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Upgrading Maintenance Strategies for Established Plants
Summary This paper presents a methodology for the efficient upgrade of the maintenance strategies for all assets in existing facilities from initial asset confirmation to upload of the master data in the management system. The techniques are presented utilising a case study of a coal-fired power-station in Southeast Asia. The challenges which were addressed included…
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The Benefits of Practicing Enterprise Risk Reduction
Risk management is a pervasive tool which can be employed by both production and maintenance groups as a basis for communicating a perception and to use a priority-setting tool in the absence of detailed information. Used correctly, the quantifiable description of risk such as a risk level or safety index, can streamline work and consequent…
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Informed Maintenance Planning
The starting point for improving maintenance planning is the establishment of a maintenance policy which embraces a work flow system, various techniques in monitoring reliability and work practices, and anticipates plant problems rather than reacts to them. This means that the company has a commitment to sustaining an information base which requires accurate data collection,…
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Spare Parts Optimisation in Maintenance Improvement
The management and associated costs of inventory is an area of increasing concern. In the case study presented in this paper, considerable effort was allocated to managing the stores holdings in a cost effective way. The task remains to continually balance the investment in holdings versus avoiding costs due to not having a spare immediately…
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From Reactive Maintenance to Proactive Preventative Maintenance System
A maintenance system is presented in this paper that has been implemented in a number of companies. The system has four key elements. The first element is specifying all equipment to be maintained in a hierarchical system, covering issues such as criticality of equipment. The second element is development of an efficient but comprehensive maintenance…
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Maintenance Audits
This paper is intended to provide the reader with the basic understanding of necessary techniques to conduct an internal review of maintenance effectiveness. The technique of information mapping is described, which is intended to assist with analysing internal relationships or relationships between operations client and maintenance service provider. The need for a quantitative approach for…