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DRIVE
PROGRAM
SEMESTER
SUBJECT CODE & NAME
BK ID
CREDITS & MARKS

SPRING 2016
MBA
IV
OM 0015 MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
B2008
4 CREDITS AND 60 MARKS

Note Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately of
400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.
Q.N
o
1

Criteria

Marks

Total Marks

a. Proactive Maintenance

2.5

10

b. Planned Maintenance Work Cycle

2.5

c. Maintenance organising schedule

2.5

d. Areas of Maintenance Practices

2.5

a. Proactive Maintenance

2.5

b. Planned Maintenance Work Cycle

2.5

c. maintenance organising schedule

2.5

d. Areas of Maintenance Practices

2.5

Write short notes on the following:

10

What do you mean by Asset Strategy? Explain briefly Steps Involved in Developing an
Asset Strategy.

Asset Strategy

Steps of developing an asset strategy.

10

Assume you are the head of the maintenance department in a manufacturing

organisation. You are assigned a responsibility of implementing a maintenance improvement
program. What components would you include in the maintenance improvement program?

A
4

Maintenance improvement

program Components

10

What do you mean by Machine Quality? Which Aspects are to be Considered for
Machine Quality?

A
5

Machine Quality

Aspects To be considered

10

Write short notes on the followinga. Zero based budgeting

2.5

b. Remote maintenance audit

2.5

c. Codification of spare parts

2.5

d. Maintenance Benchmarking

2.5

a. Zero based budgeting

2.5

b. Remote maintenance audit

2.5

c. Codification of spare parts

2.5

d. Maintenance Benchmarking

2.5

10

10

6.

Case Study: Condition Monitoring at XYZ Ltd.

XYZ Ltd. is one of the largest hydro-generating facilities in India. The organisation has been
in this business for the last 10 years. It covers a building area of 150000 square metres
and the plant area of 50000 square metres. To manage such large plant area, the
organisation has realised the need for high machine reliability and availability. For this,
XYZ has decided to implement a condition-based monitoring (CBM) program. To make the
program successful, the organisation formed a CBM team for the implementation of the
program. The team acquired knowledge about the current condition of each machine and
equipment in the plant and identified the following loopholes in the existing maintenance
system:
Present maintenance included only corrective and scheduled activities.
Inspections were conducted less frequently (once in a year).
The procedure followed for determining faults only contained visual inspection and
gap measurement.
Measures to control contamination in oil were not present.
There was no aggressive control of failure.
Oil analysis was restricted to identifying haziness caused by high levels of
moisture, often past the danger point, or darkening due to advanced states of
lubricant oxidation and breakdown.
Moreover, there were significantly high manpower requirements and maintenance costs in
the organisation. There were frequent failures of hydraulic shuttle valves that make the
unit in operational. To repair and restore these valves, the repair crew had to perform recce
of the site (an hour each way), disassemble the valve, and repair it.
The CBM team, after acquiring the knowledge, has realised the opportunity to improve
operating conditions of the plant through condition monitoring. Under the guidance of the
CBM team, the following changes have been implemented in the XYZs plant:
Full-time filtration systems including storage tanks, oil pumps, etc. are installed.
Finer filtration methods are implemented to clean oil systems to tight tolerances.
Condition monitoring techniques for oil analysis are implemented by defining
lubricant condition control, onsite monitoring of particle counts, viscosity, and
moisture screening.
Vibration analysis is also adopted to ensure proper alignment and balance of
machines
parts and detect abnormalities that may otherwise go unnoticed.

Discussion questions:
1. Which condition monitoring techniques have been used to improve plant maintenance at
XYZ?
2. Do you think that the implementation of condition monitoring techniques is the right
decision of XYZ? Justify your agreement/disagreement.
A

Discussion questions:
1. Which condition monitoring techniques have been used to

10
5

improve plant maintenance at XYZ?

2. Do you think that the implementation of condition monitoring
techniques is the right decision of XYZ? Justify your
agreement/disagreement.

*A-Answer
Note Please provide keywords, short answer, specific terms, specific examples and marks break - up
(wherever necessary)

SMU MBA SPRING 2016-2017

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