Unplanned downtime, inconsistent maintenance strategies, and poor asset prioritization cost manufacturers billions every year. Reliability engineering assessments from ATS Industrial Automation help you move from reactive maintenance to a proactive, data-driven approach that improves equipment reliability, optimizes spare parts, and extends asset life. Our proven methodologies and digital tools deliver measurable results—reducing failures, improving overall equipment manufacturing (OEE), and lowering total cost of ownership.
Reliability Engineering Challenges
Reactive Maintenance Approach: Manufacturers operating passively face frequent breakdowns, lost production time, and excessive costs.
Poor Asset Prioritization: Lack of criticality analysis leads to wasted effort on low-impact equipment.
Inconsistent Strategies: Manufacturers that use different practices across sites miss the benefits of standardization and scalability.
No ROI Visibility: When manufacturers cannot link maintenance spend to performance, they struggle to justify budgets.
Compliance & Risk: Increasing regulatory requirements demand robust asset management and traceability.
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Our Approach to Reliability Engineering
Asset Management
ATS Industrial Automation helps manufacturers build a robust framework that aligns maintenance strategies with business objectives. Structured assessments identify gaps in current practices, prioritize assets based on criticality, and develop lifecycle plans that forecast replacement needs and capital investments. Our approach complies with International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards, improves reliability, and provides clear visibility into ROI—helping you make informed decisions about where and when to invest.
Preventive Maintenance
Shifting from reactive to preventive maintenance is key to reducing downtime and extending equipment life. We tailor our comprehensive maintenance plans to each manufacturer’s unique assets—including failure mode analysis, task development, and optimized scheduling. This can prevent repeat failures, reduce maintenance costs, and even help standardize practices across sites. By focusing on proactive care, we help you achieve higher OEE, minimize unplanned outages, and improve efficiency.
Digital Solutions
ATS integrates advanced digital tools such as Illuminate™ Manufacturing Intelligence, preventive analytics, and digital twin technology to provide real-time visibility into equipment health and performance. These solutions track compliance, deliver actionable insights for continuous improvement, and can enable preventive maintenance. Digital integration helps you move beyond traditional maintenance to a smart, connected reliability strategy that maximizes uptime.
Benefits of Reliability Engineering Studies
Reduce Unplanned Downtime
Move from reactive to proactive maintenance.
Optimize Spend
Focus resources on critical assets for maximum ROI.
Improve OEE and Throughput
Enhance equipment reliability and performance.
Digital Advantage
Gain access to preventive analytics and real-time monitoring tools.
Expert Guidance
Work with a team that brings deep industry expertise and proven frameworks.
Operational Assessments
Before investing in major reliability initiatives, you must understand your biggest risks and opportunities. ATS offers three levels of operational assessments, giving manufacturers clear, prioritized recommendations to improve uptime, optimize spend, and strengthen compliance.
Peak Performance Assessment
(One-Day Assessment)
Our entry-level assessment is a fast way to benchmark current performance. In just one day, ATS reliability engineers will review your production line or system, analyze key operational data, and identify immediate opportunities for improvement. A concise report will highlight critical risks, quick wins, and recommendations to boost reliability and OEE.
Multi-Day Assessments
Deep-Dive Insights
Multi-day assessments offer a comprehensive view of your equipment health and maintenance strategies. Through on-site evaluation, data analysis, and stakeholder collaboration, we can help you uncover root causes and build a roadmap for reliability.
Comprehensive Maintenance Plan (CMP)
A risk-based preventive maintenance strategy, including failure mode analysis and task development, can help standardize maintenance and prevent repeat failures.
Reliability Strategy Optimization
ATS can analyze existing maintenance strategies across sites, helping identify inefficiencies, optimize spending, and improve operational consistency.
Full Testing Support
ATS offers on-site reliability engineering support during factory acceptance testing (FAT) and site acceptance testing (SAT). We also train teams on performance analysis.
Asset Management Gap Analysis and Improvement Plan (AMGAIP)
Our collaborative assessment helps optimize workflows and technologies, giving you a roadmap that closes gaps and reduces risk.
Production Analysis
Using Illuminate™ or other manufacturing execution system (MES) data, we carefully analyze machine performance and provide actionable insights to reduce downtime.
Consulting & Program Development
For manufacturers seeking long-term transformation, ATS Industrial Automation also provides consulting services to design and implement sustainable reliability solutions aligned with ISO 55000 and industry best practices.
Focus areas include:
- Reliability strategy optimization
- Maintenance program development
- Spare parts optimization
- Digital integration for preventive analytics and compliance
