Research Reports
The State of Maintenance & Reliability in the UK 2026
This report examines the current state of maintenance and reliability in the United Kingdom, highlighting the key obstacles faced by organisations striving for excellence in maintenance and reliability management.
Based on extensive research, including roundtable discussions with industry professionals across various sectors, this report has identified the following top ten primary obstacles in preventing UK organisations from optimising their maintenance and reliability practices:
- Developing and Retaining the Maintenance Workforce
- Breaking Free from Reactive Maintenance Culture
- Bridging the Divide Between Operations and Maintenance
- Converting Data into Decisions That Stick
- The Erosion of Work Management Fundamentals
- Managing Ageing Assets and the Obsolescence Cliff
- Securing Sustained Leadership Buy-in and Investment
- Navigating AI Hype Without Losing Focus on Fundamentals
- Building Change Management Capability in Maintenance Teams
- Preventing the Loss of Critical Knowledge and Institutional Memory
- Improving the Standing and Practice of Reliability Engineering
- Embedding Long-Term Strategic Asset Management Thinking
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