“Predictive maintenance is the solution”

Maher Al-Aghbar, executive director at Khidmah, says that predictive maintenance is estimated to save up to 30% of the cost of over functional programmes, spare parts, and consumables while positively impacting worker morale and environmental safety

- Maher Al-Aghbar

Long gone are the days when businesses had to repair or replace parts of a machine after it had broken down. Back then, a continuous examination was required to determine the condition of the different assets.

Manufacturers and factory managers could only react when it became apparent that a breakdown took place.

Reactive maintenance has always been linked with abrupt activity disruption, increased maintenance cost, shorter assets lifespan, lower safety, and inefficient maintenance labour practices resulting from reacting to the breakdown, only when it happens.

Meanwhile, preventative maintenance is another model whereby machine and other asset repairs could consume unnecessary resources, eat into operational costs, and effectively cripple smooth-running operations.