Sure, it may seem like just a part of your morning workout, but the investment you make into daily machine walk-around inspections will impact your company’s bottom line.

Considering some machines can carry out tasks that would otherwise require an entire fleet, preventative maintenance is crucial to keep equipment performing at its best. Failure to perform daily machine inspections and recommended maintenance will result in unnecessary equipment downtime, faster component wear, and diminished performance.

The following general tasks are some of the essential walk-around inspection elements for jobsite equipment:

• Inspecting parts for wear or damage
• Checking for loose hardware
• Inspecting tires and rims
• Checking fluid levels

Of course, every company and each machine have custom and specific inspection elements that should be performed. Fortunately, your morning walk-around inspections can be quick and painless – and well organized. Technology such as eesyQ’s mobile application establishes an organized inspection routine performed by the user on a tablet or cellphone. With customization capabilities, the app standardizes the inspections according to the equipment management protocol and significantly cuts down the time spent in the process.

It’s clear that regularly performed inspections are beneficial to your company.  The following five reasons should be enough to convince you to either keep up your daily inspections or step up your game.

1. Detect equipment problems early. When equipment isn’t functioning properly, it is typically at high risk of increased, and more costly, damage with continued operation. Detecting problems early before they escalate into costlier issues will impact your bottom line.
2. Detect recurring equipment problems. Inspections provide you with the data to monitor trends with equipment problems and determine specific causes. Bringing an operational issue to light will save your company money and promote safety.
3. Plan preventative maintenance. When you can pinpoint how often a piece of equipment needs a certain repair, you can prevent failure and downtime before it happens. Reduce your repair costs and improve productivity by planning ahead.
4. Hold your employees accountable. By putting standardized inspection processes in place, you could uncover personnel who is misusing equipment. Simply requiring pre-use inspections will result in employees having a higher regard for the equipment’s condition.
5. Improved buying knowledge for better equipment. Inspection data helps you evaluate current equipment, providing you with knowledge of durability and performance. This knowledge will save you time and money when in the market for upgrades or additional machines.  

If daily walk-around inspections are regular and efficient, companies will lower their maintenance costs, extend the life of their equipment, and increase overall operational productivity.

With eesyQ technology, construction companies are saving significant time and money with customized inspection processes and easy data collection in just 2 clicks.  Click here to schedule a free demo and see how eesyQ customized technology can propel your company to increase your bottom line.