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Maintenance Management – Understand the importance of this process

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The advancement of technology and the globalization of the economy have elevated maintenance management as one of the main guidelines in the industrial process. Over time, managers stopped looking at maintenance as an expense and started to study it as a way to optimize resources and increase efficiency.

 

What is Maintenance Management?

In summary, maintenance management is a set of techniques that aims to reduce the impact of maintenance expenses, acting to avoid breaks and interruptions in production and guaranteeing the quality of manufactured products.

The truth is that maintenance is not something in the contemporary world. Since the 16th century, with the appearance of mechanical watches, there were technicians specialized in assembly and assistance.

However, the excessive care and concern with this subject were born in the last decades. With increasingly agile processes and increased competition, the delivery time has become a key point in the industry. Thus, the motivation to prevent failures in equipment and machines began. In addition, the increasing demand for quality has also motivated more planned maintenance management.

However, can a defect in the machine influence the production process of the industry so much? Yes! Problems with equipment can cause interruption in production, delay in delivery, financial losses, increased costs and other headaches.

Companies that do not do a good maintenance management generally treat the issue as a way to “put out a fire”: they will act only after the machine breaks down, generating corrective maintenance that usually has much higher costs.

On the other hand, managers who think strategically work with the concept of “planned maintenance”, which can be divided into three subcategories:

 

Preventive maintenance

To prevent machines from failing or breaking and harming the industrial process, preventive maintenance focused on establishing intervals to repair basic equipment needs, such as cleaning and lubrication, for example.

In other words, detailed planning carried out, defining the frequency at which each machine be repaired. Therefore, the main factor here is time and the focus is on taking action before problems occur. To determine the correct evaluation period, it is important to use statistical data and the history of each equipment.

 

Predictive Maintenance

The function is very similar to preventive maintenance: to anticipate failures by avoiding unplanned problems. What changes here is the working method for achieving that goal.

In the case of predictive maintenance, the idea is to carry out periodic inspections to assess the condition of each equipment and to detect when a problem may occur. Thus, pressure, temperature, vibration tests, among others, carried out.

 

Corrective maintenance

We have already commented that corrective maintenance is the repair only done after the machine breaks down. However, there is the concept of “planned corrective maintenance”, which is when managers consciously wait for the problem to happen before taking action.

The difference is that when it planned, it known that there will be no unexpected losses to production and the equipment often does not even need to be repaired immediately. This happens when there is already a planned stoppage of production, or when there is a need to outsource the maintenance service, for example.

 

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How technology helps with maintenance management

The new technological tools were fundamental for the evolution of maintenance management. Today, there are solutions focused on improving operational efficiency in the industry and help in important points of maintenance management.

For example, software is able to gather data, plan services, issue alerts, create event histories, in short, perform all “digital management” of aspects related to maintenance.

In addition, there are solutions such as Novidá that monitor the movement of equipment and employees throughout the day. With an overview of what happens at the plant, it is possible to predict maintenance needs and analyze the time spent for these repairs. Find out more about our solution by talking to one of our experts!

In times when Lean Manufacturing methodology strengthened and efficiency is the word of the day, it is worth investing in technologies to better manage maintenance and, consequently, avoid expenses and problems that not previously foreseen.

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