Whether you are an owner of a residential property, office, factory, warehouse or logistics park, consistent planned preventative maintenance (PPM) is key to ensuring the asset holds its value. Residential and commercial properties can degrade quickly without proper maintenance, and this is where effective PPM comes in. Without an effective PPM schedule, minor issues can turn into costly repairs. This is often seen in structural repairs and maintenance.
PPM stands for Planned Preventive Maintenance, more commonly referred to as simply planned maintenance or scheduled maintenance. It is a proactive approach to maintenance in which maintenance work is scheduled to take place regularly and consequently documented once it has taken place.
Arguably the factors that make PPM an attractive proposition are as follows
1. Increase the life of the asset
Frequently servicing assets increases their life cycle. Maintaining equipment and keeping it operating in good condition will extend its operational time, so it won’t need to be replaced as often.
2. Lower risk of breakdowns
Decreased risk of breakdowns is another key benefit of preventive maintenance. Waiting to perform maintenance until failure puts your facility at risk.
3. Increase efficiency
Along with lasting longer, equipment that sees routine preventive maintenance also runs more efficiently.An equipment like an HVAC unit sees improvement across the board as a result of preventive maintenance. Properly maintained HVAC units can better maintain air at a set temperature and disperse it evenly throughout the space. An HVAC unit that regularly has the air filter and coils cleaned will heat and cool more effectively and produce cleaner, higher quality air.
4. More uptime less unscheduled downtime
When you make the jump from reactive, on-demand maintenance to preventive maintenance, you can finally catch small issues before they develop into budget-busting disasters. Everything runs more smoothly for longer, maintenance costs less than repairs, and you get more control over when assets and equipment are down.
5. Save Money
All of the reasons listed above lead back to one ultimate benefit of preventive maintenance: it saves money. Unplanned maintenance typically costs 3 to 9 times more than planned maintenance
To Conclude
Always keep in mind: ‘Prevention is better than cure’.
Booking a service for PPM can give you that. So, let’s not be late in doing so.
Home Team the best maintenance company in Dubai offers various Annual Maintenance Contract packages which covers the Planned Preventive Maintenance for your Air Conditioners, Plumbing and Electrical items together with a host of other benefits.
