Advantages and Disadvantages of Predictive Maintenance

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Are you worried about huge maintenance costs and high maintenance frequency eating up your profits? Do you often witness unprecedented breakdowns that incur substantial time and resources? If you nod in silent agreement, then predictive maintenance might be a plausible and effective solution to your worries.

Advantages of Predictive Maintenance

Some of the most prominent benefits of predictive maintenance are the following:

• Reduced downtime and longer life
• Reduced maintenance costs
• Improved safety
• Enhanced productivity

Disadvantages of Predictive Maintenance

Despite its vast set of advantages that provide a considerable impetus to some companies’ net throughput, predictive maintenance comes with its own challenges. A few of such challenges that make it unsuitable for some companies are:

• Scheduling takes time
• Additional costs

Keep reading about how to implement predictive maintenance and how to determine if it's suitable for your organization.

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