An organization can live or die by its maintenance department. If things aren’t maintained well or maintenance resources aren’t spent where they matter most, it will be impossible for any business to get and stay ahead.
As a leader in the maintenance field, how do you know you’re giving your team the right direction and focusing on the right priorities? You may know just what to do when a lathe machine goes down or the A/C needs a tune-up, but how do you prioritize big projects, improve your program, and equip your department to support your company’s strategic objectives? It’s not like there is a handbook out there somewhere to guide you.
Well, now there is. To support the unsung heroes in the field of maintenance, Limble has collaborated with industry experts to write The Annual Maintenance Plan Handbook. It is a thorough “how-to” on building a plan that will give direction to your team, align with company goals, and elevate maintenance within your organization.
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Why Create an Annual Maintenance Plan?
A maintenance department could focus on an infinite number of projects, initiatives, and strategies in any given year. Rather than planning initiatives in a vacuum – or alternatively, not planning them at all and proceeding with a reactive, “the squeaky wheel gets the grease” approach – an Annual Maintenance Plan ensures your team’s work supports your company in tackling its biggest objectives. It ensures that you are prioritizing the projects that matter most and will have the biggest impact.
Leading a critical function like maintenance takes some forethought, not to mention buy-in from others in your company to get the collaboration, staff, or resources you need. A thoughtful annual maintenance plan helps you anticipate your department’s needs and make an informed case for investments. It also lays the groundwork for collaboration with other departments and reinforces the importance of maintenance to the entire organization.
Who Is This Handbook For?
The Annual Maintenance Plan Handbook is designed for any maintenance professional who wants to elevate their team and better align them with other departments – regardless of their role or their number of years in the field. Whether you’re an experienced manager getting introduced to a new organization or you’ve recently stepped into your first managerial role, The Annual Maintenance Plan Handbook will be a valuable reference tool.
This handbook is for any maintenance professional who wants to learn how to boost:
- Maintenance team effectiveness and efficiency
- The profile of the maintenance team within their organization
- Skills development and growth of the professionals on their team
- Support for maintenance initiatives among their organization’s leaders
- Organization within maintenance team operations
- Morale and cohesion among maintenance team members
What Does the Handbook Cover?
The Annual Maintenance Plan Handbook provides a step-by-step guide for planning, scheduling, and executing maintenance initiatives that make a meaningful impact on the organization as a whole. It will walk you through sections that explain, in detail, the process of:
- Digging into organizational pain points and high-level objectives
- Identifying metrics and maintenance-specific goals that support company objectives
- Determining a robust set of initiatives that will help achieve maintenance goals
- Gaining buy-in and support for maintenance work
- Establishing a structure for measuring and sharing the maintenance team’s successes
In addition, the story of Elmont Manufacturing is used throughout to demonstrate each step in the process with detailed examples and charts.
The Minds and Experience Behind the Handbook
With so many instructional videos, blogs, and whitepapers out there touting best practices for maintenance, The Annual Maintenance Plan Handbook stands apart for one reason in particular, its authors. Chris Ortiz and Bryan Christiansen have decades of experience on the ground, leading maintenance teams through challenges, and building solutions to help make their lives easier.
Handbook Co-Author, Chris Ortiz
Chris Ortiz is a renowned maintenance and process improvement professional with over 25 years of experience. He is the founder of two process improvement and equipment development consulting agencies and received the 2013 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Research. He has written numerous books on maintenance excellence and process improvement. In addition to his role as an independent thought leader and educator, he currently serves as the Maintenance Engineering Manager at Louws Truss.
Handbook Co-Author, Bryan Christiansen
Bryan Christiansen is the founder and CEO of Limble CMMS, and a self-taught full-stack developer turned entrepreneur. In 2015, Bryan interviewed hundreds of maintenance professionals and set out to build a software platform to support their work. Limble is now the industry’s leading and fastest-growing CMMS platform. Bryan continues to share his knowledge and experience as a thought leader, authoring countless articles in publications from Forbes to FacilitiesNet and MRO Magazine, contributing to the discourse that elevates and empowers maintenance professionals around the world.
An Annual Maintenance Plan For You
Organizations across industries are contending with numerous fast-evolving market pressures. A solid annual maintenance plan is a must-have resource for overcoming challenges in collaboration with leaders from across the organization. Click here to order a hard copy to keep in your back pocket, or download an electronic version in PDF format.
