The Comprehensive Guide To Preventive Maintenance

For utilities companies, success hinges on their ability to prevent equipment failure without wasting valuable time or resources. A strong preventive maintenance process can help them reduce costs, improve resource utilization, and boost their field workers’ productivity; but getting it right can be challenging.

Implementing preventive maintenance is often a balancing act for organizational leadership, who must contend with limited workforce visibility, inadequate tools, and complex scheduling requirements—all of which result in operational inefficiencies. To ensure efficient preventive maintenance operations, they need an effective process backed by powerful scheduling tools.

The right solution can help utilities leadership automate and optimize staff scheduling through the full spectrum of construction, operation, and maintenance across all locations. Despite scheduling complexities and multi-layered workflows, an intelligent platform can drive a cost-effective, scalable preventive maintenance operation.

Here, we’ll dive into all things preventive maintenance, including benefits, drawbacks, key considerations, best practices, and how powerful software can help.