{"id":288,"date":"2009-10-30T09:48:57","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T13:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psiwebware.com\/blog\/?p=288"},"modified":"2014-02-20T14:36:42","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T19:36:42","slug":"preventive-maintenance-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/cmms-software-5\/preventive-maintenance-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventive Maintenance Value"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Budgets are tighter than ever, and\u00a0facilities have been &#8220;stretching&#8221; the frequencies on\u00a0Preventive Maintenance (PM) in order to cope.\u00a0 Some facilities have stopped most PM and are going back to a break\/fix maintenance plan.<\/p>\n<p>When times are tough, is it reasonable to stop Preventive Maintenance\u00a0until the equipment actually fails?\u00a0\u00a0In some cases these measures are required due to cash flow and profitability concerns.\u00a0 However, the past\u00a0has proven\u00a0that the facility will have higher maintenance costs due to reduced\u00a0equipment life and\u00a0wasted energy.\u00a0 Many estimates have demonstrated about a 30% increase in maintenance costs over just a few years.<\/p>\n<p>If &#8220;stretching&#8221; is required, a good place to start is with\u00a0a thorough inventory of the facility, which includes information on the condition of the systems, equipment and components.\u00a0 This provides a starting point for decisions about revised PM frequencies.<\/p>\n<p>This process can be streamlined through a CMMS or Computerized Maintenance Management System.\u00a0 <a title=\"CMMS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.psiwebware.com\/cmms\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">CMMS<\/a> software is built for organizing PM programs.\u00a0 When doing your planning for PM frequencies, if you are unsure of how often to check a piece of equipment or system, the manufacturer&#8217;s manuals and recommendations are always good to use as a reference. The best maintenance programs are customized to fit the specific needs of your building, climatic conditions, and tenants.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Preventive Maintenance frequencies are &#8220;stretched&#8221;, using a PM program in your facility is still the best way to keep your building and your budget in tip top shape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even if Preventive Maintenance frequencies are &#8220;stretched&#8221;, using a PM program in your facility is still the best way to keep your building and your budget in tip top shape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[41],"tags":[6,10],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"psp_head":"<title>Preventive Maintenance Value \u2013 PSIwebware - Hometown of TAMS<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Even if Preventive Maintenance frequencies are &quot;stretched&quot;, using a PM program in your facility is still the best way to keep your budget in tip top shape.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/cmms-software-5\/preventive-maintenance-value\/\" \/>\r\n","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ATPx-4E","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":738,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions\/738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}