Cost-Orientation Maintenance Engineering: Case Study of an Irish Manufacturing Plant. Issue 25 (2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Costello, Orlagh; Kent, Mary Doyle; Kopacek, Peter
• Is Part Of: IFAC-PapersOnLine. Volume 52:Issue 25(2019)
• Page Start: 409
• Page End: 414
• Publication Date: 2019
• Subjects: Maintenance Engineering -- CMMS -- Cost Oriented Engineering -- Lean -- knowledge transfer -- international; Automatic control -- Periodicals; 629.805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.12.572
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2405-8963

Abstract

Abstract: Modern maintenance is continually concerned with the issue of cost. Equally, there is a need to capture tacit information from an aging workforce. The computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) is an essential part of both these aims, but can it be considered a cost-oriented measure in its own right? This paper examines the role of a CMMS in cost-oriented maintenance as both a decision-making tool and data repository, in the context of an Irish medical device production facility.