Maintenance Planner reduces service costs at Axel Månsson

By anticipating the maintenance of their machines, the agricultural farmer Axel Månsson A/S has made great savings in just a few months.

Being one of the biggest agricultural farms in Denmark, Axel Månsson A/Shave a large number of machines in their plant operating every day of the year. But with a lot of machines comes a lot of maintenance.

AxelMånsson A/S needed to organize the maintenance of their machines in order to make sure their fleet of tractors, trucks, handling equipment and production lines were seen to in time punctually seen to, thus getting ahead of large repairs and reducing the risk of production downtime.


The simple, digital solution

Axel Månsson A/S chose Trendlog’s Maintenance Planner to help them automatically plan and organize their service and maintenance.

– We haven’t located any other systems that had the same functionality as Trendlog’s Maintenance Planner and had the features that we were looking for, says Jonas L. Pedersen, operator at Axel Månsson.

The fact that it is a simple and digital solution is a big plus for the agricultural farmer, says Jonas L. Pedersen and continues:

– You can easily buy other programs that are very complex, where people can’t manage it. If the system isn’t usable in the daily life of the employees, then there is no need to spend time on it. So, the system being as simple as it is, is incredibly valuable.

Axel Månsson A/S

They have been using Trendlog’s system for 2 years, and has taken part in developing several features that are standard elements in the system today.

Axel Månsson oversees all of their 500 units in the system, giving them the overview they need in terms of making sure the production flow is upheld.

AxelMånsson A/S needed to organize the maintenance of their machines in order to make sure their fleet of tractors, trucks, handling equipment and production lines were seen to in time punctually seen to, thus getting ahead of large repairs and reducing the risk of production downtime.


The simple, digital solution

Axel Månsson A/S chose Trendlog’s Maintenance Planner to help them automatically plan and organize their service and maintenance.

– We haven’t located any other systems that had the same functionality as Trendlog’s Maintenance Planner and had the features that we were looking for, says Jonas L. Pedersen, operator at Axel Månsson.

The fact that it is a simple and digital solution is a big plus for the agricultural farmer, says Jonas L. Pedersen and continues:

– You can easily buy other programs that are very complex, where people can’t manage it. If the system isn’t usable in the daily life of the employees, then there is no need to spend time on it. So, the system being as simple as it is, is incredibly valuable.

Axel Månsson A/S

They have been using Trendlog’s system for 2 years, and has taken part in developing several features that are standard elements in the system today.

Axel Månsson oversees all of their 500 units in the system, giving them the overview they need in terms of making sure the production flow is upheld.

A top service

Axel Månsson A/S hold over 200 units that continuously need servicing and maintenance, and the Maintenance Planner has made that task much more manageable for the company’s technicians..

Maintenance Planner

Maintenance Planner is a digital tool that can automatically plan and organize service and maintenance on production lines, trucks, equipment and more.

The system is accessible from Trendlog’s online platform and is an extension of the dashboard solution for tracking of production and energy data. In continuation hereof the system can both plan and notify about the need for maintenance, whether it is predictive or preventive.

– The system keeps an eye on all machinery and notifies personnel whenever it is time for check-ups. A checklist has been created for each unit making sure that the technician inspects the same things every time, says Jonas L. Pedersen.

A large cost reduction

Even though Trendlog’s Maintenance Planner is a small and relatively simple system, it has provided Axel Månsson A/S with a significant cut in service costs in just a few months.

– I can see that last year we spent a lot of money maintaining our flow packer machines but this year we haven’t been spending close to that. And according to our technicians it is due to the fact that they are able to perform timely maintenance assisted by the system, says operator, Jonas L. Pedersen.

Now, Axel Månsson A/S is anticipating their maintenance needs. The whole process has been organized and automated making sure they won’t miss any check-ups. Trendlog’s Maintenance Planner has been helpful in terms of easing their everyday workflow, but also reducing their cost of maintenance significantly.

– The system keeps an eye on all machinery and notifies personnel whenever it is time for check-ups. A checklist has been created for each unit making sure that the technician inspects the same things every time, says Jonas L. Pedersen.

A large cost reduction

Even though Trendlog’s Maintenance Planner is a small and relatively simple system, it has provided Axel Månsson A/S with a significant cut in service costs in just a few months.

– I can see that last year we spent a lot of money maintaining our flow packer machines but this year we haven’t been spending close to that. And according to our technicians it is due to the fact that they are able to perform timely maintenance assisted by the system, says operator, Jonas L. Pedersen.

Now, Axel Månsson A/S is anticipating their maintenance needs. The whole process has been organized and automated making sure they won’t miss any check-ups. Trendlog’s Maintenance Planner has been helpful in terms of easing their everyday workflow, but also reducing their cost of maintenance significantly.

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