[Blog] Why switching from Reactive Maintenance to Preventive Maintenance strategy is Remunerative
A famous one-liner quote explains everything about Preventive Maintenance Strategy,
"Prevention is better than cure"
Preventive Maintenance is a procedure devised to avert failures and extend the life of infrastructure, machines, software, facilities and various other entities. This is achieved by anticipating when there might be issues, rather than, wait for equipment to accrue issues.
Thus reduces unscheduled downtime and major repairs by implementing fixes before something goes wrong.
An example is a maintenance that is done on an air-conditioner every year before summer. With the maintenance plan in place, the maintenance is performed each time the calendar rolls over the specified number of days.
A recent study by Jones Lang LaSelle highlights how a telecommunications company saw a 545% return on investment (ROI) post implementing a preventive maintenance plan.
Despite the widely proven benefits of switching to preventive maintenance, around 60% of facilities are still depending on reactive maintenance as a major part of their overall maintenance strategy.
The Bottom line:
Planning is the biggest advantage of a preventive maintenance plan over less complicated strategies. Unplanned, reactive maintenance has many overhead costs that can be avoided during the planning process.
If your organization is currently depending solely on reactive maintenance, we would suggest you consider implementing preventive maintenance strategies that can apparently save hundreds of thousands of dollars every year.
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