Why Age Matters For Maintenance Management
Everyday we see story after story of the impact of our distressed economy.
News media has a
had a field day reporting record unemployment rates, various government fiscal crisis as well as
record foreclosures....
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Why Age Matters For Maintenance Management
Everyday we see story after story of the impact of our distressed economy.
News media has a
had a field day reporting record unemployment rates, various government fiscal crisis as well as
record foreclosures.
Fortunately, we are not in a total meltdown as not all industries types or
professions have been effected equally.
Take for example engineering and facility or plant
maintenance professionals.
Many of these highly skilled workers have been keeping our
industrial infrastructure up and running for decades.
In fact the average age of professional
maintenance team members is well over 50 with many set to retire with a few years.
This can
present asset intensive organizations with serious sustainability problems should the know-how
accumulated by leave with them upon retirement.
What Is At Stake
The issue of an aging workforce is two-fold.
The first issue is whether enough workers can be
found to replace retiring workers.
The answer
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