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Modeling Maintenance Productivity Measurement

Modeling Maintenance Productivity Measurement
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Author(s): Christian A. Bolu (Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 16
Source title: Integrated Models for Information Communication Systems and Networks: Design and Development
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Aderemi Aaron Anthony Atayero (Covenant University, Nigeria)and Oleg I. Sheluhin (Moscow Technical University of Communication & Informatics, Russia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2208-1.ch008

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Abstract

Modeling and simulation of industrial information communication systems and networks is one of the major concerns of productivity engineers for the establishment of productivity standards in virtually all functional areas of an industrial organization. Maintenance function is one of such areas that have always engaged the attention of engineering productivity practitioners. However, one of the basic problems is the difficulty in setting up integrated but easy and practical measurement schemes. Even where the measures are set up, the approaches to measurement sometimes are conflicting. Therefore the need for an integrated approach to optimize the basket of parameters measured remains. In this chapter the author attempts to identify approaches in integrated and systematic maintenance productivity measurement and create models for optimising total productivity in maintenance systems. Visual yardstick, utility, queuing systems and simulations approaches for measurement of maintenance productivity are all discussed with a particular focus on markov chain approach for stochastic breakdowns in repairable systems.. The chapter also shows how understanding the impact of plant failure and repair/service distributions assists in providing measures for maintenance productivity using discrete event system simulation.

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