GMS 401 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Preventive Maintenance, Total Productive Maintenance, Total Quality Management

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 401
• Professor: Payman Ahi

Document Summary

There are two types of maintenance: preventive and breakdown. Preventive maintenance: a plan that involves routine inspections, servicing, and keeping facilities in good repair to prevent failure. Breakdown maintenance: remedial maintenance that occurs when equipment fails and must be repaired on an emergency or priority basis. Preventive maintenance implies that we can determine when a system needs service or will need repair. Failures occur at different rates during the life of a product. Once a product settles in, mtbf generally follows a normal distribution. Good reporting and record keeping can aid the decisions on when preventive maintenance should be performed. Infant mortality: the failure rate early in the life of a product or process. The traditional view attempted to balance preventive and breakdown maintenance costs. >typically this approach failed to consider the true total costs of breakdowns. Costs of a breakdown that may be ignored: Have disturbing effect on employees safety & morale.