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luvbio

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Question 1

As far as maintenance costs are concerned,
◦ preventive maintenance is always more economical than breakdown maintenance.
◦ for high levels of maintenance commitment, breakdown maintenance costs exceed preventive maintenance costs.
◦ Breakdown maintenance is always more economical than preventive maintenance when the "full cost of breakdowns" is taken into consideration.
◦ for low levels of maintenance commitment, breakdown maintenance costs exceed preventive maintenance costs.
◦ for low levels of maintenance commitment, preventive maintenance costs exceed breakdown maintenance costs.

Question 2

For a machine to be a good candidate for preventive maintenance
◦ the consequences of failure must exceed the cost of preventive maintenance and the MTBF distribution must have a relatively low standard deviation.
◦ the consequences of failure must be relatively unknown and, therefore, risky.
◦ the consequences of failure must exceed the cost of preventive maintenance and the MTBF must be relatively high.
◦ the consequences of failure must exceed the cost of preventive maintenance and the MTBF distribution must have a large standard deviation.
◦ the consequences of failure must exceed the cost of preventive maintenance and the MTBF must be relatively low.


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Marked as best answer by luvbio on Dec 3, 2019

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luvbio

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Reply 2 on: Dec 3, 2019
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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