Either. L2L integrates with EAM and CMMS systems to share real-time data with production teams, with no rip-and-replace. You can also move work orders, PM schedules, and spares onto L2L and retire the old system. Existing PM schedules can be loaded in bulk from a template.

Standard implementation takes 14 to 60 days. Once issues are logged in L2L, average response time shows on the maintenance dashboard against your threshold, so you have a baseline in the first week. ADAC reported faster response to downtime events after rollout, and Purple saw results right away at its Grantsville plant.

A technician gets an alert and opens the job with the asset’s history and suggested parts already loaded. They follow the attached checklist or instructions, request spares from the same job, log their time, and record what they did and on which part. At Mueller, technicians request spares from phones, tablets, or computers.

Yes, in stages on one system. Operators catch abnormalities with inspection checklists, and PMs run by time, cycle count, or condition. For cycle-based PMs, L2L projects due dates from each machine’s own history. Sensor readings can open jobs automatically, and Sonoco saved about $50,000 in nine months on two lines this way.

L2L is a comprehensive Manufacturing Operations Management platform, but a maintenance-led rollout can start with work orders, PM schedules, spare parts, and alerts, then add production tracking, skills, and work instructions later. Existing PM schedules load in bulk from a template, and one user says you can train someone to use it in under an hour. Purple’s Director of Maintenance called its implementation “extremely fast.” Usually, the first area is live and seeing results in just a couple of weeks. 

Agree on shared definitions first, such as what counts as an on-time PM, then standardize the checklists and instructions behind them. L2L measures every site the same way, so you can compare plants and roll out what works. Oetiker took L2L from one pilot plant to all ten of its facilities.

You have L2L’s support team, a searchable help portal with step-by-step articles and training videos, and a sandbox site to test changes before they go live. Some changes, such as bulk schedule imports, run through a support ticket. Purple’s Director of Maintenance said L2L handled every step of its implementation at an incredible pace.