as it does to product quality. For instance equipment failures
affect climate control in buildings and the punctuality of
transport networks as much as they interfere with the consistent achievement of specified tolerances in manufacturing.
Another result of growing automation is the rising number
of failures which have serious safety or environmental consequences, at a time when standards in these areas are rising
fast. Many parts of the world are reaching the point where
organisations either conform to society's safety and environmental expectations, or they get shut down. This adds
an order of magnitude to our dependence on the integrity
of our physical assets – one which goes beyond cost and
becomes a simple matter of organisational survival.
At the same time as our dependence on physical assets
is growing, so too is their cost – to operate and to own. To
secure the maximum return on the investment which they
represent, they must be kept working efficiently for as
long as their users want them to.
These developments mean that maintenance now plays
an increasingly central role in preserving all aspects of the
physical, financial and competitive health of the organization. This in turn means that maintenance professionals
owe it to themselves and their employers to equip themselves with the tools needed to address these issues continuously, proactively and directly, rather than deal with
them on an ad hoc basis when time permits
as it does to product quality. For instance equipment failures
affect climate control in buildings and the punctuality of
transport networks as much as they interfere with the consistent achievement of specified tolerances in manufacturing.
Another result of growing automation is the rising number
of failures which have serious safety or environmental consequences, at a time when standards in these areas are rising
fast. Many parts of the world are reaching the point where
organisations either conform to society's safety and environmental expectations, or they get shut down. This adds
an order of magnitude to our dependence on the integrity
of our physical assets – one which goes beyond cost and
becomes a simple matter of organisational survival.
At the same time as our dependence on physical assets
is growing, so too is their cost – to operate and to own. To
secure the maximum return on the investment which they
represent, they must be kept working efficiently for as
long as their users want them to.
These developments mean that maintenance now plays
an increasingly central role in preserving all aspects of the
physical, financial and competitive health of the organization. This in turn means that maintenance professionals
owe it to themselves and their employers to equip themselves with the tools needed to address these issues continuously, proactively and directly, rather than deal with
them on an ad hoc basis when time permits
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