Conditioned reaction
The word ‘maintenance’ implies keeping things as they are, preserving the current state of affairs, retaining the status quo, more of the same, continuing along similar lines. The implication is that maintenance is a fixed pursuit that offers no room for improvement. This is wrong on two levels. First, it’s always possible to boost the performance of a maintenance regime. Indeed, it should be seen as critical in every factory’s continuous improvement cycle. Secondly, streamlining maintenance can lead to big improvements in the production process, huge savings, better consistency and increased reliability.
