Why Maintenance Departments Regress

The maintenance department is responsible for keeping plants operating efficiently and economically. This gives the business a competitive advantage in terms of reliability and costs.

Over time, some companies begin to lose this role. There are only fragments of good practices left, with the maintenance area’s current results being unsatisfactory.

In this article, William Jacobyansky shares his experience, discussing situations that cause maintenance departments to go back to using antiquated methods and strategies. These situations also serve as a warning, since they keep the maintenance area from acting in a purely reactive manner, which prevents it from being strategic.

Language: English

Author

William Jacobyansky

William Jacobyansky is the owner of Strategic Maintenance Consortium consulting. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and a master’s degree in industrial administration from Carnegie Mellon University, along with more than 30 years of industrial maintenance experience in nuclear power, wood products, glass, shingle, dry wall, air separation, paper, food, foundry and plastic extrusion.