The maintenance process is one of the most important elements within the overall scope of plant and facilities engineering function. It is a broad-based technology area for the industrial, commercial, institutional, and business communities. The broad scope of plant and facilities engineering is continuously changing and growing in importance as a key contributor to the success of a total operation. Elements within it, such as maintenance, energy management and regulatory compliance, have all evolved to new levels of importance for the total operation.
We are in a time when coming new generation of industrial automation, intelligent production, progress towards the Industry 4.0, advanced technologies and solutions for digital business. This all goes to the so-called e-Business, i.e. business over the internet. All this is of course, hand in hand with research and innovation. This new trends needs to be adapted also by Maintenance and Operations Management. In the article is a description of the design concept of integrated reconfigurable Maintenance system. Such a system after the introduction into the enterprise should address the role of an increasing the performance system in respect of costs incurred.
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