Industrial Plant Equipment Maintenance Strategy

Abstract

At Robins Air Force Base, specifically in the engineering equipment maintenance department, a problem has been identified in the management of labor. Equipment / machineries used in the production area suffer from high amounts of downtime and poor reliability when manufacturing parts for the aircraft fleet. Most of the equipment / processes show to be automated and have complex systems, which require specific skills on the part of the employees to be able to provide support to these equipment / processes. The results show a deficiency on the part of the skills technicians targeting automated systems. Similarly, it is shown that the current structure in which the workshops are organized (electricians’ workshop, electronics technicians’ workshop, mechanics workshop, etc.) is not the most efficient. This project seeks to improve the structure in which the workshops are currently organized in order to improve the availability and reliability of the equipment / processes in the production area. The analysis shows that multi-skill team building would be the most efficient maintenance strategy. Key Terms ⎯ Availability and Reliability Maintenance, Maintenance Strategies Management, Process Improvement.