Category Archives: Asset Management

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Asset Management, Automation, Data Analytics, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management Systems - EMS, Facility Management, Facility Safety, Integration, Operations, Repair & Maintenance, Uncategorized

Boost Efficiency and Consistency with IoT: Remote Monitoring & Management Across Multiple Locations

Posted on by Alex Lundy
13
Sep

The Challenge of Multi-Location Management Operating a business across numerous locations introduces a range of challenges. From maintaining consistent customer experiences to ensuring equipment reliability and adherence to safety protocols, the tasks can quickly become overwhelming. Traditionally, these responsibilities required significant manual oversight, with Facilities Managers physically visiting each site to ensure everything ran smoothly, […]

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Asset Management, Automation, Connected Equipment, Food Retail, Food Safety, Operations, Repair & Maintenance, Sustainability

6 Ways IoT is Modernizing Food Retail

Posted on by Powerhouse Dynamics
27
Jun

Food retailers are under mounting pressure to reimagine physical stores in order to keep pace with consumer needs and wants. According to McKinley, the pandemic, combined with evolving customer preferences and macroeconomic trends, has converged to reshape the traditional role of food retailers. As supermarkets continue to adapt, technology is crucial for success. To contend […]

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Asset Management, blog, Connected Equipment, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management Systems - EMS, Food Safety, Internet of Things - IoT, Repair & Maintenance, Restaurant Energy Management, Retail Energy Management, Uncategorized

New SiteSage and Open Kitchen Offer Greater Functionality and More Control

Posted on by Powerhouse Dynamics

It’s hard to believe, but we first introduced our platform to the commercial market a decade ago.  Since then, we’ve been working hard to continuously improve our solution, learn even more about the challenges our customers face with their businesses, and refine and further develop our system to meet those challenges head-on.  The beauty of […]

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Asset Management, Energy Management Systems - EMS, Repair & Maintenance, Restaurant Energy Management, Retail Energy Management, Small Commercial Facilities, Uncategorized

Predicting RTU Mechanical Failures

Posted on by Powerhouse Dynamics
RTU in poor condition
02
Sep

Packaged rooftop units (RTUs) are essential to most commercial operations. They are vital to every cool ice cream shop on a hot day, warm coffee shop on a cold one, and now (more important than ever) the increased ventilation required for restarting business mid-pandemic. Because of RTUs’ key role in delivering a great customer (and […]

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Asset Management, Energy Management Systems - EMS, Repair & Maintenance, Retail Energy Management

The Cost of Aging Retail Buildings

Posted on by Powerhouse Dynamics

According to the 2019 Connex Retail Facilities Maintenance Industry Benchmarking Report, the cost of repairs and maintenance is closely related to the age of the building. Connex surveyed a wide variety of multi-site retailers and found that the average R&M budget per store nearly doubled for stores aged 11-20 years-old, when compared to stored aged […]

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Asset Management, Energy Management Systems - EMS, Repair & Maintenance, Retail Energy Management

The Benefits of Preventative Maintenance

Posted on by Powerhouse Dynamics

Connex, the industry association for facilities professionals at multi-site retailers, recently released their 2019 Retail Facilities Maintenance Industry Overview Benchmarking Report. The report does a great job of highlighting the health of the industry, pointing out where the industry is currently challenged, and detailing what the future holds. While there is plenty of useful information, […]

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Asset Management, Convenience Store Energy Management, Energy Management Systems - EMS, Repair & Maintenance, Restaurant Energy Management, Retail Energy Management

The Repair versus Replace Debate: How to Transition to a Just-in-Time Replacement Strategy

Posted on by Powerhouse Dynamics
04
Dec

At the end of the year, most of us are doing a lot of looking back and planning ahead. One thing every multisite operator should do is look back on equipment performance and plan ahead for equipment repairs and replacement. One move we see many of our customers making – and now is a great […]

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Asset Management, Food Safety, Internet of Things - IoT, Smart Connected Kitchen

Open Up the Possibilities — Introducing Open Kitchen by SiteSage

Posted on by Powerhouse Dynamics
22
Oct

Last Friday marked an important day in the evolution of SiteSage. What began as a critical energy savings and facility maintenance optimization solution has become a must-have, on-premise food safety and connected equipment monitoring tool. When our customers compete in an increasingly crowded market, the right investments and forward-looking decisions can really make the difference in optimizing […]

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Asset Management

McFlurry Conspiracy: Smart Commercial Kitchens to the Rescue!

Posted on by Jay Fiske, President
McFlurry
10
Feb

Recently, the Wall Street Journal published a front-page article about the challenges customers were having getting McFlurries at McDonald’s. While entertaining on the surface – conspiracy theories swirl around social media about why McFlurries were not available –­ the article points to more serious challenges that affect all food service operators and equipment providers: restaurant […]

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Asset Management

Increase ROI: 5 steps to just-in-time equipment replacement

Posted on by Powerhouse Dynamics
Increased costs of run-to-fail
14
Sep

It’s the operations manager’s nightmare: A vital piece of mission-critical HVAC or restaurant equipment fails in the middle of the busiest season of the year. Suddenly, you’re coordinating an emergency replacement. You need it yesterday, and you’re forced to take what you can get. Known as “run-to-fail”, for better or worse this is the dominant […]

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Asset Management

Putting a dollar value on Preventive Maintenance

Posted on by Robb Stanek, Regional Sales Director
An ounce of prevention...
02
Sep

We all remember reading about Benjamin Franklin in grade school, and the kite in the storm with the key attached to the string, and voila…he proved the relationship between lighting and electricity. Ben Franklin was also famous for his many axioms, including “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” We all know […]

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Asset Management

How to Earn Asset & Energy Management Gold, Silver, Bronze

Posted on by Powerhouse Dynamics
Rio medals - credit Alex Ferro
09
Aug

We enjoy watching the best in the world compete at the Summer Olympics. But even before the Olympics, the U.S. Olympic trials made us think about the time, energy and hours of training these athletes commit to being the best, which led us to consider what it takes to be the best in asset and […]

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