Talk the language of your CFO to get your RCM program approved
August 19, 2010
CFO’s are tasked with reducing operations and maintenance costs according to the Aberdeen Group’s research. So, analyze and estimate the impact of an RCM program to prevent unplanned downtime, improve OEE and assure production capacity when its needed. You will get their attention when you talk their language .... Money.
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Comments (1)
While maintenance will always be needed, it can certainly be greatly reduced. That is, if we put our money where the most benifit can be realized.
Maintenance that helps equipment last longer, reduces down time, and keeping costly replacements to a minimum.
Preventive or proactive maintenance is one area that should be increased as an investment. The savings will be forthcoming and sustained.
The problem is primary care is being pushed to the wayside because of under staffing. While this is seen as a money saving step in some areas, the reverse may be seen in others. Replacing equipment rather than lubricant seems like a costly endeavor.
Preventive Maintenance such as Lubrication is probably taking the biggest hit. Lube techs are being asked to cover two, three, and even four routes per day. This is not even enough time to verify oil levels in all the sight glasses. Oil quality cannot be insured or even monitored. Greasing has been unavoidably put off because of this overwhelming condition.
For those of us who care, this is quite a frustrating experience. For a company at large, this can only lead to the necessary replacement of equipment and unfortunately unavoidable down time.
Predictive Maintenance such as vibration analysis is another tool that cannot predict accurately without the quality of the lubricant being known. So, the importance of our machinery lubrication technicians and the time they need to insure the maximum life cycle of our equipment is attained is priceless.
Just a reminder, Proactive Maintenance for lubrication is in fact the heart and soul of all PM’s and everything that runs depends on the quality of that lubricant. Oil is what gets things rolling, but the quality of that oil is what keeps things rolling.
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1) Posted 7:46 am, 31 August 2010 by Garry Sands