The beginning of each year provides maintenance departments with an opportunity to start over and implement change their bakeries often desperately need.

Apply the internal customer principle to transform bakery maintenance departments into a more proactive part of the organization.

Using an affinity diagram process can help bakeries complete goals on time and on budget.

Implementing pre-flight procedures to check the reassembly of machines and systems can save time and money.

Applying the fix or repair daily (FORD) approach can improve bakery maintenance.

Start a strict regimen for problem-solving in a bakery to create long-lasting improvements.

A GoPro camera provides a priceless tool for checking how well an oven is functioning.
 

Starting with the basics can help manage quality control in a bakery. 

Proper maintenance can improve the quality and speed of a production line.

Locating where a line is most efficient delivers increased output, low waste and minimal downtime.