Machine criticality assessment for productivity improvement: Smart maintenance decision support
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2019

Purpose 
The purpose of this paper is to increase productivity through smart maintenance planning by including productivity as one of the objectives of the maintenance organization. Therefore, the goals of the paper are to investigate existing machine criticality assessment and identify components of the criticality assessment tool to increase productivity.

Design/methodology/approach 
An embedded multiple case study research design was adopted in this paper. Six different cases were chosen from six different production sites operated by three multi-national manufacturing companies. Data collection was carried out in the form of interviews, focus groups and archival records. More than one source of data was collected in each of the cases. The cases included different production layouts such as machining, assembly and foundry, which ensured data variety.

Findings 
The main finding of the paper is a deeper understanding of how manufacturing companies assess machine criticality and plan maintenance activities. The empirical findings showed that there is a lack of trust regarding existing criticality assessment tools. As a result, necessary changes within the maintenance organizations in order to increase productivity were identified. These are technological advancements, i.e. a dynamic and data-driven approach and organizational changes, i.e. approaching with a systems perspective when performing maintenance prioritization.

Originality/value 
Machine criticality assessment studies are rare, especially empirical research. The originality of this paper lies in the empirical research conducted on smart maintenance planning for productivity improvement. In addition, identifying the components for machine criticality assessment is equally important for research and industries to efficient planning of maintenance activities.

Bottleneck

Productivity

Författare

Maheshwaran Gopalakrishnan

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Produktionssystem

Anders Skoogh

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Produktionssystem

Antti Salonen

Mälardalens högskola

Martin Asp

Volvo Group

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

1741-0401 (ISSN)

Vol. 68 5 858-878

DAIMP - Dataanalys inom underhållsplanering

VINNOVA (2015-06887), 2016-03-01 -- 2019-02-28.

Ämneskategorier

Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi

Annan maskinteknik

Tillförlitlighets- och kvalitetsteknik

Styrkeområden

Produktion

DOI

10.1108/IJPPM-03-2018-0091

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Senast uppdaterat

2019-12-04