Importance of Maintenance (preventive and corrective)

Maintenance is a practical and investigation, with respect to determining the best procedures and the operational/functional status of tangible and intangible elements, which are performed individually or are part of a system, with effects that extend to multiple spectrums in pursuit of the development and protection of the whole of society, for which it is necessary to project and invest, on the basis of the prevention, optimization and improvement, as reflected in the local drinking water network, or the aerial control system that enables tourism and commercial exchange.

The difference between preventive and corrective maintenance is that the former deals with follow-up and verification actions and, if necessary, fix or replace, in general specific parts, to avoid, as far as possible, wear and loss of performance, while the second aims to solve problems immediately, identifying a degree of priority according to the needs, in order to restore operation, and if necessary, apply a palliative measure until it is finish. Without the intervention of maintenance actions, carried out by people trained for each area, the cycle of the basic structures on which society works would be unsustainable.

At the industrial and hospital level, schedules for the revision of mechanical equipment are established, regardless of whether they show signs of trouble or not. On the other hand, the need may arise to regularize certain issues that were missing or that are not valid when a reform enters into force. legal, for example, the requirement to provide access for people in wheelchairs and appropriate toilets, things that, although one would think that should be a universal requirement legally understood from the beginning, in many countries it is part of recent legal reforms associated with the accessibility.

The economic costs from the preventive approach are always lower, and allow greater flexibilities, acting without pressure. On the other hand, safety conditions for technical workers must be guaranteed, and protected by law in the case of accidents.

Everyday examples at different levels

A power outage due to structural negligence can trigger tragedies, particularly affecting people electrodependent, destroying food by cutting the cold chain, etc., creating general problems of a commercial and social. For this reason, there must be rigorous controls on public and private entities in the provision of essential services, to protect citizens. I do not obstare, even if there are government measures, in certain contexts their own backup systems are usually available, as is the case of a generator set in a hospital to guarantee the uninterrupted flow of electrical current, because in a place like this, the times to complain and wait for answers can mean lives.

Simply describing maintenance as repairing refrigerators or cars is a mistake. However, it summarizes the practice: in general, the manufacturers of the mentioned products guide to carry out an evaluation after a certain time, likewise, when one is faced with a problem that prevents normal performance, it appears suddenly or is the result of a gradual advance, in the latter case, one can act and take advantage of the time, or wait for the failure to increase until reaching an outcome that requires an urgent response and that may be impossible to sort out. In the same way, there are estimates of the life time of a product or component, for example, a car battery usually has to be changed every two years, the hard drive of a computer every five years, and the need (and to a greater extent, interest) to replace a smartphone every two or even three years, unless one breaks it before.

The correct maintenance of the highways, which users pay based on the toll collected at certain points, is a safety factor. If a problem is observed, a complaint must be made, preferably before a state body. Concessions to private companies must be accompanied by the State, otherwise, the proceeds may simply have the managers' pockets as their main destination. It is not a matter of having a State that hinders the business sector, but rather that it ensures that it functions according to the circumstances and needs of the population.

The software, in particular the OS with which smartphones work, with the references of Android and iOs, and desktop computers, mostly with Windows, present constant updates that, in theory, seek to improve performance and the possibilities offered to the user, however, they can also constitute malicious practices, as was the case of Apple, which released updates that negatively affected the performance of the models iPhone 6, SE and 7, in order to force users to replace the equipment with newer editions, facing significant fines in Europe in 2020. Even so, the recommendation is to keep the operating system up to date, because among the improvements are security issues that can be exploited by cybercriminals.

Maintain the conditioning of the human body

Although its focus is on material goods, it has a conceptual scope at the biological level regarding the functioning of organisms, in order to recognize the ways to keep them active and healthy, just as you have to understand how a car works, to strategize and forecast action. Likewise, it should be noted that prevention is a direct partner, because acting actively and in advance brings incalculable benefits depending on the case.

The correct one feeding, and physical exercise are two crucial elements for any body. Society is advancing rapidly in raising awareness about these points. In the 1980s, the launch of a new McDonald's subsidiary was a celebration with strong media coverage, today the quality of fast food is questioned. The same happens with specific products that one believed brought great benefits, such as Kellogs cereals, whose protagonist (like other characters in this range of offers) has been censored by law in countries such as Mexico, Chile or Argentina, to avoid the manipulation of the children. Unfortunately, many manufacturers abuse and mislead about the ingredients and benefits of their products, so you must understand that you have to find out and learn to compare.