Contractor Management

Brief.  After numerous ARM Benchmarking assessments, we have found that 90% of U.S industry does not manage the quality or productivity of contractor maintenance.  Many just assume that contractors are experts and do not need to be managed.  Advisory First believes that nothing could be further from the truth.  One of our Advisory First team members implemented a full blown ARM program at a major chemical plant.  The results were astounding!  The plant achieved an ROI of 50:1 over a period of 18 months.  One of the key factors was to show the plant staff how to validate the quality of contractor maintenance which was inferior for the most part.  Advisory First will show you how to define Acceptance Criteria (AC) and Post Maintenance Testing (PMT) to validate contractor maintenance, both in process and upon completion.  We will assist you in putting AC and PMT into your contractor work orders.  As appropriate, satisfactory completion of AC and PMT can be used as a prerequisite for job acceptance.  Once your staff starts validating the quality of contractor maintenance, AF has found that contractors will make a much greater effort to ensure you receive quality work in the future; again, a Win-Win for you!

       Benefits.  This can be one of the greatest ROI, especially if your plant performs a lot of contractor maintenance.  AF has seen ROI as high as 50:1.