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Management Programme
ASSIGNMENT
SECOND
SEMESTER
201
6
MS
-
5
7
:
Maintenance Management
School of Management Studies
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DEL
HI
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110 068
M
S
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5
7
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code 
:
MS
-
5
7
Course Title
:           
Maintenance Management
Assignment Code
: 
MS
-
5
7
/TMA/SEM
-
II/201
6
Coverage
:
All Blocks
Note:
Attempt  all  the
questions  and  submit  this  assignment  on  or  before
31
st
O
ctober,  201
6
to
the
coordinator of your study cent
r
e
.
1.
What
is reliability centred maintenance? What are the important steps involved in
implementing it in any plant?
2.
What is the importance of maintenance budgeting? Give the advantage of Zero Based
Budg
et.
3.
A remote control unit has 25 components in series. Each component has a reliability of
0.999. What is the reliability of the remote control unit? If it is desired to have a
reliability of 0.996 for 3000 hours of operation, what should be the failure
rate of each
component? Assume that the time to failure for each component is exponentially
distributed.
4.
Define hazard rate the discuss the three periods or regions of the life cycle of a unit or
device as illustrated by the ‘bath
-
tub’ curve.
5.
How can b
e questionnaire for ‘Maintenance Audit’ prepared? What is the main difference
of audition result areas compared to auditing management processes?
6.
Write short notes on the following:
a)
Maintenance windows
b)
Cost Absorption and Cost Apportionment
c)
Design and Ma
intainability
d)
Maintenance Audit