Global indicators for maintenance and availability performance

When a company wants to compare maintenance and availability performance internally or externally, it needs a common platform of predefined indicators so that it can compare apples to apples.

When a company wants to compare maintenance and availability performance internally or externally, it needs a common platform in terms of predefined indicators so that it can compare apples to apples. The Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals and the European Federation of National Maintenance Societies are taking on these challenges, having launched a joint activity to compare and document existing indicators for maintenance and reliability performance. This should help maintenance managers understand the indicators and the definitions of them. More information is available here .

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