Industrial Maintenance: Moving from Reactive to Proactive with Smart Mobility Solutions

Between 2023 and 2025, the French industrial sector experienced a series of production shutdowns caused by major technical failures. Industry giants such as ArcelorMittal, TotalEnergies, and EDF faced significant operational disruptions, leading to substantial economic losses and highlighting the vulnerabilities of industrial infrastructures.

In this context, maintenance is no longer just a necessary expense—it has become a strategic lever for industrial performance and resilience.

🛠️ Maintenance: From Cost Center to Value Creator

Traditionally seen as a cost center, maintenance has evolved into a critical pillar of industrial performance. By ensuring equipment availability and reliability, it directly supports production continuity and company competitiveness. This transformation demands a shift from reactive repair to proactive prevention.

📲 Ready4 Asset Management: A Solution to Anticipate and Act

To meet these challenges, innovative solutions like Ready4 Asset Management (R4AM) from SOA People provide an integrated approach to maintenance management. Fully integrated with SAP, R4AM enables you to:

• Centralize maintenance data: Combining IoT sensor data, intervention history, and field feedback to provide a 360° view of industrial assets.
• Optimize intervention planning: Advanced scheduling tools allow teams to prioritize actions based on the real condition of equipment and available resources.
• Enable technician mobility: Online and offline mobile access empowers technicians with the information they need for efficient fieldwork, reducing downtime.
• Improve traceability and compliance: Every intervention is documented, ensuring full traceability and easing audits and post-action analysis.

Adopting such a solution allows companies to shift from reactive maintenance to a value-driven, proactive strategy.

🔍 Real-World Impact: Romande Energie Optimizes Maintenance Operations

Romande Energie recently implemented R4AM to enhance its maintenance processes. By integrating this solution with their SAP system, Romande Energie achieved:

• Reduced administrative tasks through automated work order creation and tracking.
• Improved data quality thanks to direct mobile entry in the field.
• Optimized intervention planning with a comprehensive overview of needs and resources.

This initiative boosted equipment availability and increased customer satisfaction.

🚀 Towards Performance-Centered Industry 4.0 Maintenance

The evolution to Industry 4.0 maintenance relies on leveraging digital technologies to predict failures and optimize interventions. Tools like R4AM help companies:

• Cut operational costs by preventing unplanned downtime.
• Enhance safety by identifying potential risks before they materialize.
• Extend equipment lifespan through timely and appropriate maintenance.

By placing maintenance at the core of their industrial strategy, companies not only prevent failures but also create sustainable value for all stakeholders.

Ready to transform your maintenance approach?