| Cutting maintenance costs in process industries has | | | | any situation. |
| become a rather hot topic as of late. The influx of | | | | The performance changes are measured using Six |
| Indian-based manufacturers has demonstrated how | | | | Sigma Metrics and analysis, which allows companies to |
| improving on issues that drive specific maintenance | | | | see exactly where they stand as process |
| costs within a business is often critical to the success | | | | manufacturers, which maintenance costs can be |
| of the business overall. By improving on the production | | | | lowered or eliminated, and what they need to do in |
| processes, they can now see a better way to do | | | | order to get to that point. The programs that are |
| business and a more effective solution for cutting | | | | currently in place utilize all aspects of Six Sigma and |
| costs that has very little to do with their actual | | | | Lean Manufacturing along with Reliability Centered |
| production and more to do with their company | | | | Maintenance, or RCM. This allows them to gain all the |
| operation. | | | | rewards of having a more efficient business and less |
| Continuous improvement programs that embrace the | | | | maintenance expenses, with a focus on preventative |
| principles of Lean Six Sigma and standard Six Sigma | | | | maintenance and improving equipment reliability. |
| Training are at the core of these change programs | | | | Although maintenance was not directly an issue that |
| that are being used by the process industries. | | | | was concerning for those who sought process |
| Successful programs will be able to recognize all of | | | | improvement projects, they are now being shown by |
| the different elements of change and find the best | | | | example that it can, and does make a difference for |
| ways to implement the right change programs in a | | | | any process industry. Thanks to Indian industries that |
| balanced way. They understand that better | | | | have better performance and higher profitability, many |
| performance is not created through one-time changes, | | | | companies are coming forward to reduce their own |
| but through the continuous improvement plans that are | | | | maintenance costs and find solutions to their |
| offered in Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma Training and | | | | performance issues that lie in the maintenance sector |
| application. The goal of these types of changes is to | | | | rather than the actual process itself. This is just |
| improve performance, but it is also about empowering | | | | something to think about next time you embark on a |
| people to make their own decisions within an | | | | Six Sigma Process with the intentions of improvement |
| organization that will positively impact the outcome of | | | | and performance boosting as your goals. |