What to do if the equipment maintenance schedule conflicts with the production schedule?
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The company’s annual plan must be prepared by the equipment officer, and it needs to be signed off on by the head of the equipment department, the head of the quality department, the head of the production department, as well as the factory manager before it can be put into effect. But when it comes to the scheduled maintenance time, production plans cannot allow the equipment to remain in operation; so how is scheduled maintenance carried out? Is it enough to simply check that the equipment is not running normally to consider the maintenance complete? Does this meet the requirements for planned maintenance? I’m unsure···
There’s no choice – economic benefits come first. Unless you can prove that an accident will occur immediately if operations are not halted
As long as the equipment can ensure production, there are no major risks (except those related to safety). The equipment maintenance plan can make concessions for production, after all, a company is ultimately driven by profitability.
It is understandable to make concessions for production purposes, but the last two people kept finding faults with the equipment department, saying that this wasn’t done or that thing wasn’t done either, that things weren’t carried out in accordance with the document requirements, and that it didn’t comply with GMP standards and so on. It’s not easy to do this work!
The decision mainly needs to be made by weighing economic benefits against the safety of equipment operation; as long as there are no serious risks associated with the equipment, no maintenance is necessary. This is an issue that affects the entire factory.
Keep an overall view, ensure good coordination, and make unified arrangements. Being able to ensure safe production while reducing maintenance time – that is what true skill entails.