Objectives of Maintenance and Plant Engineering

By this moment you can have got a clear picture regarding plant engineering and its objectives & goals. Now you might check with the following points, which are generally adopted objectives of plant engineering and management (PEM) of an organisation.

• To maximise the uninterrupted available time of the assets or machinery or equipment or services to utilize for the intended purpose for which they were procured.
• To preserve the value of assets by decreasing the rate of deterioration by maintaining them to work in good condition. For instance, removing rust, lubricating dust & dirt periodically and applying grease, etc.
• To facilitate the maximisation of output of production by maintaining utilisation of machinery without effecting its deterioration.
• To carry out the maintenance activities in most economical way, such like restoring the condition of machine at the earliest possible time while it fails or about to fail, planning and scheduling preventive maintenance without interrupting the production schedules.
• To update the machine and/or reconditioning along with the latest technological or engineering features.

 In the nutshell, the objective of plant engineering is to concern itself along with the provision of uninterrupted production procedure at minimum cost & maximum reliability & availability.