We cut at a saw, then edge at an edge bander, after that we drill and mill on a CNC. The saw has blades that need changing. The edge bander has cleaning cycles that have to be run. The CNCs have drills to be changed, milling tools that need sharpening, vacuum pumps that need filters cleaned, and sacrificial beds need surfacing.

Those are all the regular tasks but each machine has maintenance tasks that each have different periods. Such as the vacuum pumps need veins changed every six months.

Oh, and general plant machinery like forklifts and vehicles all need regular servicing.

We want a system that throws up alerts when maintenance doesn't happen. So we are not replying on people to remember or check maintenance books. People leave and the organisation forgets all the irregular tasks they did.

The plant needs its own nervous system to tell us it's not well. Else we run until failure and have unexpected downtime.