The success of an internally managed PPM system is the complete understanding of the process, from putting together the asset register to scheduling and production of the work orders.
A major supplier of CMMS in the UK estimates that in-house systems have an eighty percent failure rate unless the principles of PPM are fully understood. Once the system is ready to go live, we provide full training on a one to one basis for the engineering team.
Following the go-live we provide hand-holding for an agreed length of time and carry out advisory visits at the client’s request.
The starting point for any
system is to produce an asset register that includes all critical assets within
the production plant. The register will include equipment directly involved
with product manufacture as well as support equipment such as pumps and
compressors.
A maintenance plan is drawn
up for each of the assets. Each plan will bring together our experience, local
knowledge and manufacturers recommendations.
Some assets will have more than
one plan, not all tasks require downtime. Our clients quickly realise that a
lot of routines are carried out during production time. The feedback from these
activities focuses the plan over the following weeks so that the plan will change and
update on a regular basis to optimise the use of the available downtime.
