Production halts. Technicians scramble through paper logs trying to understand what happened. Meanwhile, the...

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Lubrication Route Optimization: 2025 Best Practices for Process Industries

Your lubrication technician walks the plant every week with a grease gun and clipboard. Four hours later, he's greased 120 points. But here's the problem: 35% of those points didn't need lubrication yet. Another...

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OEE Improvement through Condition Monitoring: Executive Brief for Process Industries

The plant manager reviews the quarterly board presentation with growing unease—Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) sits at 58% while competitors achieve 75-85%, costing the operation $4.2 million annually in...

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Digital Work Orders for Maintenance Teams: Change Management for Cement Plants

The cement plant maintenance director faces a frustrating reality: three months after implementing a $180,000 CMMS platform, technicians still carry paper clipboards, work orders pile up incomplete in the...

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Energy Optimization through Asset Intelligence: The Ultimate Guide for Chemical Plants

A chemical plant's monthly energy bill shows $840,000—within budget. Yet asset-level analysis reveals $2.3M annual waste: boilers consuming 18% excess gas, cooling towers drawing 22% extra power, pumps...

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Root Cause Analysis with AI Signals: ROI Calculator Approach for Packaging Lines

A beverage packaging line experiences the same bearing failure three times in five months—each costs $28,000 emergency repair plus $94,000 lost production (11-hour stoppage). After the third failure,...

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Reliability-Centered Maintenance in Plants: ROI Calculator Approach for Process Industries

The maintenance manager at a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility reviews last quarter's performance discovering a troubling pattern: $2.8M spent on maintenance yet unplanned downtime increased 12%, critical...

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Lubrication Route Optimization: Data Governance for Cement Plants

The maintenance supervisor reviews last month's lubrication records discovering three critical problems: technicians spent 42 hours performing lubrication rounds yet missed 18% of scheduled points, used $14,000...

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Real-time Asset Visibility Across Production Lines: AI & Predictive Analytics for Discrete...

The production manager walks the factory floor at 7:45 AM, clipboard in hand, asking line supervisors: "What's the status on Line 3's CNC machine?" "When was the last PM on the assembly robot?" "Which equipment...

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Energy Optimization through Asset Intelligence: Case Study for Cement Plants

The cement plant operations manager reviews the monthly energy report showing $847,000 in electricity costs—representing 38% of total production expenses—yet when asked which specific equipment drives...

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Downtime Accounting and Lost Production: Troubleshooting Handbook for Discrete Manufacturi...

The production manager receives the daily operations report showing 82% equipment effectiveness—a number that seems acceptable until the plant controller calculates lost production value: $147,000 this week...

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Digital Work Orders for Maintenance Teams: Case Study for Process Industries

The maintenance supervisor at a chemical processing facility stares at a clipboard stacked with 47 handwritten work orders—some dating back three weeks, half missing critical equipment data,  and none...

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Thermography and Vibration Programs: Regulatory Compliance Guide for Electronics Assembly

The electronics assembly facility manager reviews the quarterly audit report  with mounting concern—three IPC compliance findings related to inadequate predictive maintenance documentation, $340,000 in...

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AI driven Spare Parts Forecasting: Energy Optimization for Textiles

The textile plant manager stares at a production halt notice—the third this quarter—as a critical spinning frame bearing waits in a purchase order queue while $45,000 of daily production capacity sits idle....

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