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When’s the last time the CEO at your company suggested a change that helped boost the productivity of the maintenance department?

In most companies, the only time top executives think about maintenance is when they need someone to fix the Coke machine in the executive lounge.

Yet the maintenance department is where many of the meaningful changes in industrial plants occur.

That’s where MRO Pros come up with clever ways to solve nagging plant problems.

It’s where they test new products and work with suppliers to find ways to get more producitivity out of their equipment and make their work areas increasingly efficient.

It’s also where they hammer out how to change from a reactive maintenance style to a more preventive and predictive approach in order to save the company money and reduce downtime.

These are changes that keep the plant up and running.

But do you get a pat on the back for these changes?  Kudos from the big guy?  An invitation to watch Sunday’s game from the company’s luxury box?  Yeah, right.

That’s why we’re here, to put the spotlight on you and be your advocate for meaningful change.

We want MRO Today to be helpful and important to you.  We want it to be about you.

Our motto, “Helping MRO Pros do things cheaper, faster, better,” is an acknowledgement of the time, personnel and budget limitations you face.  We’re in this together.

Starting last issue, we began to roll out changes in the look and feel of your magazine.

We kept the departments that you felt were the most interesting and helpful and added departments that address your specific needs and wants.

We debuted a feature called Uptime, which provides real solutions for real problems that occur in the plant.  Written by maintenance and repair experts, the articles use a step-by-step approach to explain how problems in machinery and other equipment can be spotted and fixed.

The departmental changes and improvements continue with a feature called MRO Pro that gives a pat on the back to a member of our readership family.

Maybe you or a co-worker will be next issue’s MRO Pro.  Call, write or e-mail us if you want to nominate someone, or if you have an idea on how to make MRO Today, your magazine, even better.

This article appeared in the October/November 1998 issue of MRO Today magazine.  Copyright, 1998.

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