What’s maintenance worth to your business? Do you see it as a cost center, a necessary evil, or a repair crew? Here’s a short video clip on the value of maintenance that goes well beyond common perceptions!
The problem
The pursuit of “lean” in operations can leave you “too lean” – scrambling to get breakdowns fixed and chasing parts. It’s difficult to even get your proactive maintenance done – assuming it’s the right maintenance at all! The effort to make sure of that is often beyond reach and no one has made the case to show what it is worth to your operations. If you experience too many breakdowns, excessive downtime, high levels of production variability, low outputs, missed deliveries, high costs, excessive levels of overtime or low safety performance, you really should give this some thought. The answer the “what’s maintenance worth to your business?” can be surprising!
What’s maintenance worth to your business?
Cost savings of 20% or more are realistic. Improved productivity, margins and working capital are all possible. If you’d like a gap analysis showing what you might be missing and what to do about it, consider our assessment services. If you want help to make the changes you need to make, consider our training and other consulting services. We help you grow value!
