This report addresses the value of next-generation maintenance in profiling suggested strategies for bringing such efforts into play, supporting its arguments with specific case studies.

1. Maintenance formulas continue to evolve hand in hand with the times, spawning the emergence of next-generation approaches keyed to take full advantage of ICT advances.
2. The infusion of next-generation maintenance practices has realized broad-based cost cuts in aviation, electrical machinery and the majority of other leading industrial sectors.
3. Achieving sought-after maintenance systems by surmounting hurdles on the “strategy” and “infrastructure” fronts.