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Oct 07, 2008

A process for developing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Since writing The Maintenance Scorecard several major organizations have adopted this approach. This has included companies in the infrastructure, utilities and manufacturing industries. It has been an incredible journey for myself and one that I have learned a lot from.

The reason for this post is because I thought that it would be good to detail the process that I generally use for setting up

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