June 12, 2025

Is your maintenance efficiency fully realized?

In many industrial companies, maintenance is still viewed as a necessary expense even though, in reality, it can be one of the most powerful drivers of productivity. If your goal is to increase output without adding more resources, now is the time to pause and reflect: is your maintenance currently operating in the best possible way? Is it supporting your business growth or slowing it down?

At Quant, we believe that maintenance efficiency is a key competitive advantage in industrial production. Improving it requires the combination of three mutually reinforcing areas: centralized supply chain management, increased work efficiency, and the continuous development of production effectiveness through OEE.

Centralized supply chain management enables predictability and reliability

How often is maintenance delayed due to missing spare parts or unclear stock levels? Quant’s centralized supply chain management model ensures the right parts are available at the right time and place. This reduces storage costs, shortens delivery times, and helps prevent production downtime. It also enables synergy across units and sites.

The benefits are visible directly on the shop floor: downtime is shortened, resources are used more efficiently, and the total cost of maintenance decreases. Predictability and workflow improve when maintenance acts as the engine of production, not a bottleneck.

More productive work time, less waste

Is your maintenance work time truly productive? Quant’s operating model identifies and eliminates waste by streamlining tasks, leveraging digital tools, and focusing on value-adding activities.

We base improvements on data and real-time observations. By analyzing actual work execution, we gain a reliable overview and build a targeted improvement plan. The goal is to maximize wrench time – enabling more output with the same headcount.

OEE – A metric that connects maintenance with business goals

OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) measures how efficiently production capacity is utilized, and maintenance plays a key role in that.

Quant’s maintenance processes support all three components of OEE: availability, performance, and quality. Predictive maintenance and reliable spare part availability improve equipment uptime. When machines run smoothly and consistently, the overall production line efficiency increases.

OEE links maintenance directly to business goals, transforming it from a support function into an essential part of value creation.

Ask yourself: How much more could you get out of your maintenance?

Reactive maintenance inevitably leads to waste. In contrast, well-planned and efficiently managed maintenance creates value, not only for production, but for the entire business.

Quant’s maintenance model is not a one-size-fits-all package, but a tailored solution. By combining supply chain management, improved work efficiency, and OEE-driven development, we help our customers achieve more without additional resources. Is your maintenance a cost center or an enabler of productivity? Learn more about our maintenance services!