Several major influences have been responsible for driving these changes:
Maintenance Has Changed
The world of equipment maintenance changed dramatically during the second half of the 20th century and it continues to do so today.
Several major influences have been responsible for driving these changes:
- An enormous increase in the number of physical assets (such as buildings, factories, public and personal transport) that require maintenance
- Equipment has become extremely complex - for example, it is now rare to find anything that does not contain a computer or some electronics
- Industries (such as manufacturing and mass transport) now put a much greater emphasis on safety and on operating without damaging the environment
- We now have a much better understanding of how equipment behaves, from installation to the point at which it fails.