The first step in designing a lubrication management program is to have a qualified professional perform a lubrication audit. Its objectives should be to:

• Identify current practices and suggest best-practice alternatives.
• Identify improvement and cost reduction opportunities in lubrication management, storage, handling, and disposal.
• Identify opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of oil analyses by incorporating or refining sampling methods, test slates, on-site analyses, target cleanliness levels, data alarms/limits, and sampling frequencies.
• Review contamination control and proactive maintenance practices and propose improvements to them.
• Identify opportunities and needs for lubricant consolidation and purchasing standards.
• Examine the way oil analysis is integrated with other maintenance technologies.
• Suggest needs for training and documenting procedures.

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