This page provides further reading to the article "A new approach to support change in Maintenance Management" by Carlo Schildermans. This article was published in the Asset Performance Magazine by BEMAS.
Companies are facing major challenges that require adjustments to the organization of maintenance.
Challenges
Challenges for the organization of maintenance:
- Accommodating growth
- Recruiting personnel
- Utilizing Industry 4.0
- Other developments, e.g., energy transition.
We make a distinction between ‘defining change’ and ‘absorbing change’.
Defining change
Facets of defining change for the organization of maintenance:
- Work processes
- Organization
- Systems
- Performance management
- General issues.
Absorbing change
Options for absorbing change in the organization of maintenance:
- Assign a sparring partner
- Appoint a (temporary) Shadow Maintenance Manager
- Get help, for instance from a coach or an expert team of problem solvers.
PDM | Industrial Excellence
PDM helps maintenance organizations through the change process by…
- Deploying superior skills and competencies – we use all our expertise
- Applying tailor-made approaches – we strive for the highest impact
- Focusing on the why and how of the change – we want lasting success.
Backlog Improvement in a maintenance organization
Our assignment at Mead Johnson Nutrition provides a good example of our approach to support change in Maintenance Management. Here PDM acted as Shadow Maintenance Manager, while a backlog team of our experts dealt with overdue work orders and we provided coaching and training courses for employees.
Click to read more about the project “Backlog Improvement in a maintenance organization” and feel free to contact us for additional information.
PDM took up the assignment on very short notice, easily scaling up to the required level. The PDM employees who analyzed the problem, came up with appropriate solutions. They played an important role in our organization to implement these solutions. The challenges within our operation were thoroughly addressed and with the necessary maturity. Moreover, they introduced the right ideas at the right time. This helped us to improve our plant results.