Unforeseen disruptions and interruptions in industrial production are costly – but are often considered an unavoidable part of daily operations. This project develops a new model to work more systematically with maintenance and to detect minor issues at an early stage. In this way, the number of major, costly interruptions can be reduced, potentially making industries more profitable.
Within the complex maintenance processes, various strategic decisions significantly impact availability and costs both in the short and long term. The research in this project demonstrates the possibility of building a model to describe and simulate how different strategic decisions affect production capacity, their impact on total costs, and how these decisions can be optimised.