Preventive maintenance plans are simply plans put in place to ensure all recommended and required preventive maintenance is performed on the tools and equipment in your facility. This can include everything for personal protective equipment to power tools to massive generators. Basically, everything within your facility will wear, and preventive maintenance is designed to prolong the life your equipment while maintaining the efficacy of the safety protocols of the devices.

Unfortunately, if you do not already have a well structured preventive maintenance plan in place, establishing one can be difficult. You need to inventory your entire facility down to the serial number in an effort to determine both the minimum manufacturer recommended maintenance and the industry standards for the equipment. Next, you need to design a system which requires daily checks and procedure verifications to ensure everything is running smoothly and properly maintained. Finally, you need to create a program designed to allow you to introduce new equipment into the preventive maintenance plan and remove old equipment.

The hassle of creating a preventive maintenance plan is, however, far outweighed by the benefits. You reduce your bottom line, help ensure employee health and safety, and increase the life of your equipment. Further, a well designed and implemented preventive maintenance plan will help you comply with just in time and six sigma standards.

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