YOUR TECHNOLOGY PARTNER IN:	MAINTENANCE BENCHMARKING	This page last updated on 03 July 2006. © All Rights Reserved.
CONSULTING 8 ROLES WE PLAY OUR CONSULTING TOOLBOX OUR MODUS OPERANDI INNOVATION MANAGEMENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CIP vs. INNOVATION LEAN CONCEPTS IMPLEMENTATION CASES PROJECT MANAGEMENT 5 PHASES 9 KNOWLEDGE AREAS GENERAL MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT MAINTENANCE DEVELOPMENT MAINTENANCE MODELS BENCHMARKING METHODS TO OPTIMIZE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS CHANGE MANAGEMENT WHY CHANGE? 5 PHASES OF CHANGE BEHAVIORS AND BELIEVES 4 CHARACTERS CHANGE CONSIDERATIONS HOW TO CHANGE KNOWLEDGE  MANAGEMENT LEARNING SYSTEMS LEARNER TYPES LEARNING METHODS LEARNING ASSESSMENTS SOCIAL ANALYSIS IMPLEMENTATION ABOUT..... WHO WE ARE OUR VISION OUR MISSION OUR STRATEGY OUR CONSULTANTS OUR POLICY	It is very often best to make use of an independent consulting company to assist and perform maintenance benchmarking, obtaining professional and expert advice and receive council.  Our consultants liaise with clients and other consultancies to compare, deliberate or compare views. We focus our efforts to make a difference; changing, improving, encouraging, guiding, counselling people who are and want to continuously grow.  Various maintenance benchmarking strategies exist.  The following are the main areas we use to benchmark your maintenance department: Maintenance Costs Breakdown Potential Plant Availability Analysis Overall Equipment Efficiency Maintenance Procedures Maintenance Strategies Maintenance Resources Spare Part Inventory Most important is to understand where the figures and data come from during a benchmarking exercise.  Consistency and transparency is critical, so one can measure any changes and over time, compare "apples with apples".  We would apply an international standard for benchmarking; VDI 2886, A Guide to Benchmarking Design. We would encourage you to foster partnerships when performing benchmarking.  Potential partnerships might be formed with: technical institutes universities consultants other companies in different industries utilizing similar systems other sister branches or companies your competitors your partners	Your Solutions Designer. P.O.Box 2715, Krugersdorp, 1740, Gauteng, South Africa admin@peproj.com Brain Storming: "Release Your Creativity!!" Affinity Diagram: "Unify Ideas?" Brain Writing: "108 Ideas, under 30 minutes, from 6 participants" The Delhi Method: "Elicit Ideas" Random Simulation: "Analogize your Problems" Mind Mapping: "Visualize your Notes"