Tips for more effective maintenance planning and scheduling

Effective maintenance planning and scheduling will deliver a safer and more cost-effective work environment for an asset-intensive facility


Effective maintenance planning and scheduling will deliver a safer and more cost-effective work environment for an asset-intensive facility, according to an article on the Assetivity website.

The benefits can include:

• Planned work is inherently safer to perform than unplanned tasks

• Labor productivity increases up to 60 percent

• Ability to collect and analyze data for failure analysis/trending

• Accurate budget forecasting

The objective of maintenance planning and scheduling is to allow maintenance personnel to prepare and perform the required task in a safe and cost effective manner.

Read the article.

 

 



May 6, 2016


Topic Area: Maintenance and Operations


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