| Abstract |
Physical assets reliability is always called into question whenever manufacturing throughput is constrained by equipment availability. The equipment unavailability is generally attributed to functional failure, and one of the ensuing remedial actions to get the machine back to working condition is to institute repairs on the equipment. The degree of repair is scrutinized to give credence to the status of manufacturing assets on the ground, and the measure is focused on how perfect the repair was. A case study was carried out on a manufacturing firm to explore the different types of repairs that were being carried out on the manufacturing physical assets, aimed at understanding the factors that led to the choice of the repair type(s). The main focus of the study was on the application of perfect repair on physical assets, and the factors that prevented the organization from sticking to commitments of always instituting perfect repairs. The repercussions of not being able to institute perfect repairs were also assessed, and the understanding of optional remedies to ease the risk of further functional failures was also considered (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. |
