GMS 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Total Productive Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 401
• Professor: Wally Whistance- Smith

Document Summary

Maintenance: all activities that maintain facilities and equipment in good working order so that a system can perform as intended. Breakdown maintenance: reactive approach; dealing with breakdowns or problems when they occur. Preventive maintenance: proactive approach; reducing breakdowns through a program of lubrication, adjustment, cleaning, inspection, and replacement of worn parts. Reasons for keeping equipment running: avoid production disruptions, not add to production costs, maintain high quality, avoid missed delivery dates. Cost per unit increases: quality issues. Product may be damaged: safety issues. Preventive maintenance: goal is to reduce the incidence of breakdowns or failures in the plant or equipment to avoid the association costs, preventive maintenance is periodic: Predictive maintenance: an attempt to determine when best to perform preventive maintenance activities. Jit approach where workers perform preventive maintenance on the machines they operate. Breakdown programs: standby or backup equipment that can be quickly pressed into service.