Manufacturing industries evolved with 3M principle i.e. Man, Machine, Material however over the years with changing market dynamics additional “M”s are added such as 4M – Method, 5M – Measurement, and 6M – Maintenance. In this blog, we would like to focus on the 6th “M” i.e. Maintenance.
The concept of equipment maintenance has continually evolved since its inception. It started with a traditional way of maintenance where all the activities were planned and executed manually where there was no measurement and proper management. The next breakthrough evolution happened when Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) was introduced to better plan and track the maintenance work. This has helped not only with better maintenance management but resulted in critical information getting stored around maintenance activities.
Now in the third wave termed as “Transformation” where the maintenance data stored in the CMMS is analyzed to track the efficiency of the maintenance process and certain informed decisions are taken to prevent the machines from breakdown. The idea of Predictive Analytics has played a major role in this transformation wave supported by various tools and techniques currently made available by the technology partners to perform these analytics. Industries in different sectors are now moving towards leveraging these technology transformation solutions for the overall Plant Maintenance process from execution, planning, to the measurement of the maintenance effort to achieve “Smart and Efficient Maintenance”.
The plant maintenance team plays a critical role in the manufacturing industry by performing preventive maintenance, maintain higher equipment uptime through minimal breakdowns, reduce the inventory cost and these efforts have an important effect on profitability. To help the maintenance team achieve their goals consistently a CMMS plays an anchoring role.
A good CMMS will ensure that production systems operate as they are designed to, downtime is minimized and productivity is increased. While a CMMS may have seemed like a daunting task added to their maintenance work at one point, technicians these days are more computer savvy and see a CMMS as an integral part of their maintenance.
With a CMMS, it’s much easier to organize your maintenance goals, create a plan, and see that it’s implemented throughout your company. Involving the maintenance department in the design process will benefit from their experience and interest in the strategy.
The benefits a good CMMS can offer your maintenance personnel to gain better efficiencies:
1. Planning and Scheduling the Preventive and Calibration Maintenance.
2. Ensure the availability of maintenance personnel and spares.
3. Execution of the maintenance activities as per SOPs (checklists, measuring points, approvals etc)
4. Better control of corrective and breakdown maintenance.
5. Measurement of critical KPIs such as Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), Mean Time To Failure (MTTF), Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
6. Improving inventory control.
7. Reducing repair costs.
8. Reducing downtime and much more.
To help the industries benefit from these offerings, the selection and adoption of a proven CMMS solution is very critical. The best CMMS solution is always characterized by how efficiently it addresses the current goals and also it’s a readiness to offer the upcoming industry trends such as predictive maintenance.
Coming back to the basic 3Ms of the industry, Machines are critical however to increase the availability and lifespan of the Machines your maintenance Men is equally an important asset. So to make your Maintenance team more efficient at work the CMMS plays a crucial role.
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