Alabdulkarim, Abdullah A., Ball, Peter orcid.org/0000-0002-1256-9339 and Tiwari, Ashutosh (2015) Assessing asset monitoring levels for maintenance operations:A simulation approach. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. pp. 632-659. ISSN 1741-038X
Abstract
Purpose - Asset management has recently gained significance due to emerging business models such as Product Service Systems where the sale of asset use, rather than the sale of the asset itself, is applied. This leaves the responsibility of the maintenance tasks to fall on the shoulders of the manufacturer/supplier to provide high asset availability. The use of asset monitoring assists in providing high availability but the level of monitoring and maintenance needs to be assessed for cost effectiveness. There is a lack of available tools and understanding of their value in assessing monitoring levels. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach - This research aims to develop a dynamic modelling approach using Discrete Event Simulation (DES) to assess such maintenance systems in order to provide a better understanding of the behaviour of complex maintenance operations. Interviews were conducted and literature was analysed to gather modelling requirements. Generic models were created, followed by simulation models, to examine how maintenance operation systems behave regarding different levels of asset monitoring. Findings - This research indicates that DES discerns varying levels of complexity of maintenance operations but that more sophisticated asset monitoring levels will not necessarily result in a higher asset performance. The paper shows that it is possible to assess the impact of monitoring levels as well as make other changes to system operation that may be more or less effective. Practical implications - The proposed tool supports the maintenance operations decision makers to select the appropriate asset monitoring level that suits their operational needs. Originality/value - A novel DES approach was developed to assess asset monitoring levels for maintenance operations. In applying this quantitative approach, it was demonstrated that higher asset monitoring levels do not necessarily result in higher asset availability. The work provides a means of evaluating the constraints in the system that an asset is part of rather than focusing on the asset in isolation.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. This is an author-produced version of a paper accepted for publication. Uploaded with permission of the publisher/copyright holder. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | Asset monitoring,Maintenance,Modelling,Operations management,Simulation,System behaviour |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Management School |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2016 16:18 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-01-2013-0003 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1108/JMTM-01-2013-0003 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93791 |
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