Standardise lubrication, extend intervals and create audit-ready digital records — even under resource pressure.
From lubrication tasks to lubrication control
When maintenance capacity is tight, lubrication is often the first discipline to drift. Regaining control starts with clear standards, traceability and proof of impact.
Outcomes you can control:
A controlled lubrication approach that supports:
- More consistent execution across people and shifts
- Interval extension where duty conditions allow
- Fewer missed points, wrong quantities and contamination-driven failures
- Audit-ready records (planned, done, follow-up)
- Fewer manual touchpoints in difficult or safety-critical access zones
It's five levers
- Standardise lubricant selection: prioritise critical points
- Targeted automation: use single point lubricators where it pays back
- Clean-before-lube: standard practice for exposed applications and critical points
- Application tools and methods: reduce waste, errors and contamination risk
- Digital process control: standardise execution and create traceable, audit-ready records
Supports alignment with ICML 55.1 through consistent execution and audit-ready records.
Proof in practice
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners achieved measurable savings by moving from manual rounds to managed, traceable execution.
How to implement it
You can apply the same control principles in different ways depending on your resources, asset criticality and compliance requirements:
- In-house: your team executes using agreed methods and traceable digital records
- Supported: Interflon provides periodic review and coaching while you execute day-to-day
- Hybrid: shared or phased execution (often starting with critical or hard-to-reach points)
- Full delivery (Lubrication as a Service, LaaS®): Interflon delivers execution as a managed service including planning, performance review and audit-ready documentation
How to measure impact (pilot KPI scorecard)
Define 3–6 KPIs and capture a baseline for the selected scope.
- Task compliance: % on-time; # missed/late; # deviations
- Workload: lubrication man-hours/week; # touchpoints in difficult/safety-critical zones
- Reliability: lubrication-related interventions; downtime minutes; MTBF (if available)
- Consumption & waste: lubricant use/month; waste created (if tracked)
Next step: pilot, then scale
Start with one defined scope (one line, one asset group, or one high-risk area). Apply the five levers, track execution with audit-ready digital records and scale what works.
Request a pilot scoping call (30 minutes).
Frequently asked questions
A pilot starts with one defined scope: one line, one asset group or one high-risk area. We standardise lubricant selection and application methods, reduce variability drivers (missed points, wrong quantities, contamination) and set a minimum record standard (planned vs done, deviations, actions). You track 3–6 KPIs versus baseline to decide what to standardise and scale.
Define 3–6 KPIs and capture a baseline before you start. Typical KPIs include task compliance (on-time, missed/late, deviations), lubrication man-hours, lubrication-related interventions and downtime minutes (lost production time). Where measurable, add lubricant consumption and waste, and condition monitoring findings.
Download the playbook for ready to use KPI examples.
No. You can start with your existing CMMS/EAM and current reporting routines. We can implement a minimum record standard (planned vs executed, deviations, actions) to make results traceable and audit-ready. Our Lubrication management software ILAC® can be added where it fits your governance and audit requirements.
With Lubrication as a Service (LaaS®), Interflon supports lubrication execution as a managed service that can be tailored from fully outsourced to hybrid delivery. Together, we agree what Interflon delivers and what your team keeps in-house (by line, asset group or task type). The scope typically covers planning and scheduling, standard methods, performance review and audit-ready documentation, with KPIs and review cadence agreed up front so outcomes are demonstrable.