The results of the project worked well enough for the 25th Transportation Company that the unit petitioned to continue using the trial schedule with its longer service intervals and condition-based maintenance while the Army studies their wider application. (Graphic by U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center and AMSAA)
maintenance man-hours freed through adoption of optimized preventive maintenance as the Army moves to fully implement condition-based maintenance across all its sustainment units. Optimized preventive maintenance greatly benefits the Army without the use of condition-based maintenance tools, but repairs identified by condition-based maintenance cannot be performed without the resources returned through the optimized (longer) service intervals.
Expanding time and cost savings experienced within the 25th Transportation Company to other Army maintenance units will require a change to official policy that documents the preventive maintenance process and its current timelines. AMSAA materiel systems analysts led the way in the maintenance policy review and documented recommendations in an updated Maintenance of Low-Usage Equipment section of “Army Regulation 750-1, Army Materiel Maintenance Policy.”
