Lean Maintenance—Does It Impact Reliability? Lessons Learned and Best Practices
Ricky Smith - July 12, 2005

What is Lean Maintenance?

Lean manufacturing, lean maintenance, and the whole lean concept have had many successes, but many companies have not achieved the results they expected. There are many reasons why lean maintenance fails, but the number one cause of failure is the lack of focus on reliability. To understand this, we must start by defining lean maintenance...