Use Benchmarks To Judge

摘要

Easy profit gains or simple changes for the better are often described as "low-hanging fruit," implying small effort is needed to grab those improvements. So what does that say about wasted maintenance dollars, described by one consultant as fruit lying on the ground just waiting to be picked up? "One-third of every maintenance dollar is waste," says Preston Ingalls, president/CEO of TBR Strategies, a maintenance and reliability consulting firm. "There's not efficient planning — a high reliance on reactive maintenance. We spend so much money on maintenance and do such a poor job preparing the resources."