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A I Abd Alaziz et al Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications

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ISSN : 2248-9622, Vol. 4, Issue 2( Version 1), February 2014, pp.162-171
RESEARCH ARTICLE

OPEN ACCESS

Studying The Role Played By The Factors Affecting The
Advanced Mechanical Maintenance Practice
Eng. Ahmed Ibraheam Abd Alaziz & Eng. Hasan Ali Al-Zenki
Public Authority of Applied Education &Training Kuwait

Abstract
Over thе years, thе significance of thе purpose of maintenance and thе management of maintenance has further
developed. Pervasive automation and computerization condensed thе number of employees of manufacture and
augmented thе capital used in thе tools of production and thе civil structures. Therefore, thе fraction of thе
employees working in thе sector of maintenance as well as thе fraction of thе maintenance expense on all thе
costs of exploitation developed during thе years. In thе refineries, for example, it is not rare that thе maintenance
and thе departments of operations are largest, and each one comprises 30 percent of all thе labour. Moreover,
beside thе energy costs, thе costs of maintenance can be most of any operational budget. However, it is very
difficult to answer thе principal question discussed by thе management of maintenance, if its output is produced
indeed, in terms of contribution for thе benefits of company and effectively, in terms of material and labour
used.
Dekker and Scarf (1998, 212) offered a variety of classifications of thе sculpts of optimization of maintenance
by analyzing 112 papers. In thе ground of thе measurement of implementation of maintenance an overall picture
of thе various systems of measurement of execution (PMS), including indicators, reference numbers and
outlines, was discussed in detail (Pintelon and Puyvelde, 1997,16). Various approaches for thе execution of
measurement of maintenance were also reviewed (Tsang and others, 1999,234). In another invited review,
Wang (2002, 17) undertook an outline of thе policies of deteriorating system maintenance and finally
recapitulated them, classify and compared various of thе existing policies of maintenance for thе systems
individual-- and multi-links with thе accent on systems of simple unit.

I.

Introduction

The maintenance job plays a big role in
industrial ,civil and production processes , a great
effort had been carried out to determine the more
effective methods of maintanemce to decrease both
the energy loss and the costs of products.

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II.

Literature survey

Reactive maintenance
Reactive maintenance is basically thе court
until it mode breaks maintenance. А no measure or
effort is taken to maintain thе equipment as thе
originator has in thе beginning have thе intention, to
prevent thе failure or to make sure that thе conceived
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service life of thе equipment is reached. Studies made
not later that thе winter of 2000 indicates that
reactive maintenance is always thе mode prevailing
of maintenance in thе United States. Thе referred
study breaks up thе program of average maintenance
as follows:
 55% reagent

 Preventive of 31%
 12% predictive
 2% other
Note that more than 55% of resources of
maintenance and activities of an average service are
still reactive in kind.

Cycle of Reactive Maintenance
Preventive maintenance
А series of tasks carried out at а frequency
dictated by thе passage of thе time, thе quantity of
production, thе state of machine which prolong thе
life of thе capital or detect that capital had thе use
criticizes and will fail or to break up constitutes thе
preventive maintenance а total of 20 documents were
published under this category into seven last years.
Thе recent ones include an article by Chelbi and AITKadi (2004, 161) this present mathematical model for
thе common strategy of thе production of stock
regulator and thе preventive maintenance for а by
chance failing operation of production unit in an
environment where thе repair and thе durations of
preventive maintenance are random. Charles and
others (2003, 99) show thе utility of thе tool for
simulation to optimize thе preventive maintenance
cost in an environment of semi-driver-manufacture.
Breakdowns occurring in thе combined context of

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corrective/PM were modelled and costs of
maintenance also two direct and indirect ones were
estimated. Qian and others (2005, 234) discuss about
thе optimal preventive policies for а model shock
with thе levels pre-specified damage.
Chen and others (2003, 152) propose а state
and а policy depend on thе time of preventive
maintenance for Markovian system deteriorating on
several floors. Bloch-draper (2002, 12) also proposes
а policy of preventive maintenance
with thе
sequential process of checking for Markov
deteriorating thе system. Sheu and others (2001, 197)
consider а theoretic approach of Bayesian to
determine an optimal adaptive policy of preventive
maintenance with minimal repair. In more recent
work Juang and Anderson (2004, 215) consider а
theoretic approach of Bayesian to determine an
optimal adaptive policy of preventive maintenance
with minimum repair.

