MAINSTREAM’s 2027 research found every room already knows what good maintenance looks like, yet many strategy programs still spend a year or more in FMEA workshops before a single task changes.

In a 120-day program at four US industrial minerals plants, finishing in January, we are taking another road.  

Public standards, manufacturer guidance, and established best practice give us all we need to rapidly create craft-focused execution references for improved preventive strategies.

Focusing on clear acceptance criteria and a closed findings-to-remediation loop enables far more learning and optimisation than up-front reliability analysis ever achieves.

Attendees screen a sample of their own PM records to identify how they can achieve rapid improvement.    

Why more analysis has not moved reliability in four decades  
• Execution References built from standards, OEM guidance and established practice  
• Reviewing the highest-impact third with engineering and craft together  
• Templates per task and equipment type, configured to each site  
• Acceptance criteria and coded close-out as evidence for each revision  
• Hands-on: screening a sample of your own PM records  

Peter J. Munson has nearly 30 years’ experience in maintenance and operations, beginning his career as a Marine Corps KC-130 pilot and maintenance officer. He held leadership roles across maintenance, operations and general management before moving into heavy industry, working across refining, chemicals, utilities and mining.  Peter holds Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) and Certified Reliability Leader (CRL) credentials. He is also the author of The Maintenance Execution Gap.