BREAKDOWN MAINTENANCE
\bɹˈe͡ɪkda͡ʊn mˈe͡ɪntənəns], \bɹˈeɪkdaʊn mˈeɪntənəns], \b_ɹ_ˈeɪ_k_d_aʊ_n m_ˈeɪ_n_t_ə_n_ə_n_s]\
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When employees are reactive to equipment failure and effectuate repairs only after a failure has occurred on a piece of equipment. Frequently, breakdown maintenance requires a maintenance prioritization system. These systems frequently are ineffective due to worker abuse. The nature of the abuse is caused by a worker rating a needed repair as critical, when it is not, to get breakdown maintenance attention quickly.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Platidiam
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