PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE WORKS

摘要

Two decades after the Pentagon issued a memo on the future of predictive maintenance, a top federal watchdog says the military hasn't fully reaped its benefits. A Dec. 8 Government Accountability Office report argues that lackluster oversight, a dearth of concrete objectives and little buy-in among rank-and-file maintain-ers are keeping the Defense Department from saving money, time and even lives. "While the military services have begun piloting predictive maintenance programs on some weapon systems, they do not replace parts or components regularly based on predictive maintenance forecasts," GAO said. "By developing plans to implement predictive maintenance, including action plans and milestones for weapon systems, the services would be better positioned to determine where, when and how to effectively adopt it." Predictive maintenance has garnered more attention in the past few years as the idea of machine-learning algorithms and "big data" gain traction.