--- title: Sockeye Blog | Sockeye description: Your Maintenance Planning & Scheduling headquarters for the latest news, trends, tips, whitepapers, case studies and more! --- [![Logo-1](https://www.getsockeye.com/hubfs/Logo-1.png "Logo-1")](https://www.getsockeye.com) # Sockeye Blog ## [On-Demand Webinar: Think "Inside the Box" for Maintenance Success](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/five-levels-of-effective-maintenance-scheduling-10-2018-0) [Sockeye](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/author/sockeye) Nov 28, 2018 [**0](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/five-levels-of-effective-maintenance-scheduling-10-2018-0#comments-listing) [![cmms-trends](https://www.getsockeye.com/hubfs/cmms-trends.jpg) ](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/five-levels-of-effective-maintenance-scheduling-10-2018-0)   Planning and scheduling is the hub of a proactive work management system yet studies show only 10% of planner, schedulers are utilized effectively. Have you set yours up for success or failure? You’re invited to join expert Jeff Shiver, CMRP as he shares insight and experience on the practices that either limit or drive the effectiveness of maintenance planning and scheduling. [Read More](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/five-levels-of-effective-maintenance-scheduling-10-2018-0) ## [On-Demand Webinar: The Five Levels of Maintenance Scheduling](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/five-levels-of-effective-maintenance-scheduling-10-2018) [Sockeye](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/author/sockeye) Sep 20, 2018 [**0](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/five-levels-of-effective-maintenance-scheduling-10-2018#comments-listing) [![maintenance-planning-scheduling](https://www.getsockeye.com/hubfs/maintenance-planning-scheduling.jpg) ](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/five-levels-of-effective-maintenance-scheduling-10-2018) > Many maintenance schedulers are still ill-equipped today to effectively schedule work orders to improve plant performance. Instead the work, and often not the most important work, is scheduled last minute for the person yelling the loudest. There’s a better way. [Read More](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/five-levels-of-effective-maintenance-scheduling-10-2018) ## [10 Common Mistakes Made by Scheduling Teams](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/10-common-mistakes-scheduling-teams-make) [Sockeye](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/author/sockeye) Jun 1, 2018 [**0](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/10-common-mistakes-scheduling-teams-make#comments-listing) [![analytics](https://www.getsockeye.com/hubfs/analytics.svg) ](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/10-common-mistakes-scheduling-teams-make) The scheduling process is imperative to successful maintenance management. Jobs need to completed in a satisfactory manner and enough time needs to be allocated so that the equipment maintenance can be properly handled. As your business grows and work gets busier, it can become very easy to make any of these common scheduling mistakes.  [Read More](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/10-common-mistakes-scheduling-teams-make) ## [Five Easy Ways to Decrease Downtime and Increase Productivity at Your Facility](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-decrease-downtime-and-increase-productivity-at-your-facility) [Sockeye](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/author/sockeye) Apr 16, 2018 [**0](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-decrease-downtime-and-increase-productivity-at-your-facility#comments-listing) [![construction-site](https://www.getsockeye.com/hubfs/construction-site.svg) ](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-decrease-downtime-and-increase-productivity-at-your-facility) Finding ways to boost the overall efficiency of workers is constantly on the mind of every manager, regardless of the type of facility they run. Unnecessary downtime will inevitably lead to a loss in production which can have a serious effect on the company's profit margins. [Read More](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-decrease-downtime-and-increase-productivity-at-your-facility) ## [How to Plan and Schedule Your Daily Maintenance like a Boss](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/how-to-plan-schedule-daily-maintenance) [Sockeye](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/author/sockeye) Mar 19, 2018 [**0](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/how-to-plan-schedule-daily-maintenance#comments-listing) [![scheduling](https://www.getsockeye.com/hubfs/scheduling.svg) ](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/how-to-plan-schedule-daily-maintenance)   Effective maintenance management is difficult to achieve without experience and a fundamental understanding of every moving piece in the facility. Maintenance and Operations need to be on the same page and both taken into consideration when planning out a successful strategy that does not hinder production. [Read More](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/how-to-plan-schedule-daily-maintenance) [All posts](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/all) [Next](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/author/sockeye/page/2) ### Join Our Mailing List ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic - [Maintenance Planning & Scheduling (13)](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/topic/maintenance-planning-scheduling) - [Insider (4)](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/topic/insider) - [CMMS (1)](https://441919.hs-sites.com/blog/topic/cmms) ### Contact Sockeye Technologies Inc. 1727 Eglinton Avenue,  Nanaimo, BC V9X 1T8 Have a question? 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