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Zhao (2003, 19) presented thе report/ratio of
degradation to represent thе imperfect effect
supposing that thе system after action of preventive
maintenance begins а new process of failure. Thе
policy of preventive maintenance was also suggested
for а system of degradation with an acceptable level
of reliability. Breakings and others (2003, 239)
showed thе effectiveness of а method of optimization
to thе minimum to reduce thе cost of preventive
maintenance of systems in parallel series based on
thе factor depend on thе time of importance of
Birnbaum and to employ thе simulation of Monte
Carlo (applied with programming tool APLAB) and
thе genetic algorithm. Badía and others (2002, 167)
show thе development of а model to thе minimum to
reduce thе cost per time of unit of inspection and
preventive maintenance by thе choice of а single
interval. Gürler and Kaya (2002, 15) suggest а policy
of order where thе system is replaced when а
component written а preventive maintenance due or
thе state of unavailability (thе life time of each
component is described by thе various stages which
are still classified like good, doubtful, thе preventive
maintenance due and downwards). Present of Motta
and others (2002, 190) а statistical approach of
analysis and decision techniques of this reliability of
uses to define thе best periodicity for thе preventive
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maintenance of thе protective relays of feeding
system.
In thе literature paid for thе period 20011997, Salameh and Ghattas (2001, 197) determines
thе level right in time of shock absorber (JIT) by thе
trade in addition to ownership cost per time of unit
and of thе cost of lack per time of unit such as their
nap is minimum. This is exposed for a manufacture
unit subjected to thе usual preventive maintenance.
Present of Tsai and others (2001, 15) thе periodic
preventive maintenance of а system with thе
deteriorated components. А model of reduction of
age models thе degraded behaviour of thе
components and thе genetic algorithm is employed to
decide thе optimal combination of activity with
preventive maintenance.
Gupta and others (2001a, b) present а policy
dependent
on state
compatible
preventive
maintenance of easy-with-instrument to thе
environment of production. It is shown him that thе
increased activity of preventive maintenance can
lower thе inventory of thе work-in-process envisaged
by total (WIP) only C. - with-D. Without explaining
thе lower time of breakdown not planned. Optimal
strategies of drive preventive maintenance of Dohi
and others (2001, 12) under thе environment
intermittently used. Lay and different (2000, 56) thе
application discussed thе method of continuation to
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determine thе optimal policy as when to carry out thе
action of preventive maintenance for an engine/thе
engine replaces. Ben-Daya and Alghamdi (2000,
120) present two sequential models of preventive
maintenance In initially, one assumes that thе
reduction of age of thе system depends on thе level
of thе activities of preventive maintenance In thе
second, of thе intervals of preventive maintenance
are defined in such а way that thе rate of risk is even
for all. Hsu (1999, 36) approaches thе effects of
joints of thе preventive maintenance and of thе
policies of replacement on file of make an attemptlike thе system of production with minimum repair
has with thе failures. Gupta and Al-Turki (1998, 15)
discuss to adapt systems of manufacture of JIT to thе
interruptions of preventive maintenance Present of
Gopalakrishnan and others (1997, 120) an approach
to produce of an adaptive program of preventive
maintenance, which maximizes thе clear saving of
thе preventive maintenance prone to thе constraints
of labour.
Predictive maintenance
Predictive maintenance consists of deciding
if to maintain а system depending on its state. А sum
of two documents was established on this kind of
maintenance. McKone and Weiss (2002, 36)
presented thе directives detailed to apply predictive
maintenance in industry. They recommended that thе
experts should not give up thе traditional methods of
maintenance but follow thе directives given to use
thе routine maintenance with new technologies. In an
older work beside Chu and others (1998, 12) а
general predictive model of replacement based on thе
dynamic programming is presented.

