Modern complex systems/equipment involves a major load on maintenance and support resources, in terms of both manpower and cost. A proper maintenance needs technical skills, techniques, methods to properly utilize the assets like factories, power plants, vehicles, equipment’s and machines. The key objective of maintenance is to ensure system function (availability, efficiency and product quality), system life (asset management), and system safety with low energy consumption.
This study is about maintenance measurement in process industry –a case example sugar industry is considered in present paper. In literature, maintenance management depends upon maintenance approach and continuous improvement in manufacturing industries. After
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Here used holistic approach for maintenance measurement because in Sugar industry because data needed for various methods and recorded and one of the aim of the study is to testing maintenance performance influenced by maintenance approach. The process industry is different from discrete manufacturing industry. Process industry that has high capital investment industry and continuous availability is required and maintenance is important function in process industry. The importance of Sugar industry in rural development and considering future growth and maintenance function and no study is carried in India about maintenance performance of Sugar industry.
In section , 2.0 literature review regarding maintenance performance , followed by Sugar industry in India and process in Sugar industry in section 3.0 maintenance of Sugar industry , followed by 4.0 research Methodology, data collection, data analysis and section 5.0 result and discussion followed by 6.0
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Fung (2000) reported a case on benchmarking for maintenance management in a large-scale power plant is analyzed. Benchmarking is used to search for optimum methods for maintenance management practices in order to improve the overall effectiveness of the operations and maintenance of the plant.
Kathleen E. McKone et al (2001) investigate the relationship between Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and manufacturing performance (MP) through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Tsang (2002) Identified four strategic dimensions of maintenance: (1) service-delivery options; (2) organization and work structuring; (3) maintenance methodology; and (4) support systems
Cholasuke et al. (2004) A review article categorized the maintenance effectiveness measures into nine areas as follows: (1) Policy deployment and organization; (2) Human resources management; (3) Financial aspects; (4) Continuous improvement; (5) Contracting out maintenance; (6) Maintenance approach; (7) Task planning and scheduling; (8) Information management and CMMS; and (9) Spare parts
The TC 3.04.7 (Army Aviation Maintenance), chapter 1 has a section on Army Maintenance Planning and Execution. It lays out P4T3 (Problem, Plan, People, Parts, Time, Tools, Training), which is every maintenance officer’s tool on how to run a successful maintenance program. In theater you have the people, parts, tools, and training. What sometimes is lacking is the Plan and Time. A solution could be to essentially build an assembly line when conducing phases and using this P4T3 model; it would ultimately shorten the phase time in the hanger. For example, the Longbow has many sections to complete when conducting a 500hr Phase. If you assigned people who are extremely versed in performing maintenance in that particular section of the aircraft, they will continue to do maintenance on that aircrafts section for the time that they are at that phase location (i.e. Camp Taji). Secondly, assign a Power-On Team at the end of the phase to assist the Maintenance Test Pilots to do their ground and flight Maintenance Operational Checks (MOC’s). This Team will be in charge of all the rigging, hanging blades and further unforeseen unscheduled maintenance.
In today’s operational management arena, there are certain expectations from a managerial aspect that must be met in order to be successful. A comprehensive look at the Space Age Furniture Company will show exactly what the Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) calculations are for this company at present time and then take the information given in order to properly suggest ways to improve the sub-assemblies. In addition, there will be an analysis on the trade-offs between the overtime and inventory costs. A calculation will be made on the new MRP that will improve the base MRP. This paper will also compare and contrast the types of production processing to include the job shop, batch, repetitive, or continuous, and determine which the primary mode of operation should be and exactly why. A detailed description on how management can keep track of the job status and location during production will also be addressed. Finally, there will be a recommendation on they type of changes that need to occur that will be beneficial to the company and at the same time add value to the customer. This paper will conclude with summary of the major points.
Continuous improvement (CI) refers to a philosophy consisting of improvement activities that increase successes and reduce failures in a production process (Bhuiyan & Baghel 2005, p. 761). It involves activities and processes that focus on continuous and incremental innovation (Bessant et al., 1994, p.17). CI is a new approach that enhances productivity, performance, and achieves competitive advantage needed in the highly competitive industries. It may also serve as a complementary approach to other quality improvement initiatives such as total quality management (TQM) (Pike, Barnes, & Barnes 1995, p. 23; Larson 2003; Lassen, Gertsen, & Riis 2006; Oakland 2007, p. 227). The purpose of this research is to explore the application of production systems engineering methods in the CI at manufacturing plants.
