MainTrain 2026 Recap: Top Maintenance and Reliability Challenges
Team DMSI spent three days at MainTrain 2026 in Montreal, giving more than 30 mini-presentations to reliability engineers, maintenance managers, plant managers, and maintenance planners. The question we heard most was simple: “What does MAINTelligence™…
How Does Thermal Imaging Improve Maintenance Planning?
Thermal imaging improves maintenance planning by catching heat-related problems, like a loose electrical connection or a bearing running dry, weeks before they cause a breakdown. That lead time is what turns a scramble into a…
5 Key Benefits of Asset Inspection and Basic Care
A proper asset inspection and basic care program catches small problems in your plant before they turn into expensive failures, like a valve left closed after a shutdown. Most plants have some kind of maintenance…
Why Is My Plant Data So Disconnected?
Plant data ends up disconnected because it’s collected in pieces: an inspection route here, a work order there, a fault reading somewhere else, without a shared view pulling it all together. The data exists. It’s…
SMRP 2026 Recap: AI, Data Overload and New Reliability Sectors
Our SMRP 2026 recap covers what reliability and maintenance teams talked about most in Raleigh, from AI in predictive maintenance to data overload. Beyond the tradeshow floor, we connected with people in new industries where…
DMSI Partners with JPS Reliability to Expand APM Support Across the UK
DMSI is pleased to announce JPS Reliability as our new UK distributor, bringing our full suite of software products to reliability and maintenance teams across the region. JPS Reliability, Our New UK Distributor: How It…
What Is Asset Performance Management and Why Does My Plant Need It?
Asset Performance Management (APM) is the practice of using inspection results and field data to continuously adjust your maintenance strategy, so failures get caught and corrected before they cost you downtime, safety, or budget. The…
How do we successfully implement a new EAM or APM system in our organization?
Implementing a new Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) or Asset Performance Management (APM) system is one of the most consequential decisions a maintenance and reliability organization can make. Done right, it transforms how your team operates,…
