The world is full of risks. Each day any single individual will encounter a truly countless amount of risk. However, with every risk, there is also the chance for reward. Being aware of these risks that riddle our everyday lives allows us to manage them, and maintain a relatively stable life. This is the same theory that drives maintenance management.
Maintenance management is an important aspect of any business or organization, especially entities that utilize a lot of machinery or equipment in their daily operations. Maintenance management is defined by Optiware as,
“Maintenance management is an important component of a well-functioning production. It helps companies maintain their resources while controlling time and costs to ensure maximum efficiency of the manufacturing process, the utilities, and related facilities.”
–Optiware–
In other words, it is a series of processes and procedures geared toward maintaining a high level of operational efficiency. This in turn reduces costs and simultaneously improves the quality of the resulting products.
Ongoing Maintenance
Conducting ongoing maintenance management is vital to keeping an accurate record of activities and the health of any machinery or equipment that is used by a company.
Keeping an accurate track record of the various maintenance activities performed, and when new activities need to occur is important for a wide spectrum of reasons.
Firstly, it’s crucial to prioritize the safety and wellness of the staff – and allowing heavy machinery to go unserviced past their maintenance date would directly violate this priority. Additionally, a lot of tax benefits can be reaped through the proper accounting practices when it comes to performing maintenance on machinery, and showing depreciation.
Finally, ongoing maintenance management helps keep machines and equipment operating at an optimal level year-round, no matter where you are in the production cycle. Most importantly thought, well practiced management can help decision makers identify both risks, and opportunities in their production cycles.
Risks that can be identified by ongoing maintenance management can be related to equipment, or process-flaws that are present within the organization. Decision makers and organizational leaders can then make informed decisions moving forward that are aimed at mitigating or eliminating these risks.
Opportunities that the risk management process identifies are more aligned with chances to improve the production cycle as a whole, and/or incorporate new and updated technology or equipment. Bringing new equipment into a production cycle, or even applying updates to the equipment that exists can greatly improve efficiency.
From equipment that’s failing, aging, or needing maintenance, to new layers that can be added into the production cycle, or updates to the operating equipment – use ongoing maintenance management to optimize your manufacturing capabilities.
Better Management with Glacier
There’s nothing wrong with turning toward experts to address or solve a problem. Glacier Consultants have years of industry expertise and knowledge that will help you get your organization operating at maximum efficiency through a variety of strategies and tactics.
Visit Glacier Consulting for more information on ongoing maintenance management, ISO certifications, and everything in between.