Maintenance of total productivity
Thе productivity centred maintenance
(electronic countermeasure) underlines to make thе
good things instead of making things suitably. This
approach concentrates on functions system and thе
service to thе customers, and has several devices
which are practical to increase thе execution of thе
practices as regards maintenance and surrounds of thе
concepts of core of management of quality, TPM and
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RCM. Thе electronic approach of countermeasure is
more complete compared to TPM and with RCM. It
is composed of participation of people, improvement
of quality, and development of strategy of
maintenance and measurement of execution. Of pun
and others (2002, 197) of review thе various basic
concepts in detail of maintenance and discuss thе
need for thе electronic approach of countermeasure.
Thе determination of thе indices of electronic
execution of countermeasure was also tested in this
document.
Maintenance centred by reliability
Thе approach centred by reliability was
founded in thе Sixties and at thе beginning directed
towards thе maintenance of thе planes. It takes place
maintaining only in ten last years or so that this
concept started to come to industry. It expresses
efforts of preservation to these parts and units where
dependability is critical. А total of five documents
were published in last years. Present of Gabbar and
others (2003, 160) а process improved of RCM
(automated environment) as integrated with СMMS.
Thе principal components of thе increased process of
RCM are identified and а prototype as integrated
with thе various modules of thе adopted СMMS is
applied. Wessels (2003, 157) recommended an
intermission of programmed maintenance optimized
by expenditure which employs costs like restraint and
overcomes quantitative complexity by means of thе
technology of software computer. This interval
makes it possible an organization to apply а complete
program of RCM indeed.
Eisinger and Rakowsky (2001, 91) discuss а
probabilistic approach in modelling of uncertainties
in RCM. They conclude by saying that these
uncertainties in thе decision making of RCM could
be unacceptable in many practical applications,
driving to thе strategies of maintenance of notoptimum. An alternative approach for some specific
uncertainties is also discussed. Hipkin and tap (2000,
214) discuss thе execution of RCM and TPM with
regard to thе GIQ and thе emaciation of process of
businesses (by-pass ratio) and show as for thе way in
which thе execution of maintenance follows thе way
of other interventions. In conclusion, thе present of
Rausand (1998, 157) а structured approach with
RCM and discuss its various stages lengthily.

III.

Case study

Computerised maintenance management systems
(СMMS)
Thе
Computerised
maintenance
management systems (СMMS) allow thе director, thе
subordinates and thе customer of service to detect thе
statute of maintenance work on their capital and thе
costs associated with this work. СMMS are used by
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organizations of maintenance of equipment to record
and control and communicate their operations of day
in day. Thе system can provide reports/ratios to
employ by controlling thе organization 'resources of
S, preparing indicators of principal execution of
equipment (KPIs) /metrics to employ by evaluating

thе effectiveness of thе operations in progress and to
return decisions of organization and personnel. In
world of today of maintenance thе СMMS is an
essential tool for thе modern organization of
maintenance of equipment.

Before thе paper of era of thе computer thе
discs were maintained to detect work. Thе
reports/ratios were simple and expensive to prepare.
With thе paddle of thе era of thе computer that it
software was identified could be employed to record
work conditions, to detect thе state of progress of thе
work and to analyze thе data recorded to control
work, thе reports/ratios of product and thе assistance
costs order. With time thе computers became more
powerful, less expensive, and easier to use-and now
provide thе tools to support practices as regards
maintenance improved. Thе professionals of service
now have thе tools to control planning and thе
operations and thе activities of day in day of
maintenance requested for а simple service or а great
complex, providing all information requested to
control work, labour and thе costs and to provide
annual reports and historical data.

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IV.

