Patent ID: 7613624

Claim:
A computerized method for diagnosing and defining actions for improvement in maintenance management comprising the steps of: collecting data relating to maintenance usage and maintenance-related policies and practices in an automated data processing device; using a defined set of characteristics, in the automated data processing device, for each of a plurality of levels of achievement to derive a diagnosis of maintenance management effectiveness, said diagnosis comprising a plurality of effectiveness elements and a level of achievement for each said effectiveness element and allowing quantification of a status of maintenance management practices; determining a relative priority for taking action for each of said effectiveness elements using an element gap analysis wherein a higher priority is accorded to those effectiveness elements in which a gap between a current practice and a best practice is the largest; determining at least one critical element for action based upon the relative priority for taking action; and automatically generating recommendations, from the automated data processing device, for improving said maintenance management effectiveness for each of said critical elements.