All efforts should be concentrated on tasks that add value. It is very important that everyone understands and appreciates the company s business. Only the people who participate within its set boundaries limit a PM program. Those willing to push those boundaries will be rewarded with equipment that is more reliable and a knowledge that allows them to predict how that equipment will perform under any circumstance. Once the tools are in place, the people that use them must be committed to the process.
Imagination is the only limiting factor.
I would offer a word of caution for those that cannot stand pain. Keep doing it the way you have always done it and nothing will change. But if you can tolerate the pain of change, the rewards are worth it. Charlie Harrell, a PM supervisor at Cryovac, a division of Sealed Air Corp., has worked in a maintenance environment for 36 years. I would like to dispel several maintenance myths and offer some explanation as to their invalidity.