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Tracking Cost/Effectiveness
The cost and effectiveness of die repair (reactive main- tenance) and preventive-maintenance programs should be tracked separately. When taking this route, manufacturers often find that
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they spend too lit- tle time on pre- ventive mainte- nance programs.
“The cost and effectiveness of die repair (reactive maintenance) and preventive- maintenance programs should be tracked separately.”
The graph on
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Cost Savings via
PPM, illustrates
how predictive/preventive maintenance (PPM) can double cost savings. The total cost for die repair, often because PPM is lacking, includes costs for machine downtime, overtime and expedited part shipments to the customer resulting from downtime. So, while increased PPM activity increases main- tenance costs, the resulting savings from unexpected failures and related downtime often more than offset those costs.
Interested in learning more about die maintenance? Consider attending PMA’s Die Maintenance and Troubleshooting sem- inar in Greenville, SC, February 19-20. Contact Marianne Sichi at msichi@pma.org or visit www.pma.org/meetings. MF
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