Maintenance is a preventive measure that aims to reduce or even avoid damage to equipment by ensuring the level of reliability and readiness and minimizing maintenance costs. According to Assauri (2008), the purpose of treatment or maintenance is as follows:

1. Production capability can meet the needs according to the production plan.
2. Maintain quality at the right level to meet what is required by the product itself, and production activities are not disrupted.
3. To help reduce the use and irregularities that are out of bounds and maintain the capital invested in the company during the time specified by the company's policy regarding the investment.
4. To achieve the lowest possible level of maintenance costs by carrying out maintenance activities effectively and efficiently as a whole.
5. Avoid activities that can endanger the safety of workers.
6. Establishing close cooperation with other main functions of a company to achieve the company's main goals, namely the best possible profit or return on investment and low total costs.


Meanwhile, according to Ansori and Mustajib (2013), care or maintenance has the following objectives:

1. Longer use of production facilities.
2. Optimum availability of production facilities.
3. Guarantee the operational readiness of all facilities needed during emergency use.
4. Ensure the safety of operators and use of facilities.
5. Helping the ability of the machine to meet the needs according to its function.
6. Support the reduction of usage and storage that is out of bounds and maintain the capital invested in the company for the time specified by company policy.
7. Carry out maintenance activities effectively and efficiently to achieve the lowest possible level of maintenance costs (lowest maintenance cost).
8. Strong cooperation with the company's central functions to achieve the primary goal of getting the maximum profit.