Various factors and issues are required to be considered for measurement of the maintenance productivity performance. Some of the important factors which need to be considered for measuring maintenance productivity are:
1. The value created by the maintenance: the most important factor in maintenance productivity measurement system is to measure the value created by maintenance process. As a manager, one must know that what is being done is what is needed by the business process, and if the maintenance output is not contributing/creating any value for the business, it needs to be restructured. This brings to the focus on doing the right things keeping in view the business objectives of the company. 2. Revising allocations of resources: the purpose for measuring the maintenance productivity effectiveness is to determine the additional investment requirement and to justify the investment made to the management. Alternatively, such measurement of activities also permits to determine the need for change of what is being done or how to do it more effectively by utilising the allocated resources. 3. Health Safety and Environmental (HSE) Factors: it is essential to understand the contribution of maintenance productivity towards HSE issues. An inefficient maintenance performance can lead to incidents and accidents (safety issue) and other health hazards, besides the environmental issues and encouraging an unhealthy work culture. 4. Knowledge Management: many companies focus on effective management of knowledge in their companies. Since technology is ever changing and is changing faster in the new millennium, this has brought in new sensors and embedded technology, information and communication technology (ICT) and condition based inspection technology like vibration, spectroscopy, thermography and others, which is replacing preventive maintenance with predictive maintenance. this necessitates a systematic approach for the knowledge growth in the specific field of specialization. 5. New trends in operation and maintenance strategy: companies need to adopt new operating and maintenance strategy in quick response to market demand, as well for the reduction of production loss and process waste. This strategy need to be continuously reviewed and modified.