5 Things To Know About Predictive Maintenance For Field Service

Predictive maintenance helps field service operations get a better handle on whatever’s coming up just down the road. If you’re not familiar with how predictive maintenance can help you, we’ve pulled together a quick cheat sheet to help you get up to speed. 

1: Preventive maintenance – checking and making any needed infrastructure repairs on a fixed schedule – has long been the norm for field service operations. But predictive maintenance – anticipating likely breakdowns before they happen – is much more efficient for several reasons, such as eliminating unnecessary site visits that often do little more than confirm that everything is in proper working order.