Abstract
Modern production management is increasingly computerized in pursuit of higher quality, faster development of new products and lower unit costs. But the present generation of methods and software, e.g. JIT, MRP II, omit to integrate the maintenance function or to consider questions of plant availability and renewal. We consider how these can be included in the next CIM generation, the advantages and costs of doing so, and the quality and market-share consequences. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) are judged inadequate in themselves but each has features which can be used within an integrated Management Information System (MIS) to implement TQM and optimize Life Cycle Profit (LCP), provided that the need to collect and analyze failure, repair and maintenance data in respect of increasingly expensive plant is fully recognized.
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