Operations & supply chain
Maintenance Management
5 self-contained study topics — notes, diagrams, formulas, and worked examples for exams and GATE.
Topics
- Maintenance StrategiesMaintenance strategy selects when and how to intervene to minimize total failure and downtime cost.
- Reliability Centered MaintenanceRCM chooses maintenance tasks based on failure consequences and functional risk, not routine tradition.
- Spare Parts ManagementSpare-parts management balances service readiness against inventory cost and obsolescence risk.
- Maintenance KPIsMaintenance KPIs track reliability, responsiveness, preventive discipline, and work-management health.
- Computerized Maintenance Management SystemsCMMS digitizes maintenance planning, execution, history, and analytics for better asset control.