Preventive Maintenance Pays For Itself In the First Failure You Avoid

Every maintenance program dies the same way. It gets postponed during a busy month, then never gets rescheduled.

Put It On the Calendar, Not the Task List

A task list is a suggestion. A calendar entry with a name attached is a commitment. The programs that survive are the ones with a specific person and a specific date.

Track the Failures You Prevent

Maintenance budgets get cut because the savings are invisible. Log every worn part replaced before it failed, and attach the cost of the outage it would have caused.

• Date and asset
• Condition found
• Estimated downtime avoided
• Cost of the emergency call you did not make

Seasonal Beats Monthly

Monthly programs create a lot of low value visits. Two or three well scoped seasonal visits usually catch the same problems with less disruption and a smaller invoice.