Maintworld Magazine 4/2020

PARTNER ARTICLE
SEARCHING FOR
the new equilibrium
"Corona forces maintenance and asset
management organization to be agile"
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC has tightened its grip on the
world. In ‘the new normal’, where certainties from the past no
longer exist, we need to make changes. Increase or decrease
production? Focus on uptime or cost control? What does a different
way of working mean for the organization and for the
individual employee? A new reality requires clarity, agility and
a new vision for the future.
Mainnovation
The impact of the coronavirus on the economy is enormous.
This means the maintenance and asset management organization
must deal with a new reality as well.
– Keeping distance, a stop on expenditure and a completely
revised long-term vision. What do you need to focus on? What
choices do you make, and can they withstand an eventual new
crisis? Mark Haarman, managing partner of Mainnovation,
consultancy firm in maintenance and asset management, says.
Uncertainties
All over the world, measures are implemented to prevent the
coronavirus from spreading. This means that the product demand
has changed.
– The food companies that supply the catering industry are
seeing a drastic decline in demand, while food companies that
supply the home market are working overtime. Furthermore,
fewer cars are being manufactured and the need for fuel is
now minimal. In contrast, manufacturers of disinfectants can
barely cope with the increased demand, Haarman says.
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