Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (12th Edition)
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Author: Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 17, Problem 1VC
Summary Introduction
Case summary:
Company F is the multi-billion-dollar subsidiary of Company P. Company F avoids costly downtime with the preventive maintenance of equipment. According to Person T, who is the vice president of Company F in City F, one percent of downtime would result in negative annual profit impact of $200,000. However, they are successful in maintaining less downtime than the excellent benchmark.
They utilize energy efficiency. This is all because of the effective maintenance department, which perform actively. “Run Right” is the method that teaches, “identify and do” to employees that is the part of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program.
To determine: The things that can be done by Company F to take them to the next level of outstanding maintenance.
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What is preventive maintenance?
In your view,
what would be some of the biggest concerns or "what outs" with a planned maintenance
programme?
How would you mitigate against your concerns of a planned maintenance programme?
What are some of the key items to inspect in a planned maintenance programme?
QUESTION 2
a) Assess and discuss major expenses related to run to fail maintenance. In your opinion,
should we deploy run to fail strategy on critical equipment
b) In your own words, elaborate your understanding on the fundamental of effective
maintenance. Give adequate arguments to support your points
Question 1a: What happens if there is a shortage in a component? What data is needed to assess the impact of this?
Question 1b: Even if a firm experiences a supply disruption, it may not experience a shortage directly. Why?
Question 1c: Suppose TTR on your own = 12 weeks, and TTR to switch to an outside supplier = 9 weeks. How would the TTS compare to the Time to Recover (TTR)?
Question 1d: What measures could be taken to prevent or mitigate impact of shortage of critical components?
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