Maintenance Management

Introduction

Maintenance management has evolved over a long period. The incorporation of maintenance management as a sub-system of an organisation is indicative of its pivotal role in supporting business objectives. Maintenance management is defined as the combination of all technical and associated administrative actions intended to retain an item, or restore it to a state in which it can perform its required function. (British Standards 3811:1993). This is a broad definition and encompasses major aspects that were missing in older versions as highlighted by John Moubray, 2000-Reading 1-1. The inclusion of ‘associated administrative actions’ and ‘retaining an item to its required function’ makes this definition more relevant to current maintenance management trends.

Fundamental elements of maintenance management

The fundamental elements of a good maintenance system are therefore, those that combine technical and administrative actions. As indicated by Moubray, Maintenance Management-A New Paradigm, 2000, repairing a machine or component goes beyond achieving operation to ensuring the component ‘operates to and within desired specifications’. Trade-persons need to be competent enough and test equipment to ensure component is operating to required manufacturer’s standards. Statutory and regulatory requirements to label trade persons as competent are also required and these include site and area induction. The other requirement included is environmental considerations. They also need to be passed-out to use specialised tooling. Organisations are devoting a lot of resources to buying specialist tooling to minimise down time and maintain high safety standards. Other tooling that may need to be organised include cranes, fork...

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...ekly, monthly and yearly maintenance performance indicators.

Works Cited

British Standards 3811:1993, ENMM20010 Introduction to Maintenance Management, Division of Teaching and Learning Services, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton.

Kelly, T 1997, ENMM20010, Introduction to Maintenance Management, Division of Teaching and Learning Services, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton.

Moore, R 2002, ENMM20010 Introduction to Maintenance Management, Division of Teaching and Learning Services, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton

Moubray, J 2000, http://www.maintenanceresources.com/reference library, RCM/Predictive Maintenance management-a new paradigm’

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Sherwin, D 2000,A review of overall models for Maintenance management’ Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering,vol.6,no.3,pp.138-164, Emerald database.