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Maintenance Strategy

A structured approach for determining how assets will be maintained to achieve defined business and operational objectives.

Definition

A Maintenance Strategy defines the overall approach for managing maintenance activities throughout an asset's lifecycle to achieve desired levels of safety, reliability, availability, performance and cost. It establishes the principles, maintenance philosophies and decision criteria used to select and optimize maintenance programs and tasks.

Why It Matters

A Maintenance Strategy establishes the principles that guide maintenance planning and optimization across an organization's assets.

In Practice

A Maintenance Strategy may incorporate preventive, predictive, condition-based, risk-based and corrective maintenance approaches, selected according to asset criticality, operating context and business objectives.

Common Misuse

A Maintenance Strategy defines the overall maintenance approach, whereas maintenance plans and work orders specify the activities required to implement that strategy.

Term Details
Synonyms:
Maintenance Strategy; Maintenance Philosophy; Asset Maintenance Strategy
Classification:
Maintenance & Work Management
Methodology
Intermediate
Applications

Maintenance Management; Asset Management; Reliability Engineering.

Where It's Used

Asset-intensive industries.; Manufacturing.; Utilities.; Infrastructure.; Oil and gas.

References

ISO 55000; SAE JA1011; SAE JA1012

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