Use PDCA to test and stabilize a preventive maintenance interval change.
A monthly inspection has found no defects for 12 months, and the team wants to move it to quarterly. PDCA: Plan the interval test, Do it in a controlled scope, Check leading and lagging indicators, Act by standardizing or adjusting. Changing the CMMS frequency without a check measure turns improvement into an untracked gamble. PDCA interval test Plan State the hypothesis, scope, measure, and reversal trigger. Do Run the change on a controlled asset set. Check Compare evidence against the expected result. Act Standardize, adjust, or revert. Hypothesis: monthly inspection can move to every two months on auto-lubed lines without…
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