A review of overall models for maintenance management
Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering
ISSN: 1355-2511
Article publication date: 1 September 2000
Abstract
Reviews overall models for maintenance management from the viewpoint of one who believes that improvements can be made by regarding maintenance as a “contributor to profits” rather than “a necessary evil”. The reasons why maintenance is such a “Cinderella function” are largely historical and can mostly be overcome by new information technology (IT) and its falling cost. Progress is now being held up by outdated notions of what is economically possible in data acquisition and analysis, and failure to revise basic maintenance and reliability concepts, some of which are now 30 years out‐of‐date. Integrated IT permits mathematical optimisation of supra‐departmental management decisions, e.g. co‐planning of production with maintenance, overhaul/renewal of machinery and improvement of product performance/quality. Life‐cycle profit (LCP) is a fair measure of overall effectiveness that emphasises the value rather than the cost of terotechnological activities.
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Citation
Sherwin, D. (2000), "A review of overall models for maintenance management", Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 6 No. 3, pp. 138-164. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552510010341171
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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