Manufacturing System Preventive Maintenance, an

Engineering Complexity Approach

Enterprise Strategic objectives
Enterprise level Quality Cost Productivity

Machine Failure Nature Machine Contribution in

product Quality &
Productivity

Machine Machine Machine … Machine Level

Failure Repair Position in …
Frequency Time …
Layout
….

Machine Maintenance Policy

Failure Repair level Preventive Maintenance Periodicity Preventive maintenance Level

Minimal --------------------------Perfect 0 -------------------------------------------------∞ Minimal---------------------------------Perfect

 Design
System
Range
Distribution Range

Acr>α

The Functional Failure

Acr>α

The Physical Failure

Acr≤α
 Complication Rate:
the rate of change of the certainty of satisfying the functional
requirements
Forms of Complication Rate
1 10

0.8 8
Complexity

0.6 6
certainity

Certainity
Complexity
0.4 4

0.2 2

0 0
time

Constant Decreasing Increasing

Complication rate Failure rate