Case Study: Farming Equipment Company achieves hundreds of labor hours saved and 50% more scheduled maintenance with Fiix

How one maintenance team saved hundreds of labor hours with Fiix

Ryan Robinson, shop manager at an Oregon-based wholesale tree grower, was drowning in stacks of paper records and struggling with old equipment, manual scheduling, missed preventive maintenance, high idle times, and untracked usage. Hunting through decades of binders made it nearly impossible to spot trends or optimize service intervals, leaving the team reactive and costing time and money.

The team implemented Fiix CMMS integrated with MachineMax sensors to digitize records, automate PMs, and stream real-time asset usage to the system. The change made maintenance searchable and proactive, drove technician adoption (all 14 techs now use the mobile app), and delivered measurable gains — hundreds of labor hours saved, more than 90% of maintenance now scheduled, reduced idle time, faster reporting, and clearer prioritization of work.