With all these categories, it may appear to be too much to monitor and analyze. Click here to see why there is no need to sound the "Plant Manager" alarm.

The Japanese Path to Maintenance Excellence

Japanese way to decide equipment criticality

Equipment criticality determines what level of preventative maintenance to use, what type and amount of condition monitoring to use and what type and amount of observation is required from the operators. We can learn  from Mike's visit to a major Japanese manufacturer.