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Let the equipment raise the work order

Canary turns readings into ready work. Every triggered job carries the asset, condition history, priority, procedure, and due date from signal to closeout.

The Challenge

The reading that mattered was taken three weeks ago

[01]

Readings live in a notebook

Somebody walks the route, writes a number down, and the number never reaches the asset record.

[02]

The schedule ignores the machine

PMs fire on a date whether or not the equipment needs them, and skip the one that did.

[03]

Alarms go nowhere

SCADA raises a warning on a screen nobody is watching, and no work comes out of it.

[04]

No case for the spend

Asking for budget means arguing from memory, because nothing has the history attached.

The solution

From equipment signal to maintenance action

[Capture]

Bring every reading into the asset record

Build one condition history from connected sensors and technician rounds.
  • Track equipment conditions: vibration, temperature, pressure, runtime, and counts.
  • Capture readings automatically or during inspections.
  • See the full trend beside documents, work history, and asset details.

[Respond]

Trigger work when a reading crosses the line

Define normal for each asset, then choose how Canary responds to an exception.
  • Set limits for each meter and operating condition.
  • Create and assign work when a configured limit is breached.
  • Attach the evidence: the triggering reading and recent trend.

[Prioritize]

Plan your budget with real-world evidence

Combine condition trends, failure history, downtime, and cost impact to prioritize maintenance spend.
  • Estimate downtime and cost exposure by asset.
  • Support repair and replacement requests with condition and failure history.
  • Rank investments by criticality and operational impact.

Core capabilities

Best for teams moving from calendar-based to condition-based maintenance.

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Meter Tracking

Vibration, temperature, pressure, hours, and counts.

Condition Triggers

A reading crosses the line and work is raised.

Manual Readings

Record a value by hand when there is no sensor.

Runtime PMs

Schedule off hours and cycles, not dates.

Trend History

Every reading kept, per asset, over time.

Cost Evidence

What the readings say a failure would cost.

We used to lose hours tracking down parts across spreadsheets and storerooms. Canary gave us real-time visibility into every part, every location. Stockouts dropped, carrying costs fell, and our technicians finally have what they need when they need it.
Daria Simonova

Daria Simonova

Director of Operations, ABB Woods

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