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The Task
Due to the need to make maintenance costs more transparent, APA in 2005 selected VDM as a company-wide maintenance model for all port assets (cranes, bridges, locks, tugboats, dredgers, traffic control, etc.). Mainnovation provided APA with guidance for the introduction of VDM and for the entire change process.

The Approach
Mainnovation embedded the VDM methodology into the organization in various ways. At the highest level, VDM was selected as the corporate maintenance model for all port assets. The underlying work processes were documented in the form of a VDM Process Map for each VDM competence.
Mainnovation facilitated the entire transition to value-based thinking through means of the Maintenance Business Experience (MBE). The MBE made sure that all maintenance professionals view the asset management process the same way.
The new work processes were subsequently implemented in APA’s corporate Maximo system. The VDM Control Panel, with the KPI management capability, was linked to Maximo. The Control Panel was the finishing touch to safeguard the change and to continuously improve in the future.

Mainnovation’s Added Value
Because of the use of VDM, the various decentralized maintenance services now use the same method of work for the different maintenance processes. The installed Control Panel now offers APA a standardized view of the maintenance performance and the possibility of efficiently performing root cause analyses in order to continuously improve.

Following the implementation of the VDM Process Map, Maximo was selected and implemented within all maintenance departments and within Procurement. Furthermore, the VDM Control Panel was developed using more than 100 automated KPIs.

The VDM^XL Control Panel offers GHA a standard view on maintenance performance