Importance Of Preventive Maintenance Preventive maintenance is a critical function of a maintenance department. The equipment and machines used for production are a manufacturing or industrial operation’s lifeblood. Equipment breakdowns due to missed maintenance means products not being made or delivered to customers. Unfortunately maintenance departments are often overworked. When there are other emergencies, preventive …
Preventive maintenance planning has a purpose! Are you using maintenance management software for your preventive maintenance planning? Most maintenance programs aka CMMS software have many reports for different purposes. They often look very good and sometimes they can be really useful! 😉 On the other hand… Do you know the health of your preventive maintenance plan?
Why Audit Your Maintenance Management Program? Did you do an audit of all your maintenance activities for the last year? Don’t look at me like that. I know it sounds rather tedious! 🙄 However, it has several benefits. It can help you identify problem areas and scope for improvement. In addition find where you are …
Is a breakdown maintenance plan even possible? How can one plan for breakdown maintenance? It is by nature very unpredictable! However, there are some things that you can do. This will make your maintenance team better in handling unplanned equipment breakdowns and other maintenance emergencies.
When equipment preventive maintenance Becomes A headache! Have a lot of equipment preventive maintenance being skipped? Is it because reactive maintenance aka breakdown maintenance is dominating your day? 😒 Want to create a good preventive maintenance plan to reduce equipment breakdowns and complaints from users and management? Here are a few preventive maintenance planning tips …
The Hidden Costs Of Maintenance Parts Management Managing maintenance parts and supplies can be hard. This become a harder still if we have many types of equipment to maintain. Each type of equipment will have its own unique set of parts and supplies for corrective and preventive maintenance. But that’s just part of the story… …
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Equipment maintenance Workflow Setup Well organized maintenance programs have a clear equipment maintenance workflow (see the diagram below). For instance a workflow with the following steps: External users or customers send in maintenance work requests. We schedule this maintenance work as well as preventive maintenance and create work orders. Technicians receive these work orders and …
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Some maintenance jobs can be costing more than you thought! Maintenance managers often look at equipment maintenance software reports by equipment to find equipment that is getting expensive to maintain. But that’s just part of the story… There are other ways to to slice our data and look for ways to reduce costs and improve effectiveness. …
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Bad work order estimates equals big headaches! The time estimate for a maintenance work order is critical, especially when there are many to complete each day. Underestimating the time required will cause many problems. It’s a familiar story and usually goes like this: “We need extra overtime every week to complete maintenance work. Our maintenance …
Equipment maintenance costs at many organizations can be a significant expense. As a result, maintenance managers or supervisors will often be under pressure to reduce these costs. Due to its impact on the bottom line, senior management will also take interest in such cost reductions. Have you ever had this happen to you? Impact of …
