TY - GEN
T1 - Availability performance improvement by using autonomous maintenance - The case of a developing country, Zimbabwe
AU - Mugwindiri, Kumbi
AU - Mbohwa, Charles
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Autonomous Maintenance is an order winning paradigm shift maintenance philosophy which has operators that use machines personally conducting maintenance activities, including cleaning, oiling, retightening and inspection thereby raising production efficiency to its limit. Such activities prevent forced deterioration of equipment. This is because equipment can revert to systemic failure even after maintenance has been carried out if due regard to maintenance instructions is not adhered to. The savings accrued in routine operations and scheduling leads directly to large reductions in operations cost. This paper looks at how autonomous maintenance has a direct correlation with improving availability performance and hence profitability in the fertiliser industry in Zimbabwe.
AB - Autonomous Maintenance is an order winning paradigm shift maintenance philosophy which has operators that use machines personally conducting maintenance activities, including cleaning, oiling, retightening and inspection thereby raising production efficiency to its limit. Such activities prevent forced deterioration of equipment. This is because equipment can revert to systemic failure even after maintenance has been carried out if due regard to maintenance instructions is not adhered to. The savings accrued in routine operations and scheduling leads directly to large reductions in operations cost. This paper looks at how autonomous maintenance has a direct correlation with improving availability performance and hence profitability in the fertiliser industry in Zimbabwe.
KW - And profitability
KW - Autonomous maintenance
KW - Availability performance
KW - Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
KW - Preventive maintenance (pm)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84887982316&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84887982316
SN - 9789881925107
T3 - Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science
SP - 715
EP - 720
BT - Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2013, WCE 2013
T2 - 2013 World Congress on Engineering, WCE 2013
Y2 - 3 July 2013 through 5 July 2013
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