Managing and maintaining equipment and facilities to ensure production runs smoothly and efficiently.
Asset Management: The process of managing physical assets to ensure maximum efficiency, reliability, and lifecycle cost.
Preventive and Predictive Maintenance: Strategies implemented to prevent equipment breakdown and failures by planning and scheduling maintenance actions.
Inventory Management: The process of managing inventory levels and ordering goods needed for repairs and maintenance.
Work Planning and Scheduling: Techniques for planning and scheduling maintenance work and allocating resources, labor, and materials.
CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems): Software-based solutions that provide tools to manage and track maintenance activities in real-time.
Root Cause Analysis (RCA): A systematic process of identifying the underlying cause of equipment failures and developing corrective actions to prevent them from recurring.
Maintenance Metrics and KPIs: A set of indicators used to evaluate maintenance performance, such as mean time between failures, uptime, and asset availability.
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM): A strategy aimed at improving equipment effectiveness, quality, and reliability through employee empowerment and ownership.
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM): A method that identifies the most critical components of the equipment and develops maintenance strategies that extend their lifespan.
Risk Management: Identifying and assessing risks to maintenance activities and developing approaches to eliminate or mitigate them.
Preventive Maintenance: This type of maintenance involves the regular, systematic inspection and servicing of equipment or machinery to prevent future breakdowns.
Corrective/Reactive Maintenance: This is the type of maintenance that is performed in response to a malfunction, breakdown or failure of equipment or machinery.
Predictive Maintenance: This type of maintenance utilizes data analysis and technology to predict when maintenance is needed, based on the equipment's usage patterns or performance data.
Condition-based Maintenance: This type of maintenance is similar to predictive maintenance in that it uses data analysis to inform maintenance schedules. However, it is based on the condition of the equipment rather than its usage patterns.
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM): TPM is a maintenance philosophy that emphasizes the importance of involving all employees in the maintenance process. It encourages a proactive, collaborative approach to maintenance management.
Reliability-centered Maintenance (RCM): RCM is a method for determining the most effective maintenance strategy for each piece of equipment, taking into account factors such as its criticality to operations and the consequences of failure.
Planned Maintenance: This type of maintenance involves scheduling maintenance activities at regular intervals, regardless of whether the equipment appears to be functioning normally.
Autonomous Maintenance: Autonomous maintenance involves empowering equipment operators to perform basic maintenance tasks, such as cleaning or lubricating, to reduce the need for more significant maintenance work.
Run-to-Failure Maintenance: This is a strategy in which equipment is operated until it fails, at which point it is repaired or replaced. This approach is typically used for low-cost, non-critical equipment.
Risk-based Maintenance: Risk-based maintenance is a strategy that prioritizes maintenance based on the risk posed by equipment failure to personnel, operations, or the environment. It is often used in industries such as aerospace and transportation, where risk management is critical.