Many organizations have equipment that is several years old, maybe even several decades old. In fact there are quite a few that still use machines that are over a hundred years old!
Just because equipment is old does not automatically mark it for replacement. There are several factors to consider when to finally bid goodbye to a piece of equipment.
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What does the maintenance planner do?The maintenance planner has many responsibilities. Chief among them being to plan and schedule maintenance work. The planner also needs to make sure that spare parts and supplies are available to complete planned maintenance work as well as the technicians are available to do the work. Continue reading
A workflow consists of an orchestrated and repeatable pattern of business activity enabled by the systematic organization of resources into processes that transform materials, provide services, or process information. (source Wikipedia)
A well organized maintenance management system will have fairly typical workflows (see the graphic below). Continue reading
E.I. DuPont de Nemours Co. (Delaware) reported that “The largest, single controllable expenditure in a plant is maintenance, and in many plants the maintenance budget exceeds annual net profit.” (1996)
Maintenance planners and maintenance managers are responsible for making sure that equipment and/ or facilities are properly maintained and function as needed. Keeping track of such maintenance can be a chore when there is a lot of equipment and/or facilities to maintain. Continue reading
Facilities & equipment maintenance management costs can be significant!As a maintenance manager or supervisor you will frequently be under pressure to reduce the costs incurred by the maintenance department. Due to its impact on the bottom line senior management will also take interest.
A report by E.I. DuPont de Nemours Co. (Delaware) said that the largest, single controllable expenditure in a manufacturing plant is maintenance. Continue reading
Managing maintenance parts and supplies can be quite a challenge. This become a lot bigger if you have many types of equipment. Each type will need it own unique set of parts and supplies for corrective and preventive maintenance on the equipment. Equipment spares can also be quite expensive and add significantly to the maintenance budget.
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Are you getting many complaints about facilities & equipment maintenance? Is maintenance work taking too much time to complete? If this sounds familiar here are three quick maintenance metrics to help you identify causes and solutions.
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As an operations manager or maintenance manager you will regularly look for problem equipment. These cause frequent shutdowns or incur big maintenance costs. When you have hundreds of equipment it can be hard to do. For this equipment breakdown reports or similar asset maintenance reports from your maintenance management software will be helpful.
Preventive or preventative maintenance (PM) is a frequently overlooked aspect of maintenance management. Nearly every equipment needs some kind of regular maintenance. This reduces the chance of unexpected failure or repetitive breakdowns. Equipment downtime results in big costs due to lost production, variable product quality and poor customer satisfaction. Continue reading
The equipment and machines used for production are a manufacturing or industrial operation’s lifeblood. Equipment shutdowns means products not being made or delivered to customers. So it is important to keep them up and running. Waiting until a piece of equipment shows signs of trouble can seriously impact production. This in turn, impacts your bottom line.
To combat this, you should use planned preventive maintenance (also called “planned preventative maintenance”). Continue reading
