Maintenance and the Foreman

Abstract

Well maintained and properly operated equipment will produce quality product at targeted costs. However, if equipment is not cared for, problems begin to arise with meeting schedules, pro­ducing acceptable product, and overrunning costs, not to men­tion adverse employee and supervisory attitudes. Then it seems that the harder one pushes, the greater the problems. What hap­pens is that when early symptoms of poor maintenance are over­looked, a “disease” develops.