Hello, My name is Billie Trammell, (Girl, sometimes people don't know that until I tell them) I am located in Kentucky, I am the Business Systems Manager at my facility. Meaning that I am responsible for any and all systems that come into our plant. Lucky me right? Actually, I fell lucky to have a job when many people don't. I have been doing this now for 12 years. I have read things on this fourm for a couple of years but haven't asked any questions. Mostly because I always found the answer before I had to ask. I thank you for that.

So, before I get too long winded, I have a question I am hoping someone can help me with.

Our facility has an off site, in another state, deisgn center that has several test labs and makes sample parts on machinery the same as our production machinery. A question came up during an internal audit about weather they needed to have A Preventive Maintenance Program, schedule etc. The argument from them was that they were not a produciton facility and that only production facilities have to have a PM program. Can anyone tell me show me what is right.

I appreciate it.

Thanks,

Billie

Hello, My name is Billie Trammell, (Girl, sometimes people don't know that until I tell them) I am located in Kentucky, I am the Business Systems Manager at my facility. Meaning that I am responsible for any and all systems that come into our plant. Lucky me right? Actually, I fell lucky to have a job when many people don't. I have been doing this now for 12 years. I have read things on this fourm for a couple of years but haven't asked any questions. Mostly because I always found the answer before I had to ask. I thank you for that.

So, before I get too long winded, I have a question I am hoping someone can help me with.

Our facility has an off site, in another state, deisgn center that has several test labs and makes sample parts on machinery the same as our production machinery. A question came up during an internal audit about weather they needed to have A Preventive Maintenance Program, schedule etc. The argument from them was that they were not a produciton facility and that only production facilities have to have a PM program. Can anyone tell me show me what is right.

I appreciate it.

Thanks,

Billie

Hey Billie, good to see your post.
My opinion is you should consider them as a supplier, and place them on your approved supplier list. This may help eliminate them being part of your audit as a remote site.

Hi Billie - I split this post from the "Re: New Folks - Please Take a Minute and Introduce Yourself / Say Hello!" thread because of topic.

Our facility has an off site, in another state, deisgn center that has several test labs and makes sample parts on machinery the same as our production machinery. A question came up during an internal audit about weather they needed to have A Preventive Maintenance Program, schedule etc. The argument from them was that they were not a produciton facility and that only production facilities have to have a PM program. Can anyone tell me show me what is right.

I appreciate it.

Thanks,

Billie

Yes, they should do preventative maintenance. In essence, they are a production facility. Their job is to "produce" designs and/or prototypes. For that they do need equipment: computers, faxes, copiers, measuring equipment, etc. These are items that are critical to their process and can affect their ability to satisfy the customer.

If they disagree with the concept of preventative maintenance, ask them if it would be okay for you to dump their beverage of choice over all their computers/keyboards/servers while powered up. Then ask them how much they would be able to accomplish, or how far behind schedule they would fall, if they couldn't use a computer for a week or two while waiting on replacements. Maybe that will help convince them that perhaps a little prevention never hurts.

Best of luck,

Wayne

Hi Billie, and welcome from a fellow Bluegrass State resident.

As noted, they look to be a supplier to you. Anyway, even in their situation, PM is a good idea. 9001:2000 does not "mandate" PM per se, but it I would think that a PM program is par for the course in most situations in order to provide facilities that produce products/services to specification. I run our lab, which makes me a service provider to our production facility. I have a PM program for all instrumentation, including computers.

If your off-site facility has registration to ISO/TS, they would still need to address Resource Management, and PM could fall under this.