You know your lubrication program is costing you. Now you can prove it.
Most teams sense their lubrication practices need work — but can’t say where they stand, what to fix first, or how to justify the spend. The Lubrication Benchmark Analysis hands you a measurable baseline, a five-year financial case, and a prioritized roadmap your leadership can’t argue with.
The enemy isn’t your team. It’s a lubrication program flying blind.
Your craftspeople do the work every day — but without a structured baseline, improvement efforts scatter, wins go unproven, and the budget request stalls. Here’s what’s quietly draining uptime:
Where you are decides where you start.
Not sure which bucket you’re in? That’s exactly what a Discovery Visit is for — we’ll help you find your real starting line, no commitment required.
Three focused steps from “we think” to “we can prove it.”
Gap Analysis
- Evaluate current lubrication practices against best-in-class standards
- Identify gaps between current state and target state
- Assess lubricant selection, application, storage, and handling
- Review contamination control, routes, and scheduling discipline
- Benchmark findings into a measurable starting point
Financial Impact Review
- Quantify the cost of current lubrication-related failures and inefficiencies
- Develop a custom benefits analysis for cost-justification
- Calculate Internal Rate of Return (IRR) across five years
- Calculate Net Present Value (NPV) of proposed improvements
- Identify near-term savings and long-term ROI
Strategic Plan & Recommendations
- Align current work processes with future program goals
- Identify the biggest gaps and largest economic opportunities
- Prioritize recommendations by impact and importance
- Provide a focused, systematic framework to move forward
- Deliver a roadmap for sustainable program development
Three deliverables built from your facility’s real data.
Gap Analysis & Benchmarking
A detailed assessment of your current lubrication practices measured against industry standards — turning “we think we’re behind” into a precise, measurable picture.
- Current practices benchmarked against best-in-class standards
- Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats identified
- A measurable baseline for tracking future improvement
| Practice Area | Current | Best-in-Class | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lubricant Selection | 62% | 90% | −28 |
| Storage & Handling | 48% | 90% | −42 |
| Contamination Control | 35% | 88% | −53 |
| Application & Routes | 54% | 92% | −38 |
| Scheduling Discipline | 58% | 90% | −32 |
| Overall Program | 51% | 90% | −39 |
Financial Impact Review
A custom cost-justification analysis tied to your facility’s data — the five-year IRR and NPV projection that lets you walk into the budget meeting and defend the investment.
- Custom cost-justification tied to your facility’s numbers
- Five-year IRR and NPV projections for proposed improvements
- Near-term savings opportunities identified and quantified
| Period | Net Cash Flow | Factor | Discounted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 0 | ($163,359) | 1.000 | ($163,359) |
| Year 1 | ($413,060) | 0.9091 | ($375,509) |
| Year 2 | $199,504 | 0.8264 | $164,879 |
| Year 3 | $900,600 | 0.7513 | $676,634 |
| Year 4 | $900,600 | 0.6830 | $615,122 |
| Year 5 | $900,600 | 0.6209 | $559,202 |
| 5-Year NPV @ 10% | IRR = 57% | $1,476,969 | |
Strategic Plan & Prioritized Recommendations
A roadmap that aligns your current practices with long-term goals and ranks every recommendation by impact and economic opportunity — so your team knows exactly what to do first.
- Roadmap aligning current practices with long-term program goals
- Recommendations ranked by impact and economic opportunity
- Focused framework to avoid common pitfalls and accelerate results
Filtration, sealing, and clean storage — largest gap, largest payback
Right lube, right place — reduce SKUs and cross-contamination
Leveled, scheduled, and CMMS-ready route assignments
Consistent sampling points and trend-based decisions
Targeted upgrades where downtime cost is highest
What the financial case actually looked like.
From one facility’s Lubrication Benchmark Analysis — the kind of numbers your team can take straight to leadership.
Projected Annual Improvements
| Period | Value Captured | Allocation |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $302,940 | ⅓ value |
| Year 2 | $605,880 | ⅔ value |
| Year 3 | $918,000 | Full |
| Year 4 | $918,000 | Full |
| Year 5 | $918,000 | Full |
Program Cost Phasing
| Stage | Investment |
|---|---|
| Benchmarking & strategic planning | $14,400 |
| RCL practices development | $88,360 |
| Route development | $48,598 |
| Training & development | $17,400/yr |
| Year-0 program cost | $163,359 |
Illustrative results from a real Financial Benefits Analysis (Scenario #2). Your numbers will reflect your own assets, failure history, and improvement scope.
You decided reliability matters. We’ll help you prove it.
Seasoned Practitioners
You’ll work with peers who’ve stood on the same floor you do — not theoretical consultants. People who’ve selected the lubricant, walked the route, and chased the contamination, so the benchmark reflects reality.
Know-How to Execution
Plans on paper don’t reduce downtime. You get CMMS-ready routes, prioritized actions, and a financial case your team can put to work immediately — not a report that gathers dust on a shelf.
Results That Last
Your team owns the outcome, so it sticks through turnover and shift changes. We build craft pride and confidence into the program — fewer emergencies, and improvements you can keep proving year after year.
Stop guessing where your lubrication program stands. Let’s prove it together.
One Discovery Visit is all it takes to find your starting line and map the path forward — at no cost and no obligation.