maintenance

  • When Should You Do Maintenance and Repairs On Your Machines? Why?

    • June 21, 2023
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Manufacturing, Productivity, Safety
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    Factory machine in an empty factory. You should shut down at least once a year for heavy maintenance.

    Your factory’s maintenance program should be ongoing, not as a repair-as-needed reactive process. You need to be as proactive and preventative as possible. Basically, there are two kinds of maintenance you should be doing: 1) Heavy maintenance and 2) Running maintenance. Heavy maintenance:Once a year when you check everything and do all the heavy stuff

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  • Philosophy of Constant Cleaning in a Factory

    • November 20, 2019
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Management, Productivity, Safety
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    Constant cleaning in a factory means increased productivity and safety, as well as fewer maintenance issues.

    A friend was recently telling me about when he worked in a restaurant. When there were only a few customers, his manager used to say, “If there’s time to lean, there’s time to clean,” which is something I’ve heard myself over the years. It’s an important sentiment in some situations, like waiting tables at a

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