A preventive maintenance policy for a pull system with degradation and failures considering product quality

Author(s):  
Binghai Zhou ◽  
Guoqing Cheng ◽  
Ziqiang Liu ◽  
Zilong Liu

This paper aims to integrate a two-period condition-based preventive maintenance (TP-CBM) into a pull production system by using Kanban control policy. The pull system is subject to continuous degradation and random failures. It is assumed that the system’s degradation can be divided into several stages, where the hazard rate increasing factor is introduced to describe the failure rate at each stage. Meanwhile, quality of products is also considered. Markov chain is used to formulate the process of degradation and periodic inspection policy is adopted to trigger the preventive maintenance. A mathematical model is proposed to obtain the optimal production control and maintenance policies, i.e. the inspection rate, the amount of Kanban and the preventive maintenance threshold. A genetic algorithm combined with integer programming is proposed to solve the problem. Numerical instances indicate that the proposed TP-CBM policy is effective and efficient.

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Imad Alsyouf ◽  
Sadeque Hamdan ◽  
Mohammad Shamsuzzaman ◽  
Salah Haridy ◽  
Iyad Alawaysheh

PurposeThis paper develops a framework for selecting the most efficient and effective preventive maintenance policy using multiple-criteria decision making and multi-objective optimization.Design/methodology/approachThe critical component is identified with a list of maintenance policies, and then its failure data are collected and the optimization objective functions are defined. Fuzzy AHP is used to prioritize each objective based on the experts' questionnaire. Weighted comprehensive criterion method is used to solve the multi-objective models for each policy. Finally, the effectiveness and efficiency are calculated to select the best maintenance policy.FindingsFor a fleet of buses in hot climate environment where coolant pump is identified as the most critical component, it was found that block-GAN policy is the most efficient and effective one with a 10.24% of cost saving and 0.34 expected number of failures per cycle compared to age policy and block-BAO policy.Research limitations/implicationsOnly three maintenance policies are compared and studied. Other maintenance policies can also be considered in future.Practical implicationsThe proposed methodology is implemented in UAE for selecting a maintenance scheme for a critical component in a fleet of buses. It can be validated later in other Gulf countries.Originality/valueThis research lays a solid foundation for selecting the most efficient and effective preventive maintenance policy for different applications and sectors using MCDM and multi-objective optimization to improve reliability and avoid economic loss.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed F. Attia ◽  
Eman D. Abou Elela ◽  
Hany A. Hosham

A complete view for the multistate system considering the four-state system is here introduced. The exponential distribution for failure times and repair times is considered. The steady state availability is established via the Markov process. Different warranty and preventive maintenance policies are introduced, and also the cost of these policies for the manufacturer and the buyer is evaluated.


2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (06) ◽  
pp. 831-847 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. PARK ◽  
S. C. LEE ◽  
J. W. HONG ◽  
C. H. LIE

A block preventive maintenance (PM) policy for a multi-unit system composed of identical units is investigated in this paper. The block PM model of this paper considers periodic inspection and periodic imperfect maintenance. The imperfect maintenance effects are formulated using improvement factor and age reduction model. We define variables of maintenance policy as the inspection period and the PM period and obtain an optimal maintenance policy which minimizes the average total cost. A numerical example is presented, and some sensitivity analyses for model parameters are also investigated.


2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. K. Kanakoudis

Must the water networks be fail-proof or must they remain safe during a failure? What must water system managers try to achieve? The present paper introduces a methodology for the hierarchical analysis (in time and space) of the preventive maintenance policy of water supply networks, using water supply system performance indices. This is being accomplished through a technical–economic analysis that takes into account all kinds of costs referring to the repair or replacement of trouble-causing parts of the water supply network. The optimal preventive maintenance schedule suggested by the methodology is compared with the empirically based maintenance policy applied to the Athens water supply system.


2018 ◽  
Vol 204 ◽  
pp. 02016
Author(s):  
Moh. Jufriyanto ◽  
Nani Kurniati ◽  
Ade Supriatna

The needs of the consumers about the functionality of a product and increase maintenance costs of equipment caused the prices of products and treatments to be expensive. Therefore, the company considers the lease rather than buy it. Leasing provides interesting strategy when dealing with expensive equipment. Policy maintenance that is done to the product that has decreased performance. Minimum repair done to fix failed equipment in order to return to operational condition, while imperfect preventive maintenance to improve the operational conditions of the equipment to avoid failure. Time duration for a minimum repair neglected. The lessor will charge a penalty (penalty cost) if the lease equipment failure. Mathematical model built for the minimization cost of maintenance policy. In the final part, the numerical experiment are given to show the maintenance policy taking into account the rate of usage (usage rate) by knowing the minimization the resulting costs.


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