More than two-thirds of businesses still question the need for preventative maintenance

Manufacturing Engineering, Mar 2005

For many businesses, a planned maintenance strategy is critical to reducing equipment failure and downtime, meeting industry safety requirements, and ensuring business continuity and plant availability in order to maximize productivity and profitability. "Increasing the availability of equipment can clearly have an impact down the entire supply chain," adds Dunks.

"Reliable equipment enables organizations to complete customer orders on time and at the pre-determined unit cost. This delivers what the customer wants, when they want it and at the right price."