Many maintenance planners consider that planned maintenance will lead to significant reductions in the reactive maintenance activity. With the traditional maintenance of equipment and process plants this is no doubt the case. However with assets that have a life span of  50 to 100 year it may not be the most appropriate method of maintenance. Certainly some elements of planned maintenance activities follow this traditional approach however the longer term assets may require a different approach.

In line with most of the focus of the group the ability to more effectively monitor  and respond to changes in trends as they are occurring will lead to more effective maintenance planning in the future.