Many businesses provide vehicles to their staff to enable them to perform their essential functions more efficiently and to make sure that they are always giving off an air of professionalism when meeting clients. While there are lots of good reasons to provide your workers with cars, it can also lead to a lot of extra administrative work on your part. When one of your fleet of vehicles fails or runs into problems, you will have to take responsibility for having it repaired.

Between 21 and 25 October the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and its network of partners mark a significant milestone in the Healthy Workplaces Campaign. The European Week for Safety and Health at Work aims to raise awareness of workplace safety and health and to promote active and participative risk prevention. This year’s European Week supports the current campaign — Healthy Workplaces Manage Dangerous Substances.

Bentley Systems and Topcon Positioning Systems their new, jointly owned company – Digital Construction Works – is open for business, with a full global staff of digital construction experts who have been contributed by Bentley Systems and Topcon, respectively.

The Technical University of Munich (TUM), Oerlikon, GE Additive and Linde are collaborating to create an additive manufacturing cluster. This cluster is a grouping of companies and organizations that will conduct research on and develop additive manufacturing technology from a single hub location.

Agile project management is no longer just a methodology used in product or software development. Today, different functions within an organization or a business can implement the Agile methodology to better manage projects and boost output. In fact, the methodology is actively being used to manage everything from marketing campaigns to finance-related projects.

Preventive maintenance plans are no small feat. If you’re accustomed to reacting to unexpected breakdowns and critical emergency repairs, a preventive maintenance plan will force you to think months, even years ahead. This may take you out of your comfort zone, but it will instill peace of mind knowing that your critical assets are covered.

The issue of maintenance debt, which has been discussed a lot within the framework of EFNMS , is a common problem at least on the European level.

Euromaintenance 2016 will take place in Athens at the end of May. It is the ideal moment to reflect on maintenance in a European context. Euromaintenance is known as the summit for all involved in maintenance across Europe, it’s the place to be. The conference, with the support of the EFNMS, is the only commercially independent conference covering the topics we deal with in the maintenance world.