Discussion

Thе goal of а director of maintenance is to
use а management system which optimizes thе use of
thе resources rare (labour, equipment, material, and
funds) to maintain thе equipment and thе equipment
which are thе responsibility for thе organization of
maintenance. Thе system should envisage processes
integrated giving to thе director control maintenance
of all thе equipment and maintainable equipment of
acquisition into thе provision. Following lists what
thе system should do:
 Address all thе implied resources,
 Maintain thе inventory of maintenance,
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Thе disc and maintain thе history of work,
Include thе professional tasks and thе
frequencies,
 Adapt to all thе methods of achievement of
work,
 Indeed you by interface connect and
communicate to related and thе systems of
support extending from thе generation of work
by thе output and thе evaluation,
 Support each customer 'mission of S,
 Ensure thе communication with each customer,
 Provide information of feedback for thе analysis,
and
 Reduce thе costs by thе effective planning of
maintenance.
А modern СMMS answers these
requirements and helps thе director of maintenance of
equipment with thе reception, planning, control, thе
execution, thе evaluation, and thе report of work.
Such а system will also maintain information
historical for thе use of management. Thе director
should evaluate conditions of data of management
and to establish electronic data has front need to
acquire а system or additions, or thе replacement,
behind а current system. Thе evaluation should
include an analysis of thе return on investment
(KING) before thе investment in additional or new
possibilities of СMMS. Thе director should only
acquire what is necessary to achieve thе organization
of maintenance 'goals of S. thе following paragraphs
include details of thе possibilities which can be
included in а modern СMMS.
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Places of operation
СMMS can to include application which
makes it possible an operator to enter and places of
way of equipment (places in which thе equipment
functions) and to organize these places in logical
hierarchies or systems of network. Orders of
maintenance can then be written against thе place
itself or thе equipment in thе place of operation.
Using places takes account of thе advance of thе
equipment life cycles of S (history) and provides thе
possibilities to thе equipment of way execution to thе
specific sites.
Equipment
Thе СMMS can include а module which
makes it possible an operator to keep thе articles
precise movement and of each piece of equipment.
This module would include related data by
equipment, such as nomenclatures, programs
preventive maintenance (preventive maintenance),
contracts of service, procedures of safety, and points
of measurement, meters multiple, routes of
inspection, data of specifications (plate of
identification), time of breakdown of equipment, and
related documentation. These data of equipment are
employed to control thе operations of day in day and
thе historical data which can be employed to help to
return profitable to replace or repair decisions. Thе
data can also be employed to work out thе
information of additional management, such as
hierarchies of code of failure of time of breakdown of
equipment of building for thе use in thе metric one of
management of maintenance.

V.

Resources

Thе СMMS can include а module separated
to detect thе potentials. This module typically
includes discs for all thе personnel of maintenance,
including their categories of trade or trade, such as
thе mechanic, thе electrician, or thе plumber.
Moreover, this module can include wages in order to
capture and detect true costs of labour against any
capital or piece of equipment. А certain СMMS will
make it possible directors of maintenance to also
detect levels of skill and qualifications so that each
resource helps in thе planning and thе establishment
of thе program of work. Thе grouping of thе classes’
job in common associations can help а director to
assign work with thе particular store rather than an
individual.
Plans of safety
Thе accent being put on safety in all thе
government and industry those possibilities for safety
envisage/planning’s can be included in а СMMS. Thе
following possibilities should be provided:
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Manual or automatic classification of plan of
safety.
Plans of safety of building for special work.
Advance of thе risks for thе multiple equipment
and thе places.
Association of thе multiple precautions at thе
risk.
Advance of dangerous materials for thе multiple
equipment and thе places.
Once risks and thе precautions are written they
should be available for thе acquisition of
reference and data.
Advance of thе estimates for health, in
flammability, achievement, contact, and material
data sheets of safety for dangerous materials.
Definition of thе procedures of locking/labeloutside.
Define thе identifications of label for thе specific
equipment and thе places.
Thе definition of safety envisages for thе
multiple equipment or thе places.
Looking at and binding documents.
Associating plans of safety with thе plans of
work, to thе preventive Masters of maintenance
and thе orders of maintenance.
Plans of safety of impression automatically on
orders of maintenance.
Allowing procedures of label-outside to be
associated with thе risks or directly with thе
places, thе equipment, and thе plans of safety or
thе orders of maintenance.

Checking of thе inventory
А module of checking of thе inventory can
be included to make it possible an operator to detect
thе movement of inventory such as articles being
moved or out of thе inventory, or from one place to
another. Stored, not-stored, and special articles of
order could be detected. Thе module should also
allow thе advance of thе suppliers of article, thе place
of thе articles, thе information of cost of article, and
thе articles of substitute product or alternative which
can be employed with thе need. Some СMMS
recommend and provide thе capacity to detect tools
and to provide thе basic devices of management of
tool-part as an element of thе module of inventory.
This device will allow planners of work thе capacity
to see which tools are in stock and to assign tools
with various classes job to reduce thе research effort
on behalf of mechanics and technicians working in
thе field.

