The Purpose of Industrial Plant and Equipment Maintenance

Maintenance management is a key element of enterprise asset management and applies to the entire lifetime of your physical assets. The purpose of maintenance goes far beyond “fixing things”, it is the appropriate management of asset health over an asset's lifetime.

In this article, Mike Sondalini will provide an overview of some of the key concepts that are consistently relevant when it comes to maintenance in industrial operations. The goal is to provide an increased understanding and awareness of maintenance – of what it can do and what it cannot do - and to provide you with more information on the part you can play in this critical function.