Practical sheet | REF: FIC0465 V1

Mastering production tool maintenance

Author: Carole PIERRON

Publication date: September 10, 2016, Review date: November 27, 2016 | Lire en français

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1. Maintenance strategy

Maintenance is the sum total of technical, administrative and management actions during the life cycle of an asset, designed to maintain or restore it to a condition in which it can perform its required function. It encompasses all troubleshooting, repair, adjustment, overhaul, control and verification activities for both tangible (machines, vehicles, buildings, etc.) and intangible (software) equipment.

There are two types of maintenance: corrective and preventive.

1.1 Corrective maintenance

It consists of intervening on an asset or piece of equipment when a fault is detected (breakdown, reduction in quality or output, etc.).

Please note

Corrective maintenance is sometimes...

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