Operational excellence is the foundation of any successful mission critical facility. Downtime can’t become a reality as a data center or critical facility. To maintain uptime, mission critical facilities must implement strategic best practices that optimize, protect, and adapt to evolving pressures and needs. 

Here are four key strategies to achieve long-term operation excellence:

Assess Before You Stress

You don’t know what you don’t know, which is precisely why it’s key to have a comprehensive evaluation of your facility’s infrastructure, processes, and systems that include risk identification, energy efficiency opportunities, and gaps in operations. These assessments help identify vulnerabilities and inefficiencies that might have previously flown under the radar. By regularly reviewing electrical and mechanical power systems,  overall infrastructure and monitoring system connectivity, facility managers can proactively ensure optimal performance with strategic foresight. Additionally, assessments help optimize and improve power usage and align operations to sustain expected performance and reliability in a mission critical environment.

Embrace Preventative Maintenance

Do you enjoy putting out fires as they happen? Or would you prefer to extinguish any possibility of one before it has the chance to take place? Maintenance, in and of itself, is one of the most critical aspects of ensuring uptime, but only if it can be predictive and preventative. Adopting preventative maintenance strategies reduces the likelihood of any significant failures or repairs. By physically servicing equipment, you can more easily maintain asset longevity, which produces better performance and can help detect potential issues before a disruption even happens.

Put People First

Invest in people who are there for your operations 24×7, 365 days per year. The human component is often the most critical yet forgotten component of long-term operational excellence. Mission critical facility staff need to be well-trained, continuously updated on best practices, and available to support your facility when it needs it most. Find an experienced operational team that administers, monitors, and coordinates maintenance and service operations and who are up all night, so you don’t have to be.

Navigate More Easily 

The thought of monitoring maintenance activities, equipment performance, and their related costs 24×7 might send your compass into a tailspin. Thankfully, there is an easier way. Ascent’s Navigator Platform delivers operational transparency into maintenance activities by combining people, processes, and innovative tools, providing a single-source solution for operational uptime and performance excellence. 

Achieving long-term operational excellence in a mission critical facility in today’s advancing technological era requires a combination of strategies. By implementing assessments, preventative maintenance, investing in people, and continuously training staff, you can create a robust and resilient operation. As technology and business demands evolve, staying proactive and future-proofing your facility will ensure its ongoing success and reliability.