The role of the maintenance management Consultant – an approach to his importance in the Maintenance Function
“My greatest strength as a Consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions”
Peter Drucker
The consultant plays indeed a key role in identifying malfunctions and providing adequate solutions often already tested in other organizations – the implementation of best practices in the management process, for example; it therefore becomes clear that his experience and know-how, preferably acquired in various types of scenarios, are of the utmost importance
This article aims to reflect on the role of the Maintenance Management consultant. It presents the main areas he gets involved in and seeks to provide a model for his state-of-the-art core competencies, thus providing an overview of the specialist consultant profile in this area