Key Questions
The following key questions are answered in this module:
What are some examples a CMMS should be able to keep track of?
Equipment repair history and historical equipment repair trends, preventive and predictive maintenance schedules and metrics, work procedures that include pictures of equipment, and spare parts and other materials used.
What is Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO)?
The acronym "MRO" stands for "maintenance, repair, and operations", which are the activities normally engaged in by a company conducting its normal business, whether it's manufacturing a product or maintaining a building. It is also the acronym many companies refer to when purchasing or assigning spare parts, or other items supporting a company's ongoing business.
What are the benefits of tracking all time on a work order?
Accurate time tracking permits management to forecast and allocate the necessary personnel and financial resources to support future operations, as well as to verify whether resources are adequate on an ongoing basis.
How are the breakdown work requests prioritized?
Safety is always priority one. Priority number two would be a breakdown of critical equipment. Priority number three would be equipment breakdowns which are not truly critical to the continuation of operations and that can possible be worked around or lived without, for a short period of time. The lowest priority of work order type would fall in the "general repair" category, meaning to address something which is wrong, but is not causing any immediate danger, or loss of business-running ability.
How would you describe preventive maintenance?
Preventive maintenance encompasses performing regular equipment inspection, lubrication, belt change-outs, minor mechanical adjustments, and performing an overall assessment of the health of the equipment.