2. Introduction
maintenance may be explained as the process of
restoring failed equipment to working condition or kipping
non-filed equipment in operational condition. It may also
defined any activity conducted for the purpose of
establishing the reliability of any assist or equipment.
maintenance is an important aspect to ensure
effectiveness of business processes. It help in establishing
various facets of an organization such as its environmental
integrity ,safety areas, product quality and energy
consumption measure. Maintenance efficiency is also
helpful in controlling.
maintenance management is planning ,organizing and
controlling of maintenance activity such that the overall
maintenance cost is minimized.
3. Meaning of Maintenance Management :
is the planning, organizing and controlling and
controlling of maintenance activities such that the
overall maintenance cost is minimized.
4. Functions of maintenance
management
1. Proper Utilization of resources.
2. Proper distribution of work.
3. Proper recorded keeping.
4. Recorded of failure system.
5. Carry out scheduled maintenance.
6. Analysis of maintenance work.
6. Advantages of corrective
maintenance
It provides replacement at lowest cost.
It optimizes less inspection cost.
It charges less for maintenance cost.
Disadvantages
1. it may disrupt production process, causing delays.
2. wages need to be paid for idle time, increasing expenses.
3. machine break-dawns may cause losses in the output as well as
human life.
4. it may lead to wastage of material.
7. Advantages of preventive
maintenance
It reduces total down time and thus reduces the
amount of production losses .
it lowers the instances of major repairs, optimizes
maintenance expenses.
It also reduces the number of rejected parts
,increasing product quality.
Disadvantages
1. Down time of production process .
2. Part required for replacement.
3.Wages and salary payable to maintenance staff.
8. Advantages of predictive
maintenance
It helps in reducing operational downtimes.
it reduces the material and labor costs.
it enhances product quality.
it improves safety factor.
Disadvantages
1 requires large investment in diagnostic equipment.
2 it requires considerable investment in training the staff.
3 the saving potential may not be visible at the outset.
9. Impact of poor maintenance
Production capacity
production cost
product and service quality
employee safety and customer safety
Customer satisfaction
Organization losses