Machine maintenance is the general routine that ensures mechanical assets are kept running with the minimization of downtime. Machine maintenance can be done before or after a mechanical breakdown technicality. It ensures damaged, worn out, and misaligned parts are frequently replaced. Maintenance ensures that the objectives of an organization are met as well as the task at hand.
It also helps the organization to meet production schedules with minimum costs, reduce loss due to stoppage as well as increase the safety of the employees. To ensure the machine is working effectively, there needs to be frequent service checkups and emergency checkups.
There is the need to hire qualified staff within the organization to ensure that technicalities and emergencies are met to reduce employee idle time and loss due to stoppage. Effective ways to improve machine maintenance include:
Scheduled and Planned Maintenance
Planning ensures that all the equipment, parts, and manpower are available at the time and point of need to ensure that production runs smoothly. A strategic plan ensures that problems are identified before failure occurs and repair is done within the minimum time possible to reduce the risk of losses.
Effective planning prevents the risk of emergency breakdowns and ways of meeting unpredictable occurrences. A team of experts is deployed for the analysis of the unexpected events and strategies are laid down on measures to be taken in such cases.
A critical audit is as well important to distribute expenses to be able to cater to the company’s needs and maintain its financial state and profit. Appropriate planning gives a smooth and systematic mode of running the organization. A well-organized system is facilitated by appropriate planning to as well be able to meet the market needs due to stiff competition in the industry.
Safety and Protection Strategy
Protection and safety are key in any organization that requires manpower and labor in working with the machinery for production. Workers should be kept safe by ensuring that they have the appropriate personal protective equipment while working.
The employees should as well be educated on the importance of putting on protective gear and trained on how to use the machinery in the organization. There should be a supervisor as well at all times to give working instructions as well as give a direction in case of any emergency. The organization should ensure that the employees are insured against any accidents at the workplace. A team of medical practitioners should be available at all times to facilitate first aid in case of any emergency during work.
It is the utmost duty of the employee to ensure that the workers are given regular breaks or a rotation of shifts to get water and lunch breaks. There should be regular checkups of switches, wiring, power chords, and electrical equipment to ensure safety from electricity.
Precision Maintenance
The precision maintenance strategy ensures that tasks are performed accurately, with consistency as well as to be able to meet the production patterns. To be able to meet precision, workers should be trained and equipped with skills to perform the task fast and accurately.
Lubricants and spare parts should be of standard quality and be free from contamination to ensure work efficiency. Working tools and equipment should be readily available and enough for all the employees for maximum output that ensures that the employees are not idle. Workers should be given quality work tools and personal protective equipment that ensures that they are used for the required period and are safe for the workers.
Management should ensure that work schedules are efficient and easy to follow thus maintaining consistency in the workflow. Precision is, therefore, maintained through the overall collaboration of the employees and management in any organization.
Evaluation of Performance
Measurement and performance evaluation is achieved when there is data. The evaluation depends on records that show the past flow of events and a future prediction can be created and achieved through data and statistics. Charts and data bar graphs are used for measurement and risks are foreseen hence strategies to meet the risks are made.
When the data is accurate on the performance of a machine, the management can choose the machine’s working pattern. The right maintenance strategy is deducted from a reliable performance that can lead to more and better production. A team of experts is employed to ensure accuracy and a reliable data system is maintained for future reference as well as be able to create correctional measures. There should be a balance between past and present performance and modes of improving future performance.
Management of an organization is responsible for ensuring a systematic way of data analysis and strategies to ensure that there is a reliable means of performance system. The data should be used to compare past performance and be able to improve future results.
In conclusion, depending on the type of assets used, an effective strategy should ensure that appropriate means are used for maximum output. A perfect balance may not be easy to achieve but the ultimate goal for every performance should be achieved through effective strategies.
Machine maintenance affects every employee and asset in the organization. Maintenance tasks such as lubrication, testing, checking, and replacing damaged parts ensure excellent performance since the risk of loss and damage is minimized. To ensure maintenance, management should ensure that it hires qualified staff that commits most of their time in the production plant.
The employees should take time to study patterns and flow of events to meet the dynamic industry. The organization should also ensure frequent interactions with other similar firms to create strategies for better performance and be able to beat competition.
