{"id":4976,"date":"2024-06-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hirezdemo.xyz\/usage-based-maintenance\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T12:51:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:51:28","slug":"usage-based-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eptura.com\/discover-more\/blog\/usage-based-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Leverage enterprise data with usage-based maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many metrics that operations and maintenance can use to track progress, but a simple, solid definition of success focuses on return on investment. <\/span><\/p>\n

For every strategy<\/a>, from reactive<\/a> to preventive and even predictive, the goal is to get the most uptime from the least maintenance. It\u2019s a straightforward goal, but a comprehensive pursuit, and departments need to carefully control not only what they do but also when they do it.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Usage-based maintenance is how you can dial in timing for savings that can cascade across facilities at multiple sites. It\u2019s how you get the biggest bang for your maintenance buck.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And because of the data sets involved, the bigger your enterprise, the more value usage-based maintenance can deliver.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is usage-based maintenance?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Just like the name implies, it\u2019s a strategy focused on timing maintenance according to usage. What sets it apart is how it allows you to borrow a lot of the good parts of other maintenance strategies. So, just like meter-based maintenance, it relies on tracking usage. And just like predictive maintenance, it helps you leverage past and current data points to help you plan and prepare for the future.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the differences between usage-based and meter-based maintenance?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meter-based maintenance is directly tied to usage. So, if you say you need to change the oil in your forklift every 250 hours, as soon as you see the right numbers on the meter, you change the oil. Because you\u2019re matching it to usage, you don\u2019t have to worry about doing too much or too little maintenance.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But the problem is you also never know exactly when you\u2019re going to hit that 250-hour mark, making it harder to line up the people and parts you need to get the job done.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With usage-based maintenance, though, you avoid this problem by adding a few more data points so you can make an accurate prediction about when to do the maintenance. <\/span><\/p>\n

With meter-based maintenance, you know two things: when to do the maintenance and where the meter is now. With usage, you know those two plus the average usage based on historical data. In this example, it would be an average number of hours of use per day.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, you might have:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n