Preventative Maintenance: A Strategy for Ensuring System Reliability

In process manufacturing (food, baking, pet food/treats, animal feed milling, plastic/rubber compounding, and much more), where efficiency and reliability are crucial to product and business success, the choice between maintenance strategies can significantly impact operations. Preventative and Predictive maintenance are two widely adopted maintenance strategies and approaches, each offering distinct advantages and disadvantages. This blog post will explore these strategies, evaluate their suitability for process manufacturing equipment, and debate why preventative maintenance software is preferred for most process manufacturing operations.