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The (very) high cost of restrictive practices
What Are Restrictive Practices? Restrictive practices of various kinds are often found in Maintenance organizations. Their cost is much higher than is generally recognized, as explained here, and too often they are acceptedThe danger of ignoring hidden costs
Some costs in Maintenance are easy to measure, but some of the most important results of changes, such as the impact on “maintenance effectiveness” or productivity are notoriously difficult to quantify. When making maintenanceSpare parts lists – making them really work for you
Related articles: – Asset ID and numbering – The “Zero-stock” catalogue and its power – What parts should be in your Maintenance Stores? – Naming parts – Equipment criticality ratings I could easily argue that spare parts lists areSetting maintenance work priorities
One objective in Maintenance is to always be working on the maintenance activities that have the highest value at any time. This means that, for all the work orders that are inSelecting and using a maintenance computer system – Part 1
This article is Part 1 of five parts about maintenance computer systems (or “CMMS”, for Computerized Maintenance Management Systems, an abbreviation I avoid because many people don’t know what it stands for). TheScheduling – why is it so difficult?
Unlike planning, scheduling involves many people, coordinates many different, independent jobs and determines when each of these jobs will be done and by whom (see “Planning and scheduling – what are they“?). During ourReducing the risk of unspared critical components
Related articles: – What parts should be in your Maintenance Stores, and why? – How effective is PM in reducing downtime? – GettingPlanning and scheduling – what are they?
“Planning and scheduling” is usually a phrase that’s spoken with one breath as if its just one activity, as in “We need to improve planning-and-scheduling”. Planning and scheduling are very different functions, done at