Preventive vs Corrective Maintenance
Preventive maintenance is planned before failure. Corrective maintenance responds after a fault or service issue appears.
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Preventive Maintenance Guide
Preventive maintenance becomes useful when standards, execution cycles, and evidence remain clearly connected.
Start with standards, not only tasks
A preventive-maintenance program usually begins with a standard: what must be checked, how often, where, and by whom. The standard should remain stable even as each cycle gets its own execution date, result, and notes.
What good execution records contain
- The specific cycle date and responsible party
- Inspection or work notes from the field
- Attachments or evidence when relevant
- Evaluation of execution quality and exceptions
How managers should monitor the program
Managers usually need to see what is due, what was completed on time, what is overdue, and which locations repeatedly miss cycles. Without that view, preventive maintenance becomes a checklist exercise rather than an operational control tool.
Review how SHIFTFM manages recurring work and execution quality.
Explore the recurring-work and platform pages for a connected preventive-maintenance model.