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Maintenance Management<\/h1>

Everything you ever needed to know about maintenance management<\/h2><\/header>Free CMMS Buyer's Guide<\/span><\/a>\n
\n \n <\/span>Last updated on March 24, 2025<\/span>\n <\/span>\n bBrinton<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row kd_background_image_position=”vc_row-bg-position-top” css=”.vc_custom_1687442797424{margin-top: 40px !important;}” el_class=”limble-page-blog-width”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

What is maintenance management?<\/h2>\n

Maintenance management encompasses all of the processes involved in preserving a company\u2019s physical assets. Its main goal is to improve asset availability and reliability to maximize the efficacy of the company\u2019s core services. As such, it is a foundation for <\/span>industrial maintenance<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>facilities management<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From a practice that began as the sole preserve of the industrial sector, maintenance management has <\/span>evolved<\/span><\/a> significantly over the years. It has progressed from a tedious, often error-ridden exercise into a more precise, technology-backed system with the following objectives:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Planning maintenance work. <\/b>Through effective planning, organizations can efficiently distribute their time, labor, tools, and other maintenance resources to focus on proactive work and be able to quickly deal with arising asset issues.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Minimizing equipment failures and production downtime. <\/b>Well-managed asset maintenance helps to maximize equipment availability and performance. Even when downtime occurs, it is infrequent, and it is corrected quickly and efficiently.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Controlling maintenance costs. <\/b>MRO (maintenance, repair, operations)<\/span><\/a> activities can be a major part of the company\u2019s operational expenses. Most maintenance teams have to constantly perform a balancing act \u2013 trying to deliver quality maintenance work within a very limited maintenance budget.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Ensuring regulatory compliance. <\/b>Every industry has its set of regulations that could attract severe fines and penalties if flouted. And as far as regulatory agencies are concerned, if there\u2019s no traceable record, it didn\u2019t happen. Modern maintenance management comes with tools like CMMS that make it easier to automate and record inspections, conduct internal audits, and create the necessary reports.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Ensuring personnel and equipment safety. <\/b>By nature, many fixtures and equipment are hazardous when they malfunction (e.g. boilers, compressors, electrical installations, etc). Through proactive maintenance and safety training, maintenance management creates a safe and productive work environment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Guide to Moving from Reactive to Preventive Maintenance<\/h2>

    Want to transition away from costly reactive maintenance but don't know where to start? This guide has everything you need to know.<\/h6><\/header>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”top” kd_background_image_position=”vc_row-bg-position-top”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1631866454223{padding-right: 50px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-xs-12″ css_tablet_landscape=”.vc_custom_1631866454223{padding-right: 0px !important;}” css_tablet_portrait=”.vc_custom_1631866454223{padding-right: 0px !important;}” css_mobile=”.vc_custom_1631866454224{padding-right: 15px !important;}”][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image source=”external_link” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeIn” custom_src=”https:\/\/3975608.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/3975608\/Content%20Downloads\/Reactive%20to%20Preventive%20Guide%20mockup.png”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row kd_background_image_position=”vc_row-bg-position-top” css=”.vc_custom_1687442797424{margin-top: 40px !important;}” el_class=”limble-page-blog-width”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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

    Consequences of poor maintenance practices<\/span><\/a>
    \n    The scope of maintenance management<\/a>
    \n    Types of maintenance management approaches<\/a>
    \n    Setting up an efficient maintenance department<\/a>
    \n    Streamlining\u00a0work with maintenance management software<\/a>
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    Consequences of poor maintenance practices<\/h2>\n

    Maintenance is so interconnected and ingrained with business operations that any inefficiencies will eventually have a ripple effect throughout the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

    In the picture below, we see some implications of poor\/disorganized maintenance that are immediately obvious (increased labor, contracts, and materials costs). In comparison, there is so much more that is hidden and creeps up later (in the form of safety risks, lost production hours, higher energy costs, etc).<\/span><\/p>\n

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    All of those indirect maintenance costs can be eliminated, or at least minimized, through proper maintenance management.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row kd_background_image_position=”vc_row-bg-position-top” css=”.vc_custom_1687440273251{margin-top: 40px !important;}” el_class=”limble-page-blog-width”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

    The scope of maintenance management<\/h2>\n


    \nIn this chapter, we\u2019ll outline some of the major elements that make up the framework for maintenance management, as well as typical activities they include.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Work planning and management<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Maintenance management needs to allocate the needed resources and tools for organizing and planning preventive maintenance work, as well as for dealing with maintenance emergencies.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Typical activities include:<\/span><\/p>\n