Learn more: http://prker.co/4MaintenanceStrategies There’s a technological renaissance that is transforming the look, systems and processes of the modern factory. You might even call it a sea change. Advanced digital and analytical technologies are reinventing the rules of competition, how work will be performed and what leadership must do to lead. Whether you call it Industry 4.0, Manufacturing 4.01 or the Connected Factory, what’s under way heralds a remarkable opportunity for industrial manufacturers. So what does the “back-of-the-house” maintenance function have to do with such big picture, strategic changes? Everything. As manufacturers work to identify, adopt and scale enabling technologies – such as smart machines, the Internet of Things, Big Data, plant floor analytics, mobile computers, the cloud and collaborative robotics – maintenance will of necessity be redefined and transformed. Leveraging these enabling technologies will allow maintenance to improve efficiency, cost and performance on the factory floor, which in turn can create a competitive advantage. But beyond that, enabled maintenance can become a new and different revenue stream for the OEM portion of manufacturing. This means that OEMs can utilize data and analytics to sell customers condition based maintenance, asset optimization and predictive performance management programs for their equipment, creating a new level of maintenance competitive advantage by adding unique value. But how do today’s manufacturers get from here to there? How do they use these new data and computing tools to go from reactive maintenance – repairing machines that are broken – to proactive or predictive maintenance – monitoring for future equipment failure and performing maintenance before failure occurs? It starts with having the vision to build a world-class maintenance strategy. Read our Whitepaper!

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Create a Preventive Maintenance Program
Invest in Technology
Create a Safer Work Environment
Establish a PM task
force.
Next Steps
Maintenance Strategies for
Competitive Advantage
Improve Efficiency, Cost and Performance
on the Factory Floor
Set a maintenance
technology budget.
Complete audit and
potential for PM program.
Evaluate features and
benefits, advantages and
costs of PM programs.
Facilitate machine-
to-machine
communication on
the factory floor.
Include maintenance
managers in resource
planning.
Create a timeline of
staged goals.
Research available
PM programs for
your industry.
Investigate a
Computerized
Maintenance
Management System.
90%
of maintenance
performed is reactive
rather than proactive.
3-9X
planned maintenance is
3-9 times less costly than
unplanned maintenance.
The savings generated by a successful PM program can go
a long way to making you a maintenance hero.
Consider embedding
smart sensors to
predict performance.
For a Best of Class maintenance, create technology investment plan for a Predictive
Program. This will result in less downtime and better process accountability.
Get Started on a Best Practice
Maintenance Strategy
Poll your maintenance
team on safety and
morale in the plant.
Start a rewards program
for maintenance-originated
ideas that improve
productivity.
A maintenance strategy cannot afford to ignore the people servicing
the machines. A safer, cleaner work environment improves morale.
Upfront costs
Compare current state to
future state. Present a
business case for change
with facts, figures and logic.
Show results using case
studies with productivity
gains.
Leaders are looking for new behaviors, structures and strategies.
It’s your job to present the change that will work best for your operation.
Which is better for your
business? Preventive
Maintenance (PM) or
Predictive Maintenance
(PdM).
PM
PdM
Labor costs
Upfront costs
Labor costs