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Data-Driven Decision Making: KPIs Every Maintenance Manager Should Track

📅 August 12, 2025 👤 TaskScout Team ⏱️ 5 min read

In maintenance, 'what gets measured gets managed.' By defining and monitoring the right Key Performance Indicators, teams can turn reactive break-fix work into a strategic advantage.

In maintenance, "what gets measured gets managed." By defining and monitoring the right Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), teams can turn reactive break-fix work into a strategic advantage—driving uptime, optimizing resources, and justifying investment in new technologies.

Top Maintenance KPIs 1. Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE): Combines availability, performance, and quality into a single metric. World-class organizations achieve 85 percent OEE; scores below 60 percent indicate significant inefficiencies. 2. Mean Time to Repair (MTTR): Average time to restore failed equipment to operation. World-class target: < 5 hours. Improving MTTR by 5–10 percent annually yields substantial uptime gains. 3. Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF): Average operating time between failures—a direct gauge of equipment reliability.