Maintenance, Modeling and Optimization

Production costs are being reduced by automation, robotics, computer-integrated manufacturing, cost reduction studies and more. These new technologies are expensive to buy, repair, and maintain. Hence, the demand on maintenance is growing and its costs are escalating. This new environment is compelling industrial maintenance organizations to make the transition from fixing broken machines to higher-level business units for securing production capacity. On the academic front, research in the area of maintenance management and engineering is receiving tremendous interest from researchers. Many papers have appeared in the literature dealing with the modeling and solution of maintenance problems using operations research (OR) and management science (MS) techniques. This area represents an opportunity for making significant contributions by the OR and MS communities. __Maintenance, Modeling, and Optimization__ provides in one volume the latest developments in the area of maintenance modeling. Prominent scholars have contributed chapters covering a wide range of topics. We hope that this initial contribution will serve as a useful informative introduction to this field that may permit additional developments and useful directions for more research in this fast-growing area. The book is divided into six parts and contains seventeen chapters. Each chapter has been subject to review by at least two experts in the area of maintenance modeling and optimization. The first chapter provides an introduction to major maintenance modeling areas illustrated with some basic models. Part II contains five chapters dealing with maintenance planning and scheduling. Part III deals with preventive maintenance in six chapters. Part IV focuses on condition-based maintenance and contains two chapters. Part V deals with integrated production and maintenance models and contains two chapters. Part VI addresses issues related to maintenance and new technologies, and also deals with Just-in-Time (JIT) and Maintenance. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Overview of Maintenance Modeling Areas....Pages 3-35 Front Matter....Pages 37-37 Mathematical Models in Maintenance Planning and Scheduling....Pages 39-53 Electric Generator Maintenance Scheduling....Pages 55-80 Reliability Based Spare Parts Forecasting and Procurement Strategies....Pages 81-110 Maintenance Service Contracts....Pages 111-132 Simulation Metamodeling of a Maintenance Float System....Pages 133-151 Front Matter....Pages 153-153 Basic Preventive Maintenance Policies and their Variations....Pages 155-183 A General Framework for Analyzing Maintenance Policies....Pages 185-199 Imperfect Preventive Maintenance Models....Pages 201-214 Discounted Models for the Single Machine Inspection Problem....Pages 215-243 A General Approach for the Coordination of Maintenance Frequencies in Cases with a Single Set-Up....Pages 245-282 Maintenance Grouping in Multi-Step Multi-Component Production Systems....Pages 283-306 Front Matter....Pages 307-307 On-Line Surveillance and Monitoring....Pages 309-343 Maintenance Scheduling Using Monitored Parameter Values....Pages 345-374 Front Matter....Pages 375-375 A General EMQ Model with Machine Breakdowns and Two Types of Failure....Pages 377-396 Stochastic Manufacturing Systems: Production and Maintenance Control....Pages 397-436 Front Matter....Pages 437-437 Jit and Maintenance....Pages 439-470 Back Matter....Pages 471-474