SOLUTION — IMPROVE PM COMPLIANCE
Your PM compliance number is lying to you.
Most plants run PMs as a checkbox exercise. The work order closes, but the bearing still fails next quarter. MMS rebuilds PM programs around criticality, planning discipline, and execution that actually shows up in asset health — not just on the report.
TRUSTED BY MANUFACTURERS WHO STOPPED CHECKING THE BOX
SOUND FAMILIAR?
If your PM dashboard looks like this, you're not alone.
100% PM completion on the dashboard, breakdowns climbing on the floor.
Critical asset failures right after a "completed" PM.
Technicians signing off PMs in seconds — checkbox, not work.
Spare parts discovered missing the moment a real repair starts.
PM intervals untouched since the OEM manual was written.
Leadership defending the compliance number while production loses hours.
WHAT’S ACTUALLY HAPPENING
The compliance number isn't the program.
When plants tell us their PM compliance is fine, we ask one question: "How do you know?" Most can't answer it.
Compliance gets measured on completion status — not on whether the work actually got done, or whether the PM was even the right work for the asset.
The result: a number that looks good on the dashboard, an asset that keeps failing, and a maintenance team trained to close work orders instead of preventing failures. The fix isn't more PMs. It's the right PMs, executed with discipline, measured against actual asset health.
THAT’S WHAT WE FIX.
HOW MMS FIXES IT
Three services that solve it.
Industrial Maintenance
A fully managed program that owns PM execution, work order discipline, planning, and reporting. The execution layer that turns a compliance number into asset health.
Explore →Reliability & Predictive
PM optimization, asset criticality ranking, RCM analysis, and root cause discipline. The design layer that makes sure every PM is the right work for the asset.
Explore →Machine Health Monitoring
Continuous condition monitoring on critical assets — the verification layer that proves your PMs are actually preventing failure, not just closing work orders.
Explore →COMMON QUESTIONS
PM compliance — questions buyers ask.
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Compliance measures whether the work order closed — not whether the work got done correctly, or whether the PM was even the right work for the asset. Plants with 95% reported compliance often have unplanned failure rates that suggest the actual effective compliance is closer to 60%. The number is a measurement problem, not an execution one.
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PM optimization through asset criticality ranking, RCM analysis where appropriate, and failure mode review against actual asset history. PMs that don't address documented failure modes get retired. PMs that map to real failures get strengthened. The program stops being a copy of the OEM manual and starts being the maintenance system your specific plant needs.
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PM compliance is a process metric — did the scheduled work get scheduled, executed, and closed? PM effectiveness is an outcome metric — did the work actually reduce unplanned failures on the assets it covered? A plant can have 100% compliance and 30% effectiveness simultaneously. MMS rebuilds programs to track and improve both.
INDUSTRIES WHERE THIS HITS HARDEST
Where PM discipline shows up in the audit and the P&L.
Plants under audit pressure, with high-criticality continuous production, or running on OEM-mandated PM cycles, feel broken PM programs first and pay for them hardest.
Wherever your operation is right now, there's a road to reliability.
Schedule a Maintenance Program Review
For facilities evaluating contract maintenance.
Get Emergency Field Support
For facilities with an active equipment issue.
Request a Reliability Assessment
For facilities ready to build predictive programs.
Talk to a Service Partnerships Leader
For capital projects, outages, or staffing scale.