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Step 2 – Develop a method to execute and monitor maintenance objectives , schedules , and tasks
• Create a Maintenance Scorecard ( KRAs & KPIs ) – A scorecard should be created and measure progress against a target . I like visual scorecards when used with maintenance teams that clearly show progress towards our goals and if we are winning or losing . Considerations should be given to leading and lagging indicators and include safety , compliance , and asset indicators along with traditional maintenance cost measures .
• Understand Fleet Criticality , Functionality & Risk – by understanding which assets are the most critical to the success of your organisation , minimum functionality requirements and key risks preventing these assets from operating allows you to allocate more resources towards maintaining these assets .
• Establish Maintenance Schedules and Tasks – Maintenance Schedules and Tasks in their simplest form are the Scheduled Services developed to maintain the asset . Whilst many only consider the original equipment manufacturers schedules I also include other tasks that I intend to undertake to ensure assets are functional and in good condition . Implementing brake roller testing at predefined intervals is an example of a maintenance task that may be considered important to mitigate the risk of brake failures and hence included within a Scheduled Service . It is important that Scheduled Services developed are communicated to your repair shops and ensure they understand your specific maintenance requirements .
Step 2 – Develop a method to execute and monitor maintenance objectives , schedules , and tasks
All the best laid plans wont deliver results unless they are executed with skill and care . The best Maintenance programs include a means of monitoring the execution of the plans that have already been established in step 1 and then monitoring failures that are impacting on asset functionality . Where failures are evident new strategies to eliminate or mitigate these newly identified failures are incorporated into your program . The best Maintenance programs are fluid and constantly adjusted to achieve your strategic objectives .
Key considerations :
• Implement Maintenance Planning – Good Maintenance Planning should include the monitoring and organising of scheduled maintenance with workshops to minimise asset downtime . In addition , all faults reported between scheduled services should be assessed to determine risk priorities and planned in a way that ensures the asset remains functional and safe .
• Monitor Asset Health – Technology can be implemented to monitor asset health as an added layer of protection and significantly improved uptime through maintenance prognostics and predictions even before asset fault codes are triggered .
• Manage and Code Repairs and Maintenance – All repairs and maintenance are to be managed to ensure it has been completed to a set quality standard and cost . Maintenance histories should be codified to allow further analysis to identify common failures or high cost systems within the asset .
• Analyse Maintenance Outcomes – Maintenance histories that have been codified can easily be analysed to understand the most maintenance events and highest costs . I utilise Vehicle Maintenance Repair System ( VMRS ) codes – systems codes , work codes and failure codes . Using the three codes together tells a more complete story than only using systems codes and helps identify failures that require root cause analysis .
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