Time for a Maintenance Check-Up
Published on February 7, 2020
Robert S. Michaud, P.E.
Maintenance. It isn’t a very sexy or exciting concept, but let’s face it – if you aren’t doing it (and doing it well), you are wasting money. Every building owner, manager, manufacturer, and commercial business has equipment that, if not properly maintained, will deliver poor performance, increase energy usage, have a decreased life expectancy, and poor reliability. You know this, and that is why you have invested in a great CMMS package, have attended maintenance conferences, hired qualified maintenance technicians, and invested in tools and equipment to improve your maintenance performance. You HAVE done these things, haven’t you?
Even if you have done the things mentioned above and perhaps more, you may still be wondering why work order volume continues to increase, or that the reliability of some equipment or processes are not improving. Perhaps it is time for a “maintenance check-up”. Look, no one likes going to the doctor for a check-up, but we do because we know it is the best chance to get a professional look at our overall health and hopefully catch issues before they become real problems. The same can apply to your maintenance efforts. Even well running maintenance departments can benefit from the outside observations of a maintenance professional. Sometimes, being deep in the trenches of the day-to-day operations can rob us of the perspective or views that may lead to real benefits. Even professional athletes have coaches – the best are always trying to get better.
A maintenance check-up allows for an “outsider’s” view to look at the operation with a fresh set of eyes, ask questions about processes, dig into the details of why things are happening the way they are, and to offer professional opinions based on real world experience that may directly impact your application.
It is never a bad time to evaluate your current processes and make adjustments. If you have read this far, you have shown that this is an area of concern. Why not make the call now?
© Michaud Engineering Inc. 2020
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