Preventive Maintenance Strategy
How a maintenance program is structured — and why running until something breaks is the most expensive strategy in the long run.
Downloadable Template
Preventive Maintenance Work Order
A ready-to-print, fill-in-the-blank form — print it, complete it on site, and keep a signed copy for your records.
Three Maintenance Strategies
Time-based, condition-based, and run-to-failure — distinct strategies, each appropriate for different equipment.
Building a PM Schedule
A real PM schedule balances the manufacturer's recommendations, observed in-service performance, and the cost of a single failure.
Work Order Discipline
An undocumented PM is a PM that didn't happen, regardless of what was actually done.
Measuring PM Program Effectiveness
An effective PM program has a measurable signature — too many emergency breakdowns or too many PMs in a year both indicate a problem.
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