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Comprehensive Guide to Maintenance Management

A maintenance program involves people, software, and systems working together to keep assets and equipment efficient and reliable. Maintenance management aims to optimize costs, improve asset lifecycles, and reduce unplanned breakdowns through systematic planning and control of maintenance activities. There are different types of maintenance strategies including reactive, preventative, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance that businesses can use separately or together to build an efficient maintenance plan.

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Comprehensive Guide to Maintenance Management

A maintenance program involves people, software, and systems working together to keep assets and equipment efficient and reliable. Maintenance management aims to optimize costs, improve asset lifecycles, and reduce unplanned breakdowns through systematic planning and control of maintenance activities. There are different types of maintenance strategies including reactive, preventative, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance that businesses can use separately or together to build an efficient maintenance plan.

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A maintenance program is a combination of people, software, and systems,

all working towards keeping assets and equipment efficient and reliable.

Facility maintenance departments tailor highly customized maintenance


plans (like reactive, preventive, predictive, condition-based, and many
more) for various equipment and asset classes.

In the past few decades, maintenance management has come a long way
from being a tedious paper-based process to completely automated
processes

aintenance management is the systematic process of planning, organizing,


and controlling maintenance-related activities and upkeep of physical
assets.

The primary objectives of maintenance management are

1. Optimizing maintenance costs,


2. Improving asset life cycles, and
3. Reducing unplanned equipment breakdowns.

Maintenance management v/s asset management


The key difference between maintenance management and asset
management is:

● Enterprise asset management (EAM) is an overarching strategy


that relies on data insights to maximize the efficiency of company
resources to drive operational efficiency, reduce associated costs,
and increase RoI.
● In contrast, maintenance management only deals with tangible
assets and focuses on keeping their performance optimal, increase
equipment uptime and productive hours. It helps enterprises
streamline processes for Maintenance, Repair, and
Operations/Overhaul (MRO) for assets and equipment.

Types of maintenance management


Businesses can utilize one of these four common maintenance
management methods, either separately or in conjunction, to build an
efficient and cost-effective maintenance strategy:

● Reactive maintenance (also known as corrective or breakdown


maintenance)
● Preventive maintenance (also called planned preventive
maintenance or preventative maintenance)
● Predictive maintenance
● Reliability-centered maintenance

Reactive maintenance (RM)

Reactive maintenance is performed as a response after an asset has


failed. RM is typically aimed at low-priority equipment, which does not
impact the company's production or revenue.

For example, RM is appropriate for a forklift with hydraulic problems


causing forks to fail. In this case, replacing the leaking cylinder and the
defective parts is less expensive than constantly monitoring the vehicle.

Understanding which assets can benefit from preventive or predictive


maintenance and which RM might be more appropriate for maintenance
planning is crucial.

Preventative maintenance (PM)


Preventative maintenance involves scheduling regular and routine repairs
to prevent unplanned maintenance and equipment downtimes. It targets
high-priority equipment that significantly impacts business operations and
high repair costs.

To illustrate, planned preventive maintenance programs are recommended


for tasks like a regular oil change for proper lubrication in a utility vehicle.
Without an oil change, the vehicle is liable to engine damage, which can be
detrimental for organizations relying on transport.

PM maintenance schedules record the original equipment manufacturer's


(OEM) recommendations on the number of operational hours after which
the vehicle will need an oil change.

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