Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing 1999

ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-133-4

PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR WORLD CLASS MAINTENANCE

DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.980
pages 1161-1172

Abstrakt

A main problem in maintenance is the lack of a practical, consistent, and adaptive performance measure that provides a focused feedback and integrates preventive and corrective modes of maintenance. The paper defines concepts of world class and benchmarking. Desirable features in an appropriate performance measure are identified. It then, demonstrates current practices in maintenance and criticises their shortcomings. An alternative model is presented accompanied by a case study. The model monitors performance from a general view, and then offers a focused analysis. The main conclusion is that the proposed model offers an adaptive and a dynamic framework, and hence production and maintenance are integrated in a 'real time' environment. The system is also flexible in working with any other criteria whether they are of a quantitative or a qualitative nature.