A System Thinking Approaching Maintenance, Production and Quality

Abstract

The concept of system thinking. The maintenance policies revisited include the Integration of Maintenance (IM), Total Quality Maintenance (TQMain), Failure Mode and Effect. Analysis (FMEA), and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). All these strategies are aimedat utilising effectively the maintenance personnel by giving some of the responsibilities of maintenance to production personnel. It was found that, although the founder of these techniques did not mention the concepts of system thinking in their methods, however, to be able to implement effectively those techniques, one must have a holistic approach to the planning of quality, maintenance and production