Assessment of Maintenance Management System in Cement Industries: A Case study on Mugher Cement Enterprise, Ethiopia

Abstract

This study seeks to provide a greater depth into the exploration of the subject “Assessment Maintenance Management System in cement Industries” (MMS). It is found that improved maintenance helps to increase revenues of a firm by increasing equipment performance and availability. Most importantly, firms must have maintenance policies and strategies so that the whole firm will be directed in the same direction to reduce equipment down time. The purpose of this study is to improve the existing maintenance management system and maintenance efficiency of the enterprise under consideration. The establishment of effective and efficient maintenance management system is the mechanism by which controllable costs are reduced and equipment availability is increased. Controllable costs are the costs incurred due to improper decision during purchasing process by selecting incompatible and cheap price items with out considering reliability and maintainability, and costs incurred due to poor maintenance management system practiced during operation. Thus, the main objective of this thesis is to examine the existing maintenance of Mugher Cement Enterprise (MCE) and recommend better maintenance management system that enhances plant availability with reasonable maintenance cost. The researcher believes upon implementation of the recommended maintenance management system model, availability of plant and useful life are expected to increase due to minimizing of down time.