Software program for determining maintenance policy for complex products, combines and weighs data to produce maintenance policy which is cost-effective

摘要

The first process (A) is to create a hierarchical inventory which identifies components, their functions and the effects of their failure. The resultant data, together with data from standard maintenance procedures (B) is then analyzed (C) for effects on the organization and work loading. The analysis results and the standard data are then compared (D). Maintenance operations are then clustered (E) into classes, e.g. regular preventive, corrective, etc. and the maintenance policy is delivered (F).