ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 57
Course Title : Maintenance Management
Assignment Code : MS-57 /TMA/SEM - II/2017
Coverage : All Blocks
Note: Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 31st October, 2017 to the
coordinator of your study centre.
1. What are the characteristics of planned maintenance? Explain the working of a planned
maintenance management system?
2. Explain what is meant by cost absorption and cost apportionment? Illustrate each with two examples from maintenance department. Discuss the methods of cost absorption and state which method do you consider to be the best and why?
3. What are major components of safety and environmental issues of an enterprise? How do the maintenance goals and objectives take care of safety goals of an organization?
4. Explain the basis of identifying and analyzing a problem, while making use of wear debris monitoring technique? Name some of the instruments used for vibration monitoring?
5. Why are audits important for management systems? What is the main difference between audits for Safety and Maintenance? State reasons for your opinion as to whether Maintenance Audit should be mandated by law or not.
6. Write short notes on any four.
(1) Autonomous Maintenance
(2) Effective Planning Procedure
(3) Zero Based Budgeting
(4) Software Selection
(5) Origin of TPM