Management Programme

ASSIGNMENT

SECOND SEMESTER

2012

MS-57: MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

School of Management StudiesINDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068

MS-57

ASSIGNMENT

Course Code : MS - 57

Course Title : Maintenance Management

Assignment Code : MS-57/TMA/SEM - II /2012

Coverage : All Blocks

Note: Answer all the questions and send them to the Coordinator of the Study Centre

you are attached with.

1. Elaborate the concept of Life Cycle Cost of any plant and equipment. How

maintenance function can affect the Life Cycle Cost and profit?

2. Discuss the various issues related to maintenance control.

3. What are the various classifications of maintenance costs? Explain the process of

collecting this cost with the help of an example from thermal power plant.

4. What do you understand by the term ‘Total Safety Management’? How can a

maintenance function help in Risk Management?

5. Define Reliability, Availability and Maintainability. Also explain the importance

of ‘BATH-TUB’ curve in maintenance of equipment.

6. Explain the process of Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) and it benefits.