Assume your equipment is operated 300 workdays for 16 hours per day and with a known MTBF of 240 hours. Failure costs are estimated at $12,000 per failure. A PM option would cost $750 per scheduled routine. Could you justify the PM program if performing the PM routine every 100 hours reduces the number of failures by 50% ? What are the net savings of adopting the PM program?

Assume your equipment is operated 300 workdays for 16 hours per day and with a known MTBF of 240 hours. Failure costs are estimated at $12,000 per failure. A PM option would cost $750 per scheduled routine. Could you justify the PM program if performing the PM routine every 100 hours reduces the number of failures by 50% ? What are the net savings of adopting the PM program?

Automotive Technology: A Systems Approach (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Jack Erjavec, Rob Thompson

Publisher:Jack Erjavec, Rob Thompson

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