Maintenance Strategy Guides
RCM, OEE, MTBF/MTTR, KPIs, root cause analysis, and PM programme design — the strategic layer that turns technical maintenance into business performance.
A maintenance strategy defines how each asset is maintained: reactive (run-to-fail), preventive (time/usage-based), predictive (condition-based), or proactive (eliminate failure root causes). The optimal strategy mix is determined by asset criticality, failure mode characteristics (age-related vs random), and the cost of downtime vs maintenance intervention.
Reliability Frameworks
Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM)
The seven-question RCM process, FMEA, failure consequence categories, task selection logic, and how to implement a streamlined RCM analysis.
Equipment Criticality Analysis
Risk matrix approach to ranking assets — safety, production, environmental, and maintenance cost factors — and how to use criticality to prioritise your PM programme.
Performance Metrics
Maintenance KPI Guide
The 12 essential maintenance KPIs: PM compliance, wrench time, backlog weeks, schedule compliance, MTBF, MTTR, and cost per unit produced — with formulas and benchmarks.
MTBF & MTTR Calculation Guide
Mean time between failures and mean time to repair — how to calculate both from your CMMS data, and how to use them to set maintenance intervals.
OEE Calculation Guide & Calculator
Overall Equipment Effectiveness formula, availability/performance/quality components, world-class OEE benchmarks, and six big losses framework.
Root Cause Analysis
PM Programme Design
Preventive Maintenance Checklist Template
Printable PM checklist templates for electrical, mechanical, and rotating equipment — structured for CMMS import.
Maintenance Planning & Scheduling
Work order workflow, job planning steps, scheduling principles (loading to 85% capacity), and backlog management.
Spare Parts Inventory Management
Critical spares identification, min/max stocking levels, ABC-XYZ analysis, and strategies to reduce warehouse holding costs without increasing risk.