Recent Topics in Maintenance Management

Book excerpt: Maintenance management focuses on the reliability of production and service processes. An appropriate, suitable maintenance strategy can significantly improve availability, flexibility, efficiency, sustainability, and transparency. Maintenance management focuses on the planning and operation of maintenance-related processes. The primary objective of maintenance management is to minimize maintenance costs while increasing reliability and decreasing equipment breakdowns. This book offers a selection of chapters that explain the impact of maintenance management on reliability of in-plant supply processes and value-making chains. It is designed to help students at all levels as well as managers and researchers to understand and appreciate the concept, design, and implementation of maintenance management.