MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

Course: Maintenance Management

Program: PGDM PT Term: 4
Credits: 3.0 Academic Year: 2021-22
Course Instructor(s): Er Vaman Gaitonde
email:vmgaitonde@gmail.com

1. COURSE DESCRIPTION

Maintenance Management is about ensuring availability and performance of infrastructure

facilities and industrial plants/ machineries to specific level with direction and organization of

resources

The course covers topics such as areas of maintenance, various types of maintenance, planning and

scheduling, human resource planning, training and safety, inventory and vendor management,

budgeting and cost control, life cycle management of assets, facility management, risk analysis ,

trouble shooting with root cause analysis, use of modern technology in maintenance, international

best practices and strategic approach to maintenance

2. COURSE OBJECTIVES

The objective of the Course is to make students aware about critical role of maintenance

management with respect to productivity of an organization. The students will also be made aware

about the importance of extending life cycle of an organizational asset by minimising its rate of

wear and tear , when replacement is not always a viable option in a developing economy like India

3. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the Course, students should be able to:

 Understand the strategic role of maintenance in both manufacturing and service

industry organisations

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  Understand the process of planning and scheduling of maintenance for proper upkeep

of organizational assets

 Understand international best practices , including modern trends and technology, in

maintenance

 Understand the impact of maintenance on top and bottom lines of an organisation

4. COURSE CONTENT

The following is the tentative schedule of topics to be covered during the Course. It is possible

that there will be changes in the schedule as the course progresses. Changes to this schedule

will be announced during class in advance of the class periods that will be affected.

Session No. Topic

Course Overview, Introduction to Maintenance
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Different Types of Maintenance, Importance of Maintenance with Respect to
Productivity, Reliability Centered Maintenance ( RCM), Total Productive Maintenance
2,3 ( TPM)

Maintenance Planning, Scheduling, Record Keeping, Maintenance Audit, Application of

4,5
5S in Maintenance. Computer based Mantenance Management Systems ( CMMS)
Familiarization with Maintenance Tools. Calibration of machines and measuring
6,7
devices.Spare Parts, Inventory and Vendor Management
Human Resource planning, Safety and Training, Interface of Maintenance Function
8,9
with other Functions like Finance/ Production/ R&D

10 Mid Term

Budgeting/Cost Control, Economics of Repair and maintenance, Life Cycle

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Management
Facility Management, Risk Assessment/ Analysis, Maintenance Shutdown Protocols
12,13

Trouble Shooting with Root Cause Analysis, Potential Conflicts Among Maintenance &
14,15 Production

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 Use of IOT, AI, Machine Learning in Maintenance, Technology & Maintenance & Role
16, 17 of Training. International Best practices

18 Installation, Commissioning, Training and Warranty

19 Strategic Role of Maintenance in an Organisation
20 End Term

5. PEDAGOGY

The Pedagogy shall include presentations, solving of problems, case analysis, in-class
assignments and discussion of live examples.

6. EVALUATION METHOD

The final grade consists of the weighted average of the following parts followed by

normalization and downgrading as applicable in line with the laid down norms.

Mid Term 20%

Class participation 25%
Group Work 25%
End Term Exam 30%

Total: 100 %
7. REFERENCE BOOKS

i) The Handbook of Maintenance Management by Joel Levitt

ii) Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Handbook by Richard ( Doc) Palmer
iii) Engineering Maintenance Management by Benjamin W Niebel
iv) Managing Factory Maintenance by Joel Levitt