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Preventative Maintenance for Profitability

publication date: Feb 2, 2020
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author/source: Mark Sokol, director of product marketing @ Mintek Mobile Data Solutions
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Lodging managers are responsible for ensuring a successful, smoothly run property. Guests and their satisfaction are obviously a top priority and there are a number of recent resources and articles that address how to ensure existing guests become repeat customers. Unfortunately, the current focus on customer service and marketing programs overshadows the back-of-the-house operations which can ultimately determine if a property is profitable or not.


Summary: saving money with a solid PM program Although sometimes difficult to justify, preventative maintenance is a generally accepted practice in the lodging industry. There are several cost factors involved in a PM program, including useful life and guest’s intent to return. The useful-life cost factor may be enough to justify performing preventative maintenance for an asset class. By placing a present day value on future replacement costs, one may validate current expenditures on hiring, resources and time.

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