Managing maintenance resources for better asset utilisation

Asset utilisation is concerned with how an asset is effiAsset utilisation is concerned with how an asset is efficiently and effectively

deployed and used. Essentially the asset utilisation is driven (broadly) by the asset design in

particular reliability and maintenance considerations. Asset maintenance involves determination

of maintenance strategy to manage failures and maintenance resources. This paper discusses the

policies for managing integrated maintenance resources (human resource and supporting material)

to perform maintenance activities for a complex asset. Good asset utilisation can be achieved by

attaining a better performance of the asset using the same amount of maintenance resources or by

reducing the amount of maintenance resources used for the same asset performance. A maintenance

department may not manage each kind of resources and may have its own policy to achieve better

asset performance. Thus, an integrated policy with all related departments is required. This research

aims at developing a model to determine an integrated optimum policy with associated departments.

It consists of three sub models representing three different departments in an organisation

including Maintenance, Human Resource, and Inventory & Purchasing. Through the model, some

combinations of the policies are made and tested to find the best combined policy that, in turn, can

help to generate better asset performance.ciently and effectively

deployed and used. Essentially the asset utilisation is driven (broadly) by the asset design in

particular reliability and maintenance considerations. Asset maintenance involves determination

of maintenance strategy to manage failures and maintenance resources. This paper discusses the

policies for managing integrated maintenance resources (human resource and supporting material)

to perform maintenance activities for a complex asset. Good asset utilisation can be achieved by

attaining a better performance of the asset using the same amount of maintenance resources or by

reducing the amount of maintenance resources used for the same asset performance. A maintenance

department may not manage each kind of resources and may have its own policy to achieve better

asset performance. Thus, an integrated policy with all related departments is required. This research

aims at developing a model to determine an integrated optimum policy with associated departments.

It consists of three sub models representing three different departments in an organisation

including Maintenance, Human Resource, and Inventory & Purchasing. Through the model, some

combinations of the policies are made and tested to find the best combined policy that, in turn, can

help to generate better asset performance.