Title: Maintenance policy selection: a review towards building proper selection model

Authors: Ding Siew Hong; Shahrul Kamaruddin; Ishak Abdul Azid

Addresses: School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, Nibong Tebal, Penang 14300, Malaysia ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, Nibong Tebal, Penang 14300, Malaysia ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, Nibong Tebal, Penang 14300, Malaysia

Abstract: In the past few decades, various maintenance policies with different operation principles, such as preventive or predictive maintenance were developed due to importance of maintenance in current industries. However, the implementation of a maintenance policy must suit the specific conditions and constraints of a specific company. Thus it is important to identify and then select the optimal maintenance policy for a system in order to gain maximum effectiveness. This paper reviews current research on selecting the optimal maintenance policy in various industries and recommendations for future research regarding new methods of selecting an optimal maintenance.

Keywords: maintenance policy selection; evaluation review; qualitative selection modelling; quantitative selection modelling; maintenance policies.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2012.045680

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2012 Vol.10 No.3, pp.355 - 375

Published online: 20 Dec 2014 *

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