Maintenance management news, articles and resources

We often hear companies say that people are their best asset. Why is it that the sum of good people and good systems does not always produce good performance?

Maintenance sits at the heart of any good asset management system. Here are 10 tips to start improving your work management and deliver results.

Before you rush in and cut the maintenance budget, here are a few questions you should ask your maintenance manager (and the risks if you don’t).

Lean maintenance is an approach to help identify and eliminate waste, and deliver bottom line improvements if implemented and managed in the right way.

Let's discuss the essential elements for a successful performance measurement system, and how to motivate your organisation towards higher performance.

How are big data, the internet of things, predictive technologies and predictive analytics impacting on preventive and predictive maintenance activities?

In this short video we give 4 practical tips that can help you to improve the productivity of your maintenance function.

Your asset register is the foundation on which your asset management information systems are built. Here are 5 tips to make sure yours is rock solid.

Almost every Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) contains a field where you can set the work order priority, but few define how it is to be used.

Usually KPIs focus on the outcomes of our processes, but if we aim to manage processes for more predictive outcomes, we need to develop KPIs that support them.

There is no perfect off-the-shelf CMMS. Let's discuss how you can tailor your business processes to match your information system workflow, and vice versa.

This case study by Sandy Dunn will present the approach that was taken and the key lessons learned that will assist any organisation in a similar situation.

How do we ensure that planning and scheduling department processes are performed effectively? By understanding the function and boundaries of the two processes.

Organisations that get results from their maintenance strategies understand that no two operations are the same. OEM recommendations offer a fair starting point for how our assets should be...

When you are in the reactive maintenance "death spiral", it takes a major change of approach to break out of it - not just fixing the symptoms of bigger...

How many times have you heard maintenance staff blame the planners? Let's discuss how to avoid common shutdown planning issues, to help your teams cooperate.

It can be necessary to change the management culture, in order to improve maintenance processes and save money and increase reliability in the long run.

Using past experience as a case study, let's take a look at how supply, warehousing and stock control can be improved from a shop-floor perspective.

The 5 Whys technique offers a simple, effective way to uncover the root of an issue. It is best used in troubleshooting and quality-improvement initiatives.

Due to my background in maintenance execution, I have had to deal with the pointy end of maintenance for more years than I care to mention. I have done...

Every company has a different idea of what a mechanical supervisor is responsible for, but there is still a core focus that should apply to anyone in the role.

Your computerised maintenance management system may be the right fit for your organisation, but it can only be as good as your end users and their training.

Proper maintenance planning and scheduling is key in keeping component wear-out manageable and predictable. Let's explore what can go wrong if we ignore it.

Let's discuss the issues that can be caused when a management of change procedure is not followed (or in this case, does not exist).

Review your preventive maintenance tasks. Commission a PMO process for your plant and equipment. You may be surprised at how much maintenance you don’t need to be doing.

Let's explore the planning process and five of the common improvement opportunities we commonly observe, from supply relations to stakeholders.

Understanding common pitfalls can make your job as a scheduler more productive, and help your organisation to reduce costs and be more effective.

Let's explore some of the “big picture” systemic challenges associated with the overall maintenance planning and scheduling process.

This video provides an introduction to best practice frameworks for planning, scheduling and delivering safe, efficient and effective maintenance.