Case Study: Midwest Agriculture Co‑Op achieves reduced asset downtime and improved maintenance efficiency with UpKeep

Agriculture Co-Op Finds Less Asset Downtime With UpKeep

Midwest Agriculture Co-Op’s feed division faced growing maintenance complexity across seven facilities after expanding its operations and staff. The group relied on slow paper checklists and inadequate record‑keeping programs that made work orders time-consuming and fragmented communication. To modernize workflows and improve transparency, the co‑op selected UpKeep’s mobile‑first maintenance solution.

UpKeep’s app, request portal, location filters and barcode capability let technicians complete work orders quickly from their phones, prioritize tasks, and centralize documentation. As a result, the division now manages about 1,000 assets, ran for a year with only three technicians after two departures, and has driven contractor work almost to zero—reducing downtime, improving operator‑tech trust, and impressing auditors with digital records. UpKeep’s implementation also shortened recording time and enabled more efficient, location‑aware scheduling.