Our crane and hoist service experts use a consultative approach

Connecting with crane service customers on a personal basis

Our consultative approach can help guide your decision-making. We don’t just drop off a report on the way out. We take time to meet with you one-on-one and share our findings, provide recommendations based on our industry-leading expertise and discuss how each action impacts your operations and the entire health of your business.

Inspection and preventive maintenance services include several key consultations including:

Safety Review
Safety Review

Safety Review

Whenever a safety-related risk is detected, the inspector or technician will carry out a Safety Review with the customer before leaving the site or returning the equipment to operation. 

Visit Review
Visit Review

Visit Review

At the completion of each service request, the inspector or technician will perform a Visit Review on site to share the insights of their inspection or maintenance findings, review the identified risks and improvement opportunities, and obtain decisions on recommended actions. 

Service Review
Service Review

Service Review

Within two business days, the local branch will follow up with a Service Review in person, online or by phone. We’ll go through open risk/recommendations and quotations to address them, answer the customer’s questions or concerns and document next steps. The service review will be performed using live data on yourKONECRANES.com. 

Business Review
Business Review

Business Review

Once a year or as needed, we’ll conduct a Business Review at our customer’s management level. This is an in-depth review of our service relationship -- looking at progress, feedback and documented value. We’ll discuss recommendations and plan jointly. The business review will be performed using live data on yourKONECRANES.com. 

Assessing risks and providing recommendations

Our proprietary Risk and Recommendation Method is the basis of our inspection and preventive maintenance processes. No matter what service is being performed, Konecranes Risk and Recommendation Method drives our evaluations and consultative processes, giving you a safety and production advantage.

  1. A component is inspected in order to ascertain its condition
  2. The component is either in acceptable condition or it needs attention 
  3. Exceptions (failures, deficiencies, violations) are documented
  4. Each exception is assigned one of three risk types (safety risk, production risk, undetermined condition)
  5. In addition to exceptions, improvement opportunities are identified
  6. Recommended actions are provided for each exception and improvement opportunity

Risks and recommendations are highlighted in your Service Report and noted on the yourKONECRANES customer portal to help you prioritize maintenance actions and take advantage of improvement opportunities.

Safety Risk

Safety Risk Red

 

 

Indicates an unsafe condition. Failure to remedy such condition before continued operation of the identified asset may result in personal injury, including death, or property damage. 

Production Risk

Production Risk

 

 

Indicates an inefficient condition. Failure to remedy such condition before continued operation of the identified asset may result in inefficient asset performance or an interruption in production. 

Undetermined Condition

Undetermined Condition

 

 

Indicates that the condition could not be verified through visual inspection as a result of asset configuration and/or obstruction. 

Improvement Opportunity

Improvement Opportunity

 

 

Indicates a potential opportunity to improve the safety, productivity, application or useful life of the asset. These suggestions are not necessarily tied to a particular fault. 

Crane analysis from our experts

You may not be able to hear it, but your cranes have something to say about how they’re feeling. Fortunately, our global network of skilled local technicians speak crane. They’re experts at diagnosing what’s ailing your equipment—even things invisible to the naked eye. Utilizing industry-leading technology and non-destructive testing, our consultative services can uncover latent or hidden defects with minimum disruption.