Maintenance Systems and Documentation
Helping readers understand and manage the systems necessary for the successful operation of a maintenance organization, this guide shows how to identify and model key maintenance systems and an operation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Maintenance Systems and Documentation
Part 6: Case Study
Chapter List
- Chapter 11: Case Study Maintenance Audit of an Agricultural Chemical Plant
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Chapter Aims and Outcomes
The main purpose of this case study is to show how the business-centered maintenance methodology can be used to audit the maintenance management systems of a large complex chemical plant. The full audit is presented, including that of the strategy and organization as well as that of the systems, but its criticisms and recommendations focus largely on the systems. The study is also used as a vehicle for review questions relating to the preceding chapters.
Chapter Route Map
11.1 Introduction
This case study concerns a full audit of Fertec A a company manufacturing fertilizers for the agricultural industry. Fertec is made up of two plants: Plant A and Plant B located in different cities. This audit was carried out on the maintenance department of Plant A. Fertec is owned by a parent company Cario.
11.2 An Overview of Fertec A
The plant layout of Fertec A is shown in Figure 11.1 indicating the location of the main process areas and the maintenance resources (labor and parts store). The labor resources are identified by a letter code that carried through to the organizational models.
Figure 11.1: Plant layout showing locations of technician resource
An outline process flow diagram is shown in Figure 11.2. The ammonia plant is production...
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