Most organisations that implement maintenance planning & scheduling do not achieve the long-term results they expected. Often the improvements don’t last, even when the initial implementation seemed successful. But, it doesn’t have to be like that.

Many implementations of Planning & Scheduling fail. Often because senior management was never on board to begin with. In this article I’ll show you how to fix that. I’ll show you how to sell planning & scheduling to your CEO. And in such a way that he actually wants you to implement it successfully. I’ll talk about your ‘CEO’, but it could also be your Plant Manager that you need to convince.

Planning & Scheduling is one of the 4 Essential Elements on the Road to Reliability™. Planning & scheduling or work management as it’s often called, ensures the right work gets done, at the right time, with the right tools, materials and people. Without an effective planning & scheduling process you’ll never achieve high reliability.