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Machinery and Equipment MRO
December 2020
MAINTENANCE: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? BY MARIO CYWINSKI
PEMAC Asset Management Association of Canada Asset management will focus on development of new assets, use and upgrading of existing assets (including 100+ years old infrastructure assets) to
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minimize operations and maintenance, lifecycle costs, improve operating performance through better design, asset selection and optimization, and construction. The result will be more effective operations, reduced maintenance requirements, and focus on effective proactive maintenance tasks to reduce failure consequences, and reduce lower value reactive maintenance. Technology will continue its accelerating changes, and our new generation of maintainers will be expecting and embracing it. The current world of “drowning in data and starving for useable information� will continue to evolve. Real-time connectivity and other data gathering systems will increase the incoming data flow. Machine learning, analytics, AI, and other technologies promise relief to allow better, more timely decisions. With the rate of change continuously accelerating, life-long learning will be
the norm. In addition to understanding of the assets and how they operate, operators and maintainers will need to understand the operating technology (OT) used to the extent required to operate and maintain the assets, and understand what the real-world impact of the information provided by the OT. Given current scarcity of skilled maintainers, and the increased understanding required, it will be an interesting future.
Nigel D’Souza, Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board Data collection in many organisations has been occurring for quite some time manually and through automation; IIoT and predictive tools available today are amazing and establishing industry 4.0. The future maintenance focus will be integrated information, processes with solutions to support asset management, and business decision making for total enterprise portfolios. With this will
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echnology moves at a fast pace, and companies need to adapt quickly if they want to stay competitive in the new marketplace. Maintenance is no exception. What was once an industry that saw maintenance professionals using mental tools and wearing a hardhat, are now more likely to use a tablet to check on their assets. MRO reached out to a cross section of the maintenance industry to get their views on what they see the future of maintenance looking like. They included industry experts, associations, and companies. Without further ado, here is what they see the future of maintenance looking like.
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