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Maintenance Planning, Part 5

Dec. 22, 2014
Try clocking how many miles a day some maintenance people walk back and forth to the shop for things they should have with them.

So you've examined how each piece of equipment fits the maintenance focus. You've factored in safety and environmental issues. What you've got now is a good strategic plan. But what about tactics? How well are you planning for executing the strategy? Leaving tactics to chance will cause the strategy to fail.

Of course, you need procedures and skills training. But what about developing work organization skills and reducing non-value added time? Try clocking how many miles a day some maintenance people walk back and forth to the shop for things they should have with them. Or how long they stand at the tool crib waiting.

As you eliminate enough non-value added activity, you may save time equivalent to hiring two new people. But how? One tip is to make standard kits for specific jobs, so that nothing is forgotten when heading out to work on the equipment; it's in the kit. Another is to hire a runner to take parts to your skilled trades, rather than burning skilled trade time chasing parts.

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