Preventive Maintenance Basics

Preventive maintenance strategy is one of the main maintenance strategies employed and practiced in most of the industries. The core objective of preventive maintenance is to prolong the lifetime of your asset, and to keep it not only running but also healthy, effective and ready to deliver its desired performance. We are even using preventive maintenance in our daily life, when we check our car tyres or when we periodically replace the engine oil.

Developing and applying a preventive maintenance program is not an easy task, and it requires the commitment and discipline of all concerned parties in addition to the support and follow up of the top management.

Applying preventive maintenance strategy accompanied with pros and cons, and preventive maintenance is not cost effective unless adopted by other types of maintenance strategies.

Preventive maintenance is not a cost effective strategy unless it is adopted through other types of strategies

In this course will go through various topics related to preventive maintenance, its definition, advantages, disadvantages, classifications, examples, tools, and how to develop a preventive maintenance program, in addition to some of the critical factors required for the success of the preventive maintenance program in any organization.

Last but least, we will get to know some of the crucial KPIs or key performance indicators, to measure the success and efficiency of the preventive maintenance program.