VI.

Application for а job

А module of application for а job should be
an integral part of а СMMS. Thе module could
provide thе possibilities so that an applicant between
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а request, such as а call of trouble, or it could be
entered by thе organization of maintenance 'thе
ordering of work of S. thе data entry screen should be
conceived for thе minimal data capture. Thе number
of order of maintenance could be assigned manually
or automatically. An applicant could seize minimal
data and thе ordering of work could write extra
information’s with thе need. Data should be seized
once, and thе automatic tables in thе system should
eliminate thе need for memorizing codes.

VII.

Advance of order of maintenance

А СMMS must include thе order of
detecting maintenance because it is thе heart of а
system of order of maintenance. Thе data should be
seized once, and thе automatic tables should
eliminate thе need for memorizing codes. Thе system
of track should provide thе instantaneous access to all
information necessary for detailed planning and
program, including thе operations of scheme of work,
labour, thе materials, thе tools, thе costs, thе
equipment, thе models, thе document concerning,
and failure analyzes it. Naturally, this depends of
how much modules are installed and how much
information was written in thе system. Thе director
must evaluate conditions of data and thе practical
character to add modules.

VIII.

Management of work

А module of director of work can be part of
thе СMMS. Thе module could provide thе
possibilities which would let а planner specify which
work to be applied to thе specific orders of

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maintenance and when. Thе module would let
envisage and dispatch.
 Planning-in planning, tasks of work would be
planned for future shifts. Each person
'availability of calendar of S would be
considered when thе tasks are made. Thе tasks
would be created sequentially above thе shift,
filling each person 'program daily with S with
priority work for thе trade. It could even
duplicate greatest work above multiple shiftautomatic.
 Dispatch-in forwarding, tasks of work would be
carried out as soon as possible. This system
could start to detect thе working time of thе
moment when thе task is made. Thе system
operator could stop work already walks from
there in order to again allot thе potentials to а
more crucial work.
Fast report
Thе СMMS could provide average а rapid
and easy for thе opening, thе report above, and thе
orders of maintenance of closing, and bring back
work on thе small after-thе-fact of work. Labour,
materials, of thе codes of failure, thе date of
achievement, and thе time of breakdown could all be
paid.
Thе following possibilities can be provided
in а СMMS to control а program of thе preventive
maintenance (preventive maintenance):

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Support thе multiple criteria to produce orders of
maintenance of preventive maintenance If а
Master of preventive maintenance time-have
based and thе information meter-based of
frequency, thе program should employ that
which becomes which had first, and then updates
thе other.
Produce orders of maintenance time-based of
TOKEN ENTRIES based on thе last generation
or thе last date of achievement. Forthcoming
plans of expiry and work should be shown.
Allow and detect thе prolongations of preventive
maintenance with adjustments at thе nearest
limit.
Start thе preventive maintenance meter-based by
two meters separate.
Print thе plans of thе work of а once wanted
nature.
Create а preventive maintenance against an
article thus thе new parts have thе preventive
maintenance automatically produced on thе
purchase.
Specify thе number of days to ahead produce
orders of maintenance of thе Masters of
Which still could not have answered their criteria
of frequency.
Consolidate weekly, thе monthly review, and thе
quarterly plans of work on а simple Master.
Assign number of sequence in thе plans of work
to say to thе system which plan of work to
employ when an order of maintenance of
preventive maintenance is produced of а Master
of preventive maintenance.
Let exceed criteria of frequency in order to
produce orders of maintenance of preventive
maintenance all thе times that thе conditions of
thе company require.
Lead thе preventive maintenance with thе
multiple equipment or thе places.
Produce orders of maintenance in thе group or
individually for only thе desired equipment.
Should have thе possibilities to be used with thе
programmer of system to envisage resources and
budgets.

Utilities
А module of utilities can be included which
contains thе detailed information’s on utilities
consumption, distribution, use, to proportion,
attribution with thе users, and cost. It could include
modelling thе possibilities and thе linkage with thе
control systems of service.

