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Reactive fire-fighting
Breakdowns consume the week. Preventive work, improvement tasks and root-cause actions are pushed to tomorrow — that never comes.
Stop Fighting
Fires.
Start Building
Excellence.
Compass Machina helps industrial plant teams turn maintenance complexity into clear improvement roadmaps. The Navigator gives plant maintenance teams the assessment tools, proven frameworks, and hands-on training to build a world-class operation — without the guesswork.
The Navigator by Compass Machina — your structured path from reactive maintenance to operational excellence
Take the free assessment →The Navigator by Compass Machina — your structured path from reactive maintenance to operational excellence
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Sounds Familiar?
These challenges are holding your team back
Every maintenance leader we've worked with faces these same walls. They're all solvable — with the right system in place.
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Backlog out of control
The work order backlog grows faster than you can clear it. No routine for prioritising, planning, scheduling and closing work.
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No data to justify decisions
KPIs are reported but not translated into decisions, accountability or management routines. No one can defend the numbers.
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Know-how walking out the door
Critical knowledge depends on a few experts instead of documented standards and repeatable training. Every departure is a loss.
How the system is built
One product. Multiple modules. Clear progression.
The Navigator can start with a diagnostic and scale into a full maintenance excellence programme as you're ready.
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The Navigator Assessment
Quick (15 questions) or full (100+ questions per pillar) maturity assessment across all 10 maintenance dimensions — with prioritised gaps and a management-ready summary.
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The Navigator 90-Day Roadmap
Translates assessment findings into owners, actions, timing, routines and measurable success criteria. Your structured path from diagnosis to execution.
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The Navigator Playbooks
Focused playbooks for work management, preventive maintenance, KPI governance, spare parts control and team capability development.
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The Navigator Templates
Ready-to-use tools for plant teams: PM task libraries, KPI definitions, work order templates, planning trackers and skills matrices.
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The Navigator Academy
Training and coaching modules for maintenance managers, planners, supervisors and technicians — on-site workshops and remote programmes.
How it works
Four steps to measurable improvement
The Navigator method — clear, structured, no guesswork.
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Assess
Score your operation across all 10 maintenance pillars. Understand where you are losing the most ground — and why.
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Navigate
Receive a personalised roadmap. Select the few priority areas that will create the strongest operational impact first.
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Execute
Run a 90-day implementation cycle with templates, routines, coaching and weekly progress visibility. Make it stick.
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Excel
Embed new standards into daily management, KPI review and training. Build a maintenance culture that sustains results.
Why trust us
"I'm not a big consulting firm. I'm a maintenance professional who has lived your challenges — and found the solutions."
Compass Machina is designed to be practical from day one: clear language, plant-relevant tools and execution support that respects real maintenance constraints — budgets, shifts, backlog and all.
For leaders who need maintenance to become visible, measurable and manageable.
The Navigator is for maintenance managers, plant leaders and operations teams who want a structured way to improve — without waiting for a large transformation programme.
Especially useful when a team knows there are issues — backlog, poor PM discipline, weak spare parts control, unclear KPIs or audit stress — but doesn't yet have a clear sequence for fixing them.
15+years industrial experience
80+plants supported
4industries: Food · Pharma · FMCG · Auto
Early Results
What Navigator teams are achieving
The Navigator is in active early deployment. Here are the types of outcomes plant teams are working toward — and what becomes possible with a structured approach.
54→91%
PM compliance improvement within six months of implementing a structured planning and scheduling framework — moving from reactive to preventive.
Target outcome · Planning & Scheduling
60→85%
Schedule compliance improvement in one quarter after introducing a planning system, backlog management process and team training.
Target outcome · Planning & Scheduling
2 wks
From first assessment to a clear, prioritised improvement plan. Then: a 90-day first execution cycle, 180-day progress review, and a full 12-month roadmap — built to evolve as your team grows.
Navigator Sprint · Full programme timeline
Programmes
Start small. Scale when the value is clear.
Every programme includes direct access to a practitioner with 15+ years across 80+ plants — not a junior consultant.
Navigator Starter
Free Assessment
Free
No credit card. No sign-up required.
The perfect starting point. Take the Navigator diagnostic and see exactly where to focus first.
- Short assessment — 15 questions
- Instant maturity score & report
- Top 2 priority improvement areas
- Pillar breakdown and radar chart
- Short improvement plan for one focus area
Navigator Programme
Improvement Programme
€2,000
per month · flexible engagement
A structured, owner-led programme to design and implement your maintenance improvement roadmap — from strategy to execution.
- Full assessment — 100+ questions
- 90-day and 180-day improvement roadmaps
- Weekly 1:1 strategy calls
- KPI framework & dashboard setup
- Full templates & tools library
- Email & live online support
- Monthly on-site visit
Navigator Excellence
Full Excellence Programme
Custom
Tailored to your facility and team size
The complete transformation. Choose the scope that fits your situation.
Multi-site Programme
- On-site assessment and workshops
- Full team and supervisor training
- Multi-site programme governance
- Ongoing implementation support
Pillar-based Programme
- Focus on specific pillars only
- Ideal for targeted improvement sprints
- Can be combined across pillars over time
Free. Instant. Actionable.
Ready to know exactly
Ready to know exactly
where you stand?
Take the Navigator assessment. Get your instant maturity report, scores across all 10 pillars, and your top 3 priority improvement areas — completely free. No sign-up required.
Let's talk
Let's talk about your operation
Share your current challenge and what you want to improve first. You'll speak directly with me — not a coordinator.