Customer Impact The equipment department of Washington Group International has many customers, both internal and external. The primary internal customers that are impacted by the current process is the jobsites. By moving the maintenance process to a predictive process, the job sites would be able to forecast and plan for things such as routine transmission repairs and engine repairs among other timely and costly routine repairs. By being able to predict the timing of these repairs, the job site can budget for costs, have parts on hand, and replacement equipment on hand to fill in during the …show more content…
Meter readings are to be taken at the end of each shift and turned in to the office clerk.
Office clerk is to compile all readings and fax or email daily to the equipment department for data entry and tracking.
Database will track and set up predictive schedule for maintenance based on history.
Parts will be ordered and repairs scheduled in a timely fashion to avoid down time and excessive damage to equipment. Level of Improvement The level of improvement that can be realized from the process improvement of the predictive maintenance program is high. By being able to predict maintenance issue, the company could realize a large amount of money savings in several areas. By keeping a timely schedule and conducting repairs according to the schedule, the cost of the repairs will be significantly less. Repair costs are driven up due to a lack of regular maintenance that leads to excessive damage and equipment failure. Other cost savings that can be realized are in the resale value of the equipment and in a job completed on schedule. When equipment failure takes place, it is unexpected. This means that equipment is not in use when it should be and can put the project behind