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Benefits
Performing a Maintenance Audit typically has a very high rate of return,
often saving tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in the first
year. Some of the benefits of a Maintenance Audit include:
- Cost Reduction
- Reduce Downtime
- Reduce Maintenance
Emergencies
- Improve Equipment
Condition/Reliability
- Improve Planning
& Scheduling
- Improve Inventory
& Purchasing Processes
- Energize Maintenance
Staff
Standard Areas of Investigation
Performing a Maintenance Audit requires involving key plant and maintenance
personnel to go through virtually every stage of the maintenance program
from entering a work order through completing a job and putting the tools
away. Although American Trainco has outlined the areas of investigation,
our staff has the skill and experience to customize the audit to your
needs. Typical areas of investigation include:
- Maintenance Work
Process Flow
- Work order process
flow
- Preventive maintenance
set up and compliance
- Preventive maintenance
optimization (Right tasks at the right frequency)
- Equipment structure
and hierarchy
- Lean maintenance
- Parts inventory
control
- Parts inventory
ROP (how effectively it is used)
- Parts inventory
obsolescence management
- KPIs (Key Performance
Indicators)
- Parts Purchasing
- CMMS (Computerized
Maintenance Management System):
- Current reports
vs. desired reports
- Work order backlog
- CMMS functions
available and used
- Monitoring and
controlling maintenance costs using your CMMS
- Work order prioritization
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