Then, after learning the bitter lessons of breakdown maintenance with hammer and spanner maintenance, managers thought it fit to evolve the procedure of fixed time maintenance, like a “weekly oil bath”. At periodic intervals, maintenance operations were carried out as a routine procedure.
The proverb “prevention is better than cure” is a classic one, and elders have quite often tried to stress the importance of practicing this proverb by taking precautionary steps.
According to this maintenance concept, the production process and machines are to be carefully examined and maintained so that any eventual breakdown/loss of production will be prevented by an earlier detection of the probable lacunae leading to the breakdown in the system.