Leverage The Value Of Equipment Management

摘要

Whether you own one machine or a large fleet, an equipment management plan will help you manage any machine throughout its entire life cycle. From pre-acquisition to disposal or resale, with a plan in place, you'll realize a machine's highest utilization and productivity―at the lowest owning and operating cost. Most equipment management experts agree that with the right planning, 80 percent of earthmoving equipment repairs should be scheduled in advance of failure, yet they estimate that 80 percent of repairs actually occur after catastrophic failure. Experts also note that, even without figuring in lost production, failure repair costs typically run triple the costs of before-failure repairs. That's why a comprehensive equipment management plan that covers all aspects of productivity, service and maintenance is so important. It is especially critical because today's sophisticated equipment requires preventive maintenance and repair at the optimal time. If that doesn't happen, you can incur unnecessary and costly expenses. And if you're managing a large fleet, the potential for such problems becomes magnified.