Technological, organizational and human change

The inescapable evolution of the maintenance issue, and in particular its economic and financial evolution, has definitively given way to the purely technical "système D" (D for troubleshooting, of course). Repair is no longer the sole purpose of maintenance. Preventive methods (systematic, conditional, predictive) have taken over from traditional methods (curative) and, to justify their validity, they require optimization of organization, resources, means and working methods.

CMMS thus becomes an indispensable tool for achieving the objectives now imposed on the maintenance function.

The maintenance department needs to become a credible contact with quantified elements that are a source of real...