Building a PM Program BRICK BY BRICK

摘要

Which came first, the PM program or the emergencies? I once casually asked an eighty-five year old woman how she kept her large old farmhouse so clean. Expecting a simple "Thanks" for the compliment, I was surprised when she began to explain her method. "First you take a broom and sweep the kitchen ....", she said, and then continued to describe the steps in keeping a house clean. The simple but effective view she took to housekeeping made me think about a common obstacle of preventive maintenance cited by maintenance managers. Too many managers I meet today state that there is no time to perform preventive maintenance because a large part of their workforce is dedicated to emergency repairs. Paradoxically, these managers usually realize that if they had an effective PM program they wouldn't have the emergencies.