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Maintainability<\/h1>

Everything you ever needed to know about maintainability.<\/h2><\/header>Free CMMS Buyer's Guide<\/span><\/a>\n
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What is maintainability?<\/h2>\n

Maintainability<\/span> describes how quickly and easily technicians can detect defects, locate the affected equipment, and return assets to <\/span>operational condition<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maintainability<\/span> is an important concept in manufacturing, <\/span>software engineering<\/span>, and other fields. The easier it is to perform <\/span>repairs and maintenance<\/span><\/a> on an asset, the higher its <\/span>maintainability<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You can measure <\/span>maintainability<\/span> by calculating an asset\u2019s <\/span>mean time between failures (<\/span>MTBF<\/span>)<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>mean time to repair<\/span> (<\/span>MTTR<\/span>)<\/span><\/a>. These KPIs track the <\/span>average time<\/span> your equipment spends operational and the time it takes technicians to get assets up and running after identifying problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both <\/span>planned<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>unplanned<\/span><\/a> downtime<\/span> affect your organization\u2019s bottom line and production capabilities. Enforcing <\/span>high maintainability<\/span> standards helps to maximize equipment uptime. You and your technicians should aim to complete maintenance tasks as quickly as possible while incurring the lowest possible <\/span>maintenance costs<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"RAMMaintainability and its relation with reliability and maintenance<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/span><\/h2>\n

Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability<\/span><\/a>
\nSix best practices for asset, system, and software maintainability enhancement<\/a>
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Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability<\/h2>\n

Maintainability<\/span> is closely related to the concepts of reliability and availability. Together, all three ensure professionals understand the performance of their equipment and continually maintain an effective asset management program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The acronym RAM combines the three terms. <\/span>RAM analysis<\/span><\/a> provides insights for developing best practices to minimize <\/span>downtime<\/span> and <\/span>lifecycle costs<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n