The manufacturing industry is constantly evolving — with AI, robotics, and advanced automation, driving incredible gains on the production floor.
But when it comes to asset & maintenance management, many manufacturers are still relying on outdated legacy systems that quietly drag down performance.
Legacy Systems Are Costing You More Than You Think
Facilities teams often inherit legacy on-premise software built for a different era — long before today’s mobile, connected, data-driven world.
While these systems may have been effective in the past, today they pose significant risks.
According to a McKinsey report, inefficient maintenance processes can increase operational costs by up to 30%. In manufacturing, where every minute of downtime impacts revenue, the costs of relying on outdated systems add up fast.
Legacy asset & maintenance systems create critical gaps:
- Limited Visibility: Disconnected data leads to reactive maintenance, unpredictable failures, and budget challenges.
- Inefficient Processes: Without automation or mobile tools, maintenance takes longer, errors increase, and productivity slips.
- Higher Costs: Poor insight into asset conditions leads to missed maintenance, unexpected breakdowns, and unnecessary expenses.
- Lack of Strategic Foresight: Not having a clear long-term plan for using asset data can lead to poor investment choices, unplanned expenses, and missed chances for growth.
Every gap compounds over time — affecting not just facilities, but production, safety, compliance, and profitability across the enterprise.
Why Modernizing Asset and Maintenance Management Matters
Modernizing facility operations isn’t just about staying current. It’s about protecting the core of your business.
Leading manufacturers are rethinking their approach, choosing centralized platforms that manage the full lifecycle of facility assets — from planning and acquisition to maintenance and decommissioning — all in one connected environment.
The benefits of modernization extend across the business:
- Increase Uptime: Proactive maintenance and real-time monitoring reduce unexpected failures and extend asset life.
- Control Costs: Full visibility into asset performance allows smarter decision-making that protects budgets and prevents surprises.
- Boost Productivity: Mobile-enabled workflows empower technicians to work faster, access asset data instantly, and avoid delays.
- Plan Strategically: Having accurate asset data helps with planning capital needs, prioritizing investments based on actual facility requirements, and supporting long-term growth and planning.
A Connected Approach to Asset & Maintenance Management
Nuvolo Connected Workplace helps organizations centralize and modernize their facilities operations.
Built on the ServiceNow platform, it provides a single solution to manage the entire facility asset lifecycle.
With Nuvolo, manufacturers can:
- Gain Complete Asset Visibility: Understand what assets you have, where they are, and their maintenance history — all from one place.
- Standardize Workflows: Automate maintenance processes to improve speed, consistency, and accountability.
- Enable Mobile Teams: Equip technicians with real-time access to work orders, asset information, and reporting from any location.
- Strengthen Capital Planning: Use asset data to drive smarter planning decisions and optimize future investments.
Nuvolo brings the flexibility, and scalability needed to keep pace with modern manufacturing demands — without the limitations of aging on-premise systems.
Reflecting on Your Operations
If your teams are still relying on legacy facilities systems, it’s time to ask what that’s really costing you — in unplanned downtime, unnecessary expenses, and missed opportunities to strengthen your operations.
Facilities management should be a strategic advantage — not a hidden risk.
Modernizing your approach can unlock better performance, smarter planning, and a stronger foundation for the future of manufacturing.
Learn how Nuvolo helps manufacturers reduce downtime, control maintenance costs, and modernize facility operations for a more resilient here.