Case Study: Pacific Galvanizing achieves streamlined preventive maintenance and reduced downtime with FMX

Pacific Galvanizing is able to pair sensor alerts and FMX equipment data to reduce downtime and predict equipment failures before they happen

Pacific Galvanizing, an Oakland-based metal supplier founded in 1969, protects steel for buildings and infrastructure across the West Coast. They faced inefficient paper-based and whiteboard work-order tracking that led to forgotten requests and costly weekend equipment failures, so Facilities Manager Ben Ryan sought a digital, centralized solution to automate alerts and streamline maintenance.

By integrating FMX with Monnit sensors—scaled from 3 to 16—along with tablets and Interactive Mapping, equipment alerts now automatically generate work orders and notify the team. The change reduced emergency breakdowns, extended equipment life, sped up asset location and inspections, and shifted the company from reactive, time-based maintenance to predictive, condition-based planning with better budgeting and fewer surprise repairs.

Pacific Galvanizing

Ben Ryan

Facilities Manager