ABB wins Mitsubishi maintenance contract

ABB has announced it has won a major consulting technical maintenance systems service contract with Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL).

The contract, one of the biggest of its kind for ABB worldwide, involves upgrading Mitsubishi Motors' existing maintenance management procedures and installing a tailored universal computer maintenance management system (CMMS) throughout its plants at Tonsley Park and Lonsdale in Adelaide, South Australia. The two plants employ over 3000 personnel, including a maintenance engineering team of approximately 300 people.

ABB has started implementation on three of MMAL's nine business units and expects to have all units online within two years. During that time, it will apply the standardised practices developed by ABB's global asset consulting service team, including a plant critical analysis and a review of all preventive maintenance plans. It will also establish spares inventory controls, develop a maintenance management master plan (MMMP) and install the Mainpac CMMS.

ABB will develop tailored key performance indicators and also train Mitsubishi Motors maintenance staff in the use of the systems. It will also establish new workflow methods for integration into the CMMS operation.

"This is an important outcome for us, as it will allow an increase in plant performance and plant output whilst minimising the likelihood of plant breakdowns," said Grant Hanan, MMAL's Executive Vice President, Manufacturing and Quality Assurance.