Best practices maintenance benchmarks category benchmark yearly maintenance cost total maintenance cost total manufacturing cost 10 15 maintenance cost replacement asset value of the plant and equipment 3 hourly maintenance workers as a of total. Maintenance benchmarking and best practices citation peters ralph maintenance benchmarking and best practices us mcgraw hill professional 2006 add to favorites part 1 maximizing maintenance best practices with a profit centered approach chapter 1 a profit and customer centered maintenance strategy. Peters provides maintenance supervisors and managers with a benchmarking best practices road map called the maintenance operations scoreboard the scoreboard will allow maintenance managers to a determine and quantify benefits and savings b improve craft productivity and c define a strategy to improve efficiency and productivity. Endorsements for maintenance benchmarking and best practices top leaders of manufacturing must understand the true value of maintenance they must have an equivalent chief maintenance officer cmo at or near the top this book can help top leaders with profit optimization or better customer service or both