MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENET ASSIGNMENT 1

OVERVIEW OF GENERAL ANALYSES IN MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

Strict rules:
• Maximum length: 4 pages A4, including figures, references, appendices, etc.
• Due date by email to robbin.gajadin@outlook.com: July 1 2019

• Hand in your report on paper at the presentation session

Other information:
• Start date: June 10 2019
• Expected time needed: 10 hours

Introduction
You have learned that various analyses are made to get an understanding of the failure behavior of
systems and to define how often to perform preventive (condition based) maintenance, e.g., FMECA and
RCM. Some of these analyses will be discussed in more depth later in this course, e.g., root cause analysis
(RCA).

This knowledge on failure behavior and maintenance, is input for the maintenance task analysis (MTA),
which in turn is an input for various decision problems concerning the supply chain (i.e., repair network),
such as level of repair analysis (LORA) and spare parts optimization. In this way, a support network and a
maintenance plan is designed.

We have sketched the big picture, but what does it look like exactly and what are the inputs and outputs
of each of the analyses? Outputs of one analysis are often the inputs of the next. Consider the situation
that a company such as Siemens has been in operation for decades and is now introducing a new type of
compressor system for which the maintenance needs to be designed.

Questions
A. Make one picture, with a short explanation, that shows how the analyses should be linked in your
opinion. You may summarize the analyses that are performed before the MTA (i.e., FME(C)A,
RCM) as one analysis, since they will be treated in more detail in the remainder of this course. The
analyses that I would like you to include in this overview are at least:
• Dimensioning resource capacities (maintenance & repair shops)
• Facility location
• Level of repair analysis (LORA)
• Line replaceable unit (LRU) definition
• Maintenance task analysis (MTA)
• Planning & scheduling (Maintenance shop and repair shop)
• Spare parts stocking
 • FMECA and RCM
• RCA
• FTA
• Maintenance Significant Item Identification (MSI)
• Maintenance Concept Development
If you believe that for the situation that we consider, one or more of the analyses are not relevant,
then don’t put them in the figure, but explain why you left them out. Furthermore, do not put
feedback loops everywhere. Only put in the important one(s), if any exist.
B. For each analysis, also if you left it out of the figure, write down:
• The inputs (e.g., system structure, failure rates per component, costs per resource),
• The outputs (e.g., failure rates per component, locations and amounts of spare parts),
• Key processes and decisions taken,
• How often the analysis is performed (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly, every couple of
years), and
• If the analysis would typically be performed for one type of systems (e.g., a certain type of
excavators), or for the complete installed base (i.e., fleet) of systems that needs to be maintained.

C. Explain why you have made certain decisions. In some cases, there are several options that make
a lot of sense (in fact, multiple options may be correct, so one analysis may be performed before
the other, or vice versa). Explain, for at least two choices, why you have chosen for one option
and which other options are realistic too.

Notes

• Refer to some relevant academic literature, next to the literature that I have supplied you, in a
meaningful and correct way.
• Although I will focus mainly on the content, do think about the lay out and structure of your
report, and ensure that you do not make spelling and grammar errors.