Criticality and loss
Prioritise assets using safety, food quality, downtime, capacity, cost and recoverability.
RELIABILITY FOR FOOD MANUFACTURING
Reduce recurring failures.
Build maintainable systems.
Practical maintenance and reliability improvement for food-processing, packaging, conveying and utility equipment.
23+ yearsFOOD-MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE
Whole-system viewPROCESS · MACHINE · PEOPLE · UTILITIES
Evidence-ledMEASURE · ANALYSE · CORRECT · VERIFY
RELIABILITY FOR FOOD MANUFACTURING
Reliable production requires more than frequent preventive maintenance.
Breakdowns often repeat because tasks are generic, failure modes are not understood, spares are poorly selected, access is difficult or operating conditions damage equipment. FFT Services links maintenance practice with machine design, process duty, operator care and production loss.
The assessment can focus on one critical machine, a production line, utilities or the complete maintenance system.
CONNECTED ENGINEERING SUPPORT
Where FFT Services can add practical value
Practical maintenance and reliability improvement for food-processing, packaging, conveying and utility equipment.
Root-cause analysis
Investigate physical, operational, maintenance and design causes of repeated failure.
Maintenance strategy
Match inspection, condition monitoring, preventive replacement and run-to-failure to risk.
Critical spares
Define quantities, specifications, interchangeability, storage and replenishment priorities.
Work management
Improve job plans, scheduling, permits, tools, history, backlog and shutdown preparation.
Maintainability
Identify access, guarding, alignment, lubrication and cleanability improvements.
ASSESSMENT COVERAGE
A scope matched to the real requirement
Reliability assessment
- Asset criticality ranking
- Downtime and failure history
- MTBF and MTTR review
- Bad-actor identification
Maintenance programme
- Task and frequency review
- Condition-monitoring opportunities
- Lubrication standards
- Autonomous maintenance
Planning and spares
- Job-plan quality
- Shutdown preparation
- Critical-spares analysis
- Technical BOM improvement
Sustained control
- Failure coding and records
- Reliability indicators
- Action ownership
- Verification and review cycle
HOW THE SERVICE WORKS
From requirement to controlled action
Measure
Collect loss, failure, maintenance, spare and operating information.
Analyse
Identify critical assets, repeated failure modes and weaknesses in current controls.
Improve
Prioritise technical corrections, task changes, spares and planning improvements.
Sustain
Assign ownership, indicators, review frequency and verification methods.
PRACTICAL OUTPUT
What the customer can receive
Asset criticality matrixBad-actor equipment listFailure analysisPM optimisation recommendationsLubrication improvement planCritical-spares registerMaintainability action listReliability performance dashboard
The exact scope, deliverables, timing and responsibilities are agreed before work begins. Quantified results are not guaranteed before measurement and technical assessment.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Before starting the assessment
Do you require a CMMS before starting?
No. Existing spreadsheets, maintenance records, operator knowledge and physical inspection can support an initial assessment. Data quality improvement may become one recommendation.
Will increasing preventive maintenance eliminate failures?
Not necessarily. Each failure mode requires an appropriate control; some need condition monitoring, redesign, operating changes, spare strategy or planned replacement.
Can reliability work improve OEE?
Yes. Reduced failures, minor stops and recovery time can improve availability and performance when the principal losses are correctly identified.
PHASE 1 CORE SERVICES
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CONFIDENTIAL TECHNICAL DISCUSSION
Describe the problem or project you need to deliver
Share the product, process, equipment, present condition, available data and expected result. FFT Services will recommend an appropriate first step.