... years, maintenance is responsible for about 17 percent of production interruptions and quality10 An Introduction to Predictive Maintenance AN INTRODUCTION TO PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE Second Edition problems. ... mainte-nance, predictive maintenance, reliability-centered maintenance, spareparts equipment stores, and tool locations—the collective domain of the maintenance department and the maintenance technologies.4. ... greater than the same repairs made on a scheduled basis.1.1.3 Predictive Maintenance Like preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance has many definitions. To someworkers, predictive maintenance...