Analysis and Modeling of Maintenance Activities Best Practices

For decades, industrial and other organizations concentrated most of their attention upon product production, generally ignoring the maintenance function, viewing it as a necessary evil. During recent years, there has been a gradual attitude change in how general corporate managers view the maintenance function. One of the most important factors forcing this change was that maintenance departments became major cost centers within those organizations. 
 

Today, with general operating costs rising at the rate of 10%+ each year, there is the potential for the realization of significant savings in the maintenance department that deserves serious scrutiny. By implementing certain of the advanced management practices outlined here, savings can be very significant. By integrating the listed programs, the Maintenance Department will produce dividends in the immediate, as well as the long-term value enhancement. 
 

Industrial Maintenance Managers 
 

Through the application of Good Management Practices (GMP) and with the use of sound technical expertise, cost reductions in the range of 20% to 35% are within the realm of possibility. Industrial Maintenance Managers who integrate all of the listed programs will experience profound effects, gain increased control over the performance of their organizations, and thus achieve real successes. How much success will be dependent upon how well each specific function and each specific activity are integrated into the plant maintenance and production work routine.