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"If you want your maintenance budget restored," explains one consultant, "you
have to hit the corporate bean counters with your best shot. And for them the
best shot is always the bottom line." But that's easier said than done.
Even before the Great Recession began, facilities managers and building
maintenance personnel often found themselves on the firing line. Anxious to cut
costs wherever they could, corporate executives often slashed preventive and
predictive maintenance plans to boost the bottom line. Shortsighted? Yes.
Unexpected? No.
Unplanned asset maintenance can be expensive, of course, and the cost of low
morale is impossible to calculate. But how can facilities managers build a better
business case for having their budgets restored? Smaller organizations can
point to maintenance planning, coordination, and scheduling checklists. Larger
organizations can calculate the cost of deferred maintenance and prioritize
existing projects.
How can your facilities management team make a
better case to the bean counters?
Source: Facilities
Engineering Journal
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