1. Why is preventive maintenance so important in a capital intensive plant? How often it should be performed? How do you justify a preventive maintenance program to top management?
2. What are some of the key indicators in a successful maintenance program? Suggest a method of measuring and collecting the information needed for the metrics. Design the reports that you will use to illustrate the metrics.
3. How can you use the concepts of maintenance planning to enhance a maintenance operation; that is to improve the maintenance productivity and efficiency? In what situations will you prepare a Gantt chart vs. a Network tool (such as the Critical Path Method)?