Managing the Partnership Between Service Provider and Client for Maximum Results
This paper summarises recent experiences in developing effective working relationships between clients and the contracted maintenance service providers. The work is drawn across a range of industries including manufacturing, utilities and facilities, with remarkably similar issues being common to all. The emphasis on improvement requires three key attributes in the day-to-day working relationship: a vision for improvement, resource plans to achieve the goals set, and clear measurements that mark progress. It is also necessary to appreciate that in this arrangement, the client organisation has a clear responsibility to contribute, as does the contractor: success is only possible through a well understood, clearly measured teaming between the organisations.
