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Transforming maintenance from a grudge purchase to a strategic investment
With South Africans enjoying a break from load shedding since March, one of my colleagues recently commented: “Maintenance is the reason our lights are now working.” Properly planned maintenance schedules across power-generating units are clearly contributing to Eskom’s current success rate. Despite the obvious link between maintenance and improved service or product delivery, I have noticed in industry that there is still a tendency to view maintenance as a ‘grudge purchase’ …
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