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Published: January 11, 2023  Updated: June 04, 2025

Streamlining Maintenance: The Power of Documented Procedures with MAPCON


A series of question marks for MAPCON Q&AOnce again, Mapcon presents questions from our valued customers that are answered by a member of our staff, eager to be of assistance.

Why Document Maintenance Procedures?

The Pitfalls of Undocumented Procedures

Q: What is the benefit of documenting maintenance procedures within MAPCON?

A: Even if procedures are not documented, they still do exist—in the brain cells of the workers performing the task. However, the maintenance department with poorly designed procedures becomes highly dependent on hiring exceptional people to do the job. Otherwise, the job is done poorly.

Characteristics of a Disorderly Maintenance Department

  • Procedures are reinvented each time a task is performed.
  • What written procedures do exist are hard to follow and do not follow a common format.
  • Solutions vary each time a common task is performed.
  • The solution implemented is less likely to be the optimum one.
  • There is a wide variation in performance between the "stars" in the labor force and the average worker.
  • The work environment is less safe because correct safety procedures are not well-defined and may be overlooked.
  • Work is inevitably more time-consuming than it should be.
  • Rework is more common than it should be.

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Characteristics of an Orderly Environment with MAPCON

Achieving Consistency and Efficiency

  • Procedures are well documented and well tested before a task is performed.
  • Procedures are standardized so that the procedure for one task follows the same format as for another task.
  • The solution for a common task is the same each time (no matter who is completing the task).
  • The solution that is implemented is more likely to be the optimum one.
  • There is a minimized variation in the performance between the "stars" in the system and the average worker. Everyone is a star.
  • Safety procedures are listed each time a job is performed and are less likely to be overlooked.
  • Time to completion of a task is minimized.
  • Rework is minimized.
  • The time it takes a manager to communicate to a worker what needs to be done is minimized.
  • There is a formal feedback loop to improve the process.

The goal of MAPCON is to help you bring about an orderly environment.

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Stephen Brayton
       

About the Author – Stephen Brayton

       

Stephen L. Brayton is a Marketing Associate at Mapcon Technologies, Inc. He graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College with a degree in Communications. His background includes radio, hospitality, martial arts, and print media. He has authored several published books (fiction), and his short stories have been included in numerous anthologies. With his joining the Mapcon team, he ventures in a new and exciting direction with his writing and marketing. He’ll bring a unique perspective in presenting the Mapcon system to prospective companies, as well as our current valued clients.

       

Filed under: MAPCON, cmms, maintenance proceduresStephen Brayton on January 11, 2023