Assignment No.

1
Installation, Testing & Maintenane
of Machine

Submitted to :
Sir Farooq Mustafa
Submitted by :
Roshaan Roshan
Submission Date:
27/11/2020
Question no. 1
Why do we need Maintenance?
Answer;
The main purpose of regular maintenance is
to ensure that all equipment required for production is
operating at 100% efficiency at all times. Through
short daily inspections, cleaning, lubricating, and
making minor adjustments, minor problems can be
detected and corrected before they become a major
problem that can shut down a production line. A good
maintenance program requires company-wide
participation and support by everyone ranging from
the top executive to the shop floor personnel.
Question No. 2
What are the cost of doing
maintenance?
Answer;
1. Cost to replace or repair
2. Losses of output
3. Delayed shipment
 4. Scrap and rework
Question No. 3
What are cost of not doing
maintenance?
Answer;
1. Breakdown generally occurs inappropriate times
leading to poor and hurried maintenance
2. Excessive delay in production & reduces output
3. Faster plant deterioration
4. Increases chances of accidents and less safety
for both workers and machines
5. More spoilt materials
6. Direct loss of profit
7. Can not be employed for equipments regulated
by statutory provisions e.g. cranes, lift and
hoists etc
Question No.4
What are the benefits of
maintenance?
Answer;
Benefits of Maintenance:
1. Reduces break down and thereby down time
 2. Lass odd-time repair and reduces over time of
crews
3. Greater safety of workers
4. Lower maintenance and repair costs
Less stand-by equipments and spare parts
5. Better product quality and fewer reworks and
scraps
6. Increases plant life
7. Increases chances to get production incentive
bonus
Question No.5
How can maintenance increase
profitability of company?
Answer;
The role of maintenance in company’s
productivity and profitability improvement We use the
relationship between a manufacturing system’s
capacity and the total manufacturing costs per unit
quality item, to describe and illustrate how
maintenance could affect the manufacturing system’s
productivity and profitability, as conceptually
illustrated . We argue that for a given period of time,
the variable cost per unit quality item, e.g. the cost of
raw material per item, can be considered constant in
the short run regardless of how many items were
produced. On the other hand, the fixed cost per unit
quality item will decrease based on how many items
were produced in that period. This will result in a
decreasing total cost per unit item. Given a steady
product price and stable input costs, i.e. a constant
price recovery index, which is reasonable assumption
for a certain time period. Also, assuming a trade boom
market, i.e. high demand in the market. We argue that
using an effective maintenance policy will result in
increasing the utilisation of the manufacturing
systems . This is due to higher quantity produced with
good quality due to maintenance effect on the
process efficiency and effectiveness (e.g., less
unplanned stoppages, better product quality, less
short stoppages, etc.). This will result in increasing
the profit margin as a result of decreasing the
manufacturing costs, i.e. fixed cost per unit quality
item due to increasing the volume of quantity
produced with accepted quality, On the other hand,
there is a possibility, in the long run, to decrease the
total manufacturing costs,due to factors such as
reduction in spare parts inventory, less buffer and
work-in-progress (WIP) costs, less product liabilities
claims, etc. Finally, there is an opportunity to increase
the product price, as illustrated due to improved
product quality image and company goodwill as a
result of factors such as time product delivery, higher
customer satisfaction, etc. Consequently, better
productivity and profitability could be achieved.