Why are maintenance KPIs important?
Maintenance KPIs are important metrics for evaluating the performance of maintenance processes and thus identifying potential for improvement. They provide a clear insight into the efficiency, productivity and quality of maintenance activities. By measuring and adhering to KPIs, companies can increase the efficiency of their maintenance activities, reduce downtime, improve plant availability and optimize overall performance.
Measurement of KPIs
When measuring maintenance KPIs, it is important to select the right metrics that match your company's specific goals and requirements. There are a variety of KPIs used in the manufacturing industry, but not all of them are relevant for every company. You should consider the following steps when selecting and measuring KPIs:
1. Define clear goals that fit your company and your strategy: Set specific goals that are quantitatively measurable and that you want to work towards.
2. Collect relevant data: Make sure you have a reliable data source to measure the KPIs.
3. Reporting and analysis: Use a CMMS to analyze the collected data and generate meaningful reports. This enables you to recognize trends at any time, identify deviations and derive measures for improvement.
CMMS and KPI reporting
A CMMS provides an effective solution for recording, managing and reporting maintenance KPIs. In the following, we will explain some KPIs and show how a CMMS helps to improve the KPIs.
1. Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
The MTBF indicates how long a system works on average between two failures. It is calculated by dividing the operating time by the number of failures. A higher MTBF value means that a system works longer before it fails. This is an important indicator of the reliability and availability of systems.
To improve the MTBF, it is important to analyze the causes of failure and take preventive maintenance measures. A CMMS enables you to record downtimes, identify the causes of failures and plan preventive measures.
2. Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
The MTTR indicates how long it takes on average to repair a system after a failure. It is calculated by dividing the total downtime by the number of failures. A low MTTR value means that failures can be rectified quickly, resulting in shorter downtimes.
Some companies also differentiate between the Mean Time To Repair and the Mean Time To Recovery as a maintenance KPI. The mean time to recovery describes the time required to return a system to normal operating status after a failure. In contrast to the Mean Time To Repair, which focuses on the repair time, the Mean Time To Recovery refers to the time required to restore the system to full functionality, including diagnosis, procurement of spare parts and implementation of all necessary measures (see diagram).
A CMMS enables you to record and analyze repair times in order to improve MTTR. Does the diagnostics procedure take a long time? Is it the repair process itself or the wait for the right spare parts? By monitoring and analyzing repair times, you can identify bottlenecks and inefficient processes and derive measures to shorten repair times.
3. Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
The OEE is one of the most important key figures for evaluating the overall performance of a plant and production. It takes into account the availability, performance and quality of the system. A high OEE value indicates efficient and reliable production and system performance.
Festo AX Smartenance and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Festo AX Smartenance is a CMMS that has been specially developed for and with maintenance to keep an eye on your maintenance processes and maintenance KPIs. With Smartenance you can record and analyze data and generate reports. It offers a user-friendly interface and extensive functions for managing your maintenance activities.
How can Festo AX Smartenance improve maintenance KPIs?
The CMMS AX Smartenance offers an effective solution for improving maintenance KPIs (MTBF/MTTR/OEE) and optimizing maintenance performance. Here are some ways in which AX Smartenance can help you:
- Capturing data and automating processes
AX Smartenance automates the collection of data and processes such as maintenance planning, work order allocation and reporting. - Fast provision of all necessary information
such as circuit diagrams, suggested solutions and detailed information. Anytime, anywhere thanks to the mobile app. - Real-time monitoring
This allows you to react to problems at an early stage and minimize downtimes. Bottlenecks can be avoided and inefficient processes identified so that targeted measures can be taken. - Reporting and analyses
You can generate detailed reports on downtimes, repair times, maintenance activities and other relevant data. These reports help you identify bottlenecks, improve inefficient processes and make informed decisions to optimize maintenance performance.
Conclusions
A CMMS offers an effective solution for improving maintenance KPIs (MTBF/MTTR/OEE) and optimizing maintenance performance. The mobile provision of all relevant information, the collection and analysis of data, automation of processes, real-time monitoring and extensive reporting functions enable you to increase the efficiency of your maintenance processes, reduce downtimes and improve the performance of your systems.
About the author
Manuel Blume
Marketing Digital Business
Festo SE & Co. KG