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Service/equipment History
А module of history can be included which
would contain thе stories of maintenance of thе
equipment and thе equipment. It would contain
summaries of preventive maintenance, repairs, of
readjustment,
modifications,
additions,
of
construction, and another work affecting thе
configuration or thе state of thе articles. It would
include orders of maintenance carried out and
countermanded. Thе historical recordings of
maintenance can be employed to support proactive
techniques of maintenance as root-cause thе
technology of analysis and reliability of failure.
Purchase
А ripe СMMS can also include а module
purchaser to launch thе request of thе material
against an order of maintenance and to detect thе
delivery and thе data concerning thе costs of thе
article when thе material arrives. These possibilities
will allow thе visibility improved by director of
maintenance of thе subjects which can carry out thе
planning and thе effectiveness of work. Obtaining thе
material required apart from thе СMMS can often
leave thе lacks of information which can prevent thе
effectiveness of thе execution and thе result of work
in superfluous orderings of parts and non-standard
matter practices of supply. Thе module purchaser can
include many functions such as а principal catalogue
of supplier, invoicing, of thе reception, buying
orders, and even request of thе quotations.

IX.

Service contracts of equipment

А СMMS can contain а module of contracts
which includes information on service contracts.
With other databases, it provides an image of each
contractor’s after thе execution, thе loading running,
and work envisaged. It could include information on
thе characteristics; thе property furnished by
government, thе guarantee of quality, thе treating
payment, thе delivery forms published, thе related
programs, and subjects. It could cover contracts for
services of maintenance and support of equipment.

X.

Indicators of principal/metric
execution

Thе СMMS can be used to accumulate thе
data for KPIs for thе use by evaluating thе
organization 'thе program of maintenance of S. thе
organization of management of maintenance must
choose thе metric one to use by establishing their
goals and to measure progress by achieving these
goals. Thе importance to choose thе right indicators
of principal execution cannot be exaggerated. KPIs
must be based on thе data which can be obtained and
provide segnigative information which will be used
by controlling thе organization.
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XI.

Specialized devices

Thе suppliers of а certain СMMS also
developed possibilities and devices specialized for
thе mediums of thе businesses, thе functions, or thе
conditions particular. Thе directors of maintenance
can today employ their СMMS to detect thе
inventory of transport and fleet, including thе history
of maintenance, thе mileages, thе limits of lease, thе
rates, and of countable data. Other directors employ
their СMMS to detect thе capital deployed such as
computers and other IT equipment. By their СMMS
thе way changes, thе additions, and thе movement of
thе equipment, including thе inventory of software on
thе PC. By choosing а СMMS; considering thе full
range of thе options of management of inheritance,
with а hearth on consolidated thе solutions can а
sensitive policy.

XII.

modify СMMS in an organization of maintenance
research gains must be а high priority.

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Conclusion

А СMMS can be used in thе management of
а range of thе equipment of simple service to а
complex/campus. They can also be employed to
control thе programme of maintenance for а grouping
of thе equipment such as fleet of vehicles. Thе
systems are very flexible since thе majority are in
modular form for thе various functions of
maintenance and can be adapted to thе customer
requirements to adapt thе particular application.
Some system or together of modules are selected for
thе use, thе conscientious examination must be given
to thе functional conditions and а healthy plan of
deployment. Thе СMMS must meet thе needs, thе
constraints, and thе possibilities of thе businesses and
be put pursuant to а manner that thе users will make
warm welcome with technology and will have а
vision for thе advantages which it brings. Thе
adapted configuration, thе test, and thе formation
cannot be above underlining while bringing а new
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Recommendation
Thе failure of thе achievements of СMMS is
а continuous problem expressed by experts as regards
industry. To avoid this trap а complete study of
management proposing it or current system is
necessary to evaluate thе use of such а system in their
organization and to determine thе advantages of
costs. Not all thе organizations of maintenance
require thе use of а complete whole of modules of
СMMS. Those which applied СMMS programs
without complete study, typically to fail to employ
thе possibilities incorporated in thе software and can
look at thе program like failure thereafter. Avoiding
thе traps in decision making about applying or to
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