Through continuous improvement, lean manufacturing and lean maintenance one is able
to target the identification and elimination of waste of resources. The problem of undermaintaining
an asset is often addressed through loss-elimination and continualimprovement
programmes. The problem of over-maintaining, by comparison, receives
relatively little attention. Left unattended, the over-maintaining of systems continues to
increase maintenance costs and squander scarce maintenance resources. Industries in
Nigeria have been lax in their approaches to setting PM intervals: for instance