MAINTENANCE: Keep our station and boats running and looking great. Preventative maintenance, material condition, and house-keeping are the responsibilities of everyone.
Maintenance costs have soared recently and based on the lack of information available, lost paperwork and receipts, and misfiled maintenance documentation, senior management has finally made the decision to take action. “Pen and paper” record keeping is no longer making the grade here at Huffman Trucking. The maintenance facility located in Cleveland OH needs to adopt automation and the need for a Fleet Truck Maintenance Database Management System has now become “top priority.”
At the request of the Huffman Trucking Maintenance Department, Smith Consulting developed entities and attributes for their Fleet Trucking Maintenance database. Unfortunately, the creator of the database was not available and the development of the database system was not able to be completed. D Team realizes that the development of a reliable database system is needed to provide for the tracking of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance for their fleet. Therefore, a database along with forms, tables, queries, and reports that tracks information gathered by maintenance records, inventory of parts and purchases from vendors is proposed.
Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS) means systematic caring, inspecting, and servicing of military equipment to keep it in good condition and to prevent breakdowns. The operator of the vehicle mission is to be sure to perform PMCS each time he/she operate the vehicle. Always do the PMCS in the same order, so it gets to be a habit. Once you've had some practice, you will quickly spot anything wrong.
These procedures and practices are used both by GM and by their vendors. The policies vary from layered inspections, statistics, process failure modes, effects analysis and control plans (Drew, 2011). All quality measures produce a graded system of quality management utilizing quality tools. An example of quality control test is that of speedy response wherever dilemmas are resolved quickly and immediately throughout visual management. Individuals responsible for specific tasks are kept accountable for some corrective actions that may subsist. What General Motors did was ignore this quality measurement when it was dealing with the problems of the Chevrolet
A service firm performance is usually measured in terms of quality. Nevertheless, these performance measurements can also be measured in terms of time, flexibility and cost, and they can also be used by a manufacturing company. In order to analyze the measures, I will divide them to the three main parts of operations, input – process – output:
Industrial Engineering Industrial Engineering is concerned with the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, equipment, information, and energy in the most efficient manner possible. Efficiency is one of an engineers major concerns. Being able to complete the job, solve the problem, and put the solution in process are all very important, but making the process efficient allows less waste and more profit. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems. Their jobs are also concerned with performance, reliability, cost efficiency, quality control, plant design, and management of human resources.
Initially, it appears that physical capital maintenance provides information that is more complete with better predictive and confirmatory value by its use of fair value. In actuality, it provides management with a greater ability to manipulate financial information and the wherewithal to do so resulting in decreased decision usefulness, as described by SFAC No. 8, compared to financial capital maintenance. Therefore, financial capital maintenance is the better choice for standards setters.
As the development of aviation industry grows, more and more aircraft crashes occur. There are many reasons that lead to aircraft crashes, but one of them, is because of improper aircraft maintenance. Why is proper aircraft maintenance so important? Proper aircraft maintenance is critical in order to keep the aircraft can function properly, every aircraft part is in good condition and ensure the safety of pilots and passengers. Proper maintenance has many parts. The most common part is inspections, which pilots do them every day; the main part is overhaul and repair of an aircraft; and maintenance documentation is another important part of aircraft maintenance which improper maintenance documentation has caused many incidents.
In this report we want to know how process in manufacturing is done, what they consider in this manufacturing process and different organizations in production process.
The factors, such as global competition, technology improvement and the economic growth force the company to modify its performance measurement system. By only evaluating the performance from accounting information and putting aside the performance process, the manager’s responsibility to increase the value of company cannot be done. Large scale of the business requires the process-oriented measurement, which is suitable for mass customization manufactures, rather than result-oriented.
Product designing, in this stage for continuous quality improvement the parameters of the design gets changed and the level of tolerance gets altered. This is very difficult for the manufacturing companies in implementation stage.