Terry Wireman, Senior Industry Analyst, Genesis Solutions, Ridgefield, CT
Articles
Benchmarking or performance measurement: Which is right for your plant?
Most companies today are looking for some parameter by which to measure their maintenance function. However, there is confusion about what the parameter should be. In addition, there is considerable confusion about the difference between a performance measure and a benchmark. To clearly understand the difference and how both should be used in an organization's effort to improve, it is necess...
Managing Predictive Maintenance
In many companies today, maintenance is not treated as a strategic business function. Over the last decade, however, it has been clearly shown that maintenance has tremendous impact on a company's profitability. In cases where maintenance doesn't seem to contribute to a company's profitability, it is usually due to the fact maintenance is never developed strategically.