Work Order Management

Maintenance Requests DisappearBetween the Radio and the Clipboard

A broken machine gets reported verbally. A work order gets scribbled on paper. No one knows who is handling it or when it will be done. Sandhed gives every work order a location, an owner, and a timeline.

The Problem

Where Things Break Down

When equipment breaks, the clock starts. But the work order process adds its own delays. Someone reports the issue verbally or by email. A manager manually creates a ticket in a system that does not know where the equipment is. The assigned technician hunts for the machine on the floor. When the work is done, nobody updates the record, so the next time the same machine breaks, there is no history to reference. Every handoff between reporting, assignment, execution, and documentation adds time and loses information.

Verbal reports and paper trails lose information

An operator tells a supervisor about a problem. The supervisor writes it down. Maybe it makes it into a system, maybe it does not. By the time a technician gets the assignment, critical details have been lost or distorted.

30-40% of maintenance context lost between reporting and repair

Work orders have no location context

Your maintenance system tracks tickets, but it does not know where the equipment sits on the floor. Technicians waste time finding machines, especially in large facilities or when covering for absent colleagues.

15-20 minutes per work order spent locating equipment

No maintenance history per asset

When the same machine breaks again, the technician starts from scratch. Previous repairs, root causes, and parts used are buried in a system nobody searches. Repeat failures get repeat diagnoses.

Repeat failures take as long to diagnose as the first occurrence

Our Approach

What Sandhed Does Differently

Sandhed work orders are tied to physical assets and locations on your 3D floor plan from the moment they are created. When an alert fires on a machine, it can automatically generate a work order with the equipment data attached. The assigned technician sees the machine highlighted on the floor plan with a floating badge, plus a mobile worker portal for updating progress from the floor. Every completed work order becomes part of the asset's maintenance history with full cost tracking, root cause documentation, and resolution records.

Location-Aware Work Orders

Every work order is linked to an asset or door on your 3D floor plan. The affected equipment shows a floating badge in the live view. Technicians see exactly where to go without asking.

Alert-Triggered Work Order Creation

When sensor readings cross your thresholds, Sandhed can automatically create a work order with the relevant equipment data, sensor readings, and alert context already attached. No manual transcription needed.

Mobile Worker Portal

Technicians access assigned work orders through a mobile web portal. They see the asset's 3D preview and floor plan location, start work with one tap, and document the resolution from their phone. No app install required.

Full Maintenance History & Cost Tracking

Every completed work order records the resolution, root cause, labor cost, parts cost, and external costs. This history lives on the asset, so the next technician sees what was done before, what parts were used, and what it cost.

Quick Assessment

How Exposed Is Your Facility?

Work Order Maturity Assessment

Answer 5 questions to get a personalized score and recommendations.

How are maintenance issues currently reported at your facility?
How long does it typically take from when an issue is reported to when a technician begins work?
Can a technician easily find the equipment they need to work on?

Industry Applications

Built for Your Industry

Work Order Management for Manufacturing

Track corrective and preventive work orders tied to production equipment on your 3D floor plan. Build complete maintenance histories for CNC machines, presses, and assembly stations.

Manufacturing

Work Order Management for Food & Beverage

Track maintenance work orders on food-safe equipment with full documentation for audit trails. Link every repair to the asset, the batch, and the floor plan location.

Food & Beverage

Work Order Management for Pharmaceutical

Manage GxP-relevant work orders with full traceability. Every repair on critical equipment is documented with timestamps, performer identity, root cause analysis, and cost tracking.

Pharmaceutical

Expected Outcomes

Results You Can Measure

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Faster work order completion

Reduction in average time from report to resolution

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Work order capture rate

Percentage of issues captured vs. verbal-only reporting

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Less time locating equipment

Reduction in time finding the right asset on the floor

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Setup time

From floor plan to live work order tracking

Based on platform capabilities and industry benchmarks. Results vary by facility.

FAQ

Common Questions

Every work order is linked to a specific asset or door that has a position on your floor plan. When a work order is open, a floating badge appears above that equipment in the 3D live view. Technicians can tap the badge to see the work order details, or open the work order and see the asset location on the floor plan.

Related Solutions

Maintenance Management

Maintenance teams lose hours tracking down service records, chasing overdue tasks, and figuring out what was done last time. Sandhed puts every work order, service record, and maintenance schedule on your 3D floor plan where you can see it.

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Compliance & Audit Trails

Most facilities piece together audit documentation from spreadsheets, paper logs, and disconnected systems. Sandhed records every action, threshold breach, and maintenance event automatically, so your compliance evidence is ready before anyone asks for